After months of rumours, Sky – the Comcast-owned pay-TV group – has reportedly agreed on terms to acquire ITV’s broadcast ​and streaming unit. The £1.6 billion (€1.8bn) deal is said to have “moved in a positive direction” in recent days and was now being finalised by lawyers, according to a Reuters report. The total transaction […]

Reuters Institute’s fifteenth Digital News Report is characterised by marked volatility in many of the indicators tracked for over a decade. Interest in news is down in many markets, and trust in news is at the lowest level since we started measuring it in 2015. The data points to a mix of anxiety, disengagement and […]

SpaceX’s upcoming Initial Public Offering (IPO) is looking to raise $75 billion (€64.6bn) and to price the offering’s shares at $135 per share. A Reuters report states that SpaceX will issue 555.6 million new shares. At $75 billion, the IPO would more than double the $29.4 billion raised by Saudi Aramco back in 2019, then […]

Love TV Channels, a European start-up specialised in the production of thematic TV channels, has launched Nachrichten 360, a new TV channel that will offer 24-hour news and is available for free on Samsung TV Plus in Germany. Nachrichten 360 is a TV channel designed to offer news in collaboration with different news agencies, both […]

A total of 41 broadcasters / agencies will showcase the Betfred Derby at Epsom Down, first staged in 1780, to 170 countries on June 7th. Working with The Jockey Club, which owns and operates Epsom Downs Racecourse, Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and HBA Media have secured a wide range of broadcasters from all corners of […]

MFE-MediaForEurope, the Italian TV group controlled by the Berlusconi family, has called a board meeting to review a potential takeover bid for German broadcasting rival ProSiebenSat.1, according to a Reuters report. MFE, which runs TV operations across Italy and Spain, already has a near 30 per cent stake in ProSiebenSat.1 as part of a strategy […]

With cable television viewership and revenue dwindling, CNN has rolled out a paywall and is asking some of its users to pay $3.99 a month for access to its website content as it looks to generate a digital revenue stream. The move comes at a time when several publications have already launched and seen success […]

Pluto TV has announced the debut of a number of FAST channels dedicated to global and local news coverage across multiple international markets. FAST channels launching on Pluto TV include four channels from CBC News/Radio-Canada set to launch next month on Pluto TV in Canada, including CBC News Explore, CBC News Toronto, CBC News British […]

Grass Valley, a specialist in Production solutions, has announced the appointment of Alex Keighley as the new Senior Vice President of Sales for North America. In this role, Keighley will play a key part in driving growth and strengthening relationships with customers across the region. Keighley commented: “While media companies are navigating a challenging period […]