CosmoBlue Media has announced the launch of YouLook Stories and YouLook Western, two new speciality channels now available across the Nordics (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland) and the Benelux region (Netherlands, Belgium), with additional localised territories to follow. These launches continue CosmoBlue Media’s expansion across Europe, bringing curated entertainment to audiences seeking genre-focused content experiences. Launching […]

Streaming services and retailers grew UK revenues from music, video and games by 7.1 per cent in 2025 to a new all-time-record of £13.25 billion (€15.3bn), according to interim annual figures published by digital entertainment and retail association ERA. This was more than four times the 1.5 per cent GDP growth predicted for the UK […]

Pop megastar Taylor Swift is returning to Disney+ with two new projects that will offer access to her record-breaking The Eras Tour. A 6-episode behind-the-scenes docuseries event, titled Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era, will chronicle the development, impact and inner-workings that created the cultural phenomenon that was The Eras […]

In late 2023, BT launched MAUD (Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery) – the telco group’s technology solution that enhances live video streaming quality and reliability for viewers and increases content delivery efficiency for broadcasters and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). Chris Bramley, Managing director, NAS and architecture, Networks, at BT, commented: “It’s the era of box office events […]

Attest, a New York-based consumer research platform, has published research on how Americans plan to tune-in to Super Bowl LIX on February 9th. Looking back, last year’s Super Bowl gained widespread attention for more than just football, especially with pop star Taylor Swift’s attendance and potential impact on viewership, while online conversations swirled about the […]

DTS, a specialist in next-generation audio and a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi, has released the Top Most Listened-To Songs In-Vehicle for Q4 2024 in the UK, US and globally, based on data gathered by the DTS AutoStage Broadcaster Portal. The stand-out trend for the quarter was the staying power of chart-toppers by Shaboozey, Sabrina […]

Luminate, the entertainment industry’s data partner, has unveiled its 2024 Year-End Music Report. Drawing on 23 trillion data points from thousands of artists and core data from over 500 authorised partners spanning digital, retail and airplay, it provides a data-driven look at the key trends shaping the global music industry in the past year. Rob […]

Streaming services and the retail-led vinyl revival pushed UK music consumption and recorded music revenues in 2024 to a 20-year high and an all-time record, exceeding the pinnacle of the CD era, according to annual figures released by digital entertainment and retail association ERA. Consumption reached the equivalent of 201.4 million albums a year. Streaming […]

2024 proved another milestone year for UK recorded music, with BPI analysis based on Official Charts data revealing new heights for streaming, record-breaking success for women and a return to growth for physical music sales. The BPI, the representative voice for the UK’s world-leading record companies and label businesses, reveals UK recorded music consumption across […]

The UK has become a nation of split-screeners, secret streamers and event schemers according to research commissioned by BT Group. Network Wrapped is a new annual study that combines mobile and broadband data with consumer insights to reveal the latest trends around how the British public engaged with the biggest cultural moments of the year, […]