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Report: Europe’s TV market resurges due to digital shift

After a period of stagnation, the European TV market is experiencing a robust recovery, driven by a profound digital transformation. A report from Rome-based ITMedia Consulting indicates an overall market growth of 3.7 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year. Even when factoring in inflation, real growth remains positive – the first time […]

November 6, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

WBD marks 100 days until Olympic Winter Games 2026

To mark 100 days to go to the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe has unveiled a first look at its purpose-built studios that will broadcast live coverage to millions of fans this February. All customers in Europe will be able to watch to every live event during the […]

October 29, 2025

World Squash signs MOU with ANOC

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) and World Squash have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU marks the beginning of the partnership with World Squash, who will share digital content to National Olympic Committees (NOCs) for their own official social media channels. The collaboration will also see both parties promote World Squash […]

October 22, 2025

Team GB strikes partnership with TCL

TCL, the consumer electronics brand, will bring its partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to the UK in collaboration with Team GB ahead of the upcoming Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. As a Worldwide Olympic Partner, TCL will support Team GB to bring British athlete stories to life, using technology to amplify the […]

August 18, 2025

The World Games streaming platform goes live

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has announced the launch of The World Games Live, a dedicated global streaming platform created to bring The World Games 2025 (TWG) in Chengdu, China, directly to fans worldwide. Developed in partnership the International Sports Broadcasting Company (ISB), TWG´s global host broadcaster, the platform will stream live action from […]

July 28, 2025

Signs of life for 8K

Japanese public broadcaster NHK is currently the only TV broadcaster transmitting 8K material. It transmits 8K on its BS8K satellite service which launched with much fanfare on December 1st 2018. NHK calls its 8K transmissions as ‘Super Hi-Vision’. Now, despite a slow take-up of the formate, Warner Bros has scanned a selection of classic movies […]

May 1, 2025

Data: Consumer media usage grew 2.4% in 2024

Global consumer media usage, including digital and traditional media channels, increased 2.4 per cent in 2024 to an average of 57.2 hours per week, following a sharp deceleration in time spent with media growth in 2023, according to a market intelligence report from media econometrics specialist PQ Media. Growth in consumer media usage, including all […]

April 17, 2025

WBD Sports Europe expands climbing rights

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe and the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) have signed a new four-year agreement that will see all IFSC Climbing and Para Climbing World Cup and World Championship events continue to air to fans across Europe exclusively on Max and discovery+. Viewers will also be able to watch the […]

April 3, 2025

Little Dot Sport renews YouTube deal with Team GB

Content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company), has announced a four-year extension of its YouTube agreement with Team GB, under its sports-specialist label, Little Dot Sport. The renewal follows a strong performance at Paris 2024, where the Team GB YouTube channel, managed by Little Dot Sport, outperformed all direct competitors, […]

April 2, 2025

WBD, Olympic Channel announce Tom Daley doc

A new documentary, Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds, will tell the life story of five-time Olympic medallist Tom Daley OBE in a collaboration between Warner Bros Discovery and the Olympic Channel. Set to premiere on discovery+ in the UK and Ireland early June, broadcast on Really and TNT Sports later that month, the feature documentary film […]

March 17, 2025