Western European incumbent telecom operators are likely to fare better in 2025 than some alternative cable operators as they benefit from historical investments in fibre and a continued focus on operational cost reduction, according to Fitch’s Western European Telecoms Outlook 2025 Most mobile markets are set to remain stable or improve this year, while the […]
A study from consulting firm Oliver Wyman reveals that growth in European video streaming subscriptions is slowing in 2024. While 70 per cent of consumers across the UK, Spain, France, Germany and Italy subscribe to at least one streaming service (averaging 1.5 subscriptions per person), 8 per cent plan to cancel, primarily due to a […]
Ookla, a specialist in network intelligence and connectivity insights, has analysed how the number of operators in a market affects network quality and consumer prices across the EU and other high-income countries. According to Speedtest Intelligence, three-player mobile markets in the EU delivered median download speeds 56 per cent faster than their four-player counterparts in […]
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has named George Aivazoglou as Managing Director of NBA Europe and Middle East (EME). Aivazoglou, who was most recently interim Managing Director of NBA EME after serving as Head of Fan Engagement and Direct-to-Consumer for NBA EME since June 2020, will continue to be based in the league’s London office […]
BBC Studios has announced the launch of BBC Player in Greece, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The multi-genre VoD service will be available on Cosmite TV streaming service in Greece, Slovak Telekom’s Magio TV in Slovakia and T-Mobile’s Magenta TV in Czech Republic from this November. Cosmote TV will bring BBC Player to Greece for […]
Frequency, the engine behind some of the world’s best-known streaming television channels, has announced at MIPCOM the European expansion of its Managed Channel Services (MCS) division. Launched in the US to support rights holders and brands creating premium FAST channels, Frequency is now extending MCS and its end-to-end channel solutions to English-speaking Europe, with plans […]
The National Hockey League (NHL) and its international media partners will once again bring live game broadcasts in prime time to hockey fans in Europe for the seventh straight year. During the 2024-25 season, a record 46 NHL Saturday presented by Fastenal and NHL Sunday presented by Fastenal games will be delivered to fans in […]
Johny Pitts, author of the multiple award-winning Afropean: Notes From Black Europe (Penguin, 2020) teams up with award-winning production company Reduced Listening for a six part series exploring major European cities and the art, politics and history of their Black communities. Europe is at a crossroads. For centuries, the continent has been built by the intercultural […]
One in three Americans now pay for a subscription they never use and 35 per cent have lost track of how much they spend on subscriptions each month. According to a report from Bango, this makes American subscribers the most likely to lose track of their spending, compared with Europeans (28 per cent) and those […]
Total spending on European original works (excluding news and sports rights) amounted to €22 billion in 2023, reflecting a slower growth after the post-pandemic rebound, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory. For the purpose of the report, titled Audiovisual services spending on original European content, Europe refers to EU27, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, […]