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BIG Media licenses Leviathan to EarthX for Earth Day premiere

Global production and distribution company BIG Media has licensed its original documentary Leviathan: Whale and Man (1 x 90’) to US-based conservation and sustainability-focused channel EarthX. The film, which explores whales and their evolving relationship with humanity and the world’s oceans, will have its North American debut on Earth Day, April 22, at 9 pm […]

March 18, 2026

Spanglish Movies launches FLOUtv with FAST Channels TV

Spanglish Movies has announced the launch of FLOUtv, a new Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) platform delivering Spanish-language films, television, and cultural programming to audiences across the United States and Latin America. FLOUtv is designed to connect Spanish-speaking viewers with culturally relevant entertainment while creating new distribution and monetisation opportunities for Latino filmmakers and content […]

March 17, 2026

Amagi Report: Applied AI moving into core media workflows

Applied AI is accelerating across media operations, while Global FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming TV) viewership and ad monetisation continued their double-digit growth in Q4 2025, according to the March 2026 edition of the Amagi Airtime Report: Special Edition – AI in Media Operations. The report finds that global Hours of Viewing (HOV) across FAST grew […]

March 13, 2026

Nielsen: Advertising should treat linear, streaming, FAST as one ecosystem

Nielsen, the specialist audience measurement, data and marketing intelligence, has released The 2026 Upfront Planning Guide, which takes an in-depth look at ad supported TV viewership trends across key audience demographics and in sports. Nielsen has compiled the series to give advertisers and agencies the insights and applicable takeaways they need ahead of this year’s […]

March 12, 2026

NOMADlife.tv expands NOMADslow.tv with FAST Channels TV

NOMADlife.tv has announced the continued expansion of NOMADslow.tv, a FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channel dedicated to cinematic slow media, environmental storytelling, and immersive viewing experiences designed for connected televisions. Built around the idea that screens can function as environments rather than interruptions, NOMADslow.tv transforms connected TVs into immersive windows of landscape, movement, and atmosphere. […]

March 12, 2026

SportsCast Global partners with FAST Channels TV

SportsCast Global has announced a partnership with FAST Channels TV to launch a new 24/7 sports FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) channel designed for passionate sports fans. SportsCast Global delivers a curated programming lineup focused on the sports that define global sports culture — football, motorsport, basketball, tennis, and baseball — featuring classic games, highlights, […]

March 10, 2026

wedotv BIG stories, wedotv movies on Freeview UK

Freeview has announced the launch of wedotv BIG stories on Channel 275, further expanding content offering to UK audiences. In addition, wedotv movies is now available on Channel 98 as a fully integrated DTT channel, combining traditional broadcast reach with advanced digital monetisation capabilities, including FAST architecture, Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI), and a Consent Management […]

March 9, 2026

AccuWeather NOW on Samsung TV Plus in US

AccuWeather NOW, AccuWeather’s FAST channel, is now available on Samsung TV Plus in the US. “AccuWeather’s new partnership with Samsung TV Plus expands access of our forecasts and warnings to tens of millions of Samsung TV Plus families, providing them with the proven Superior Accuracy, better timeliness, greater localisation, often more advanced notice of severe […]

March 6, 2026

Ultimate Hockey on wedotv

ProOxy AG and wedotv, the free, ad-supported streaming network, have announced a strategic partnership to bring the 3×3 ice hockey format, Ultimate Hockey, to fans around the world. As part of the cooperation, wedotv will distribute Ultimate Hockey globally across its linear sports channels as well as its free streaming platform. The international rollout will […]

March 4, 2026By Nik Roseveare

iKO Media Group launches iKOSYSTEM

iKO Media Group (iKOMG), a specialist in satellite, cloud and OTT broadcast solutions, has announced the launch of iKOSYSTEM, a unified broadcast operations platform. iKOSYSTEM centralises every subscribed service into a single, secure operational environment, eliminating fragmentation and enhancing broadcast infrastructure management.Designed as a true broadcast operations control centre, iKOSYSTEM gives channels, platforms, and networks […]

March 3, 2026