StackAdapt, the AI advertising and orchestration platform, has announced a strategic partnership with data and technology company, Experian. This partnership empowers UK marketers to maximise the value of their first-party data, leveraging Experian’s advanced ID Resolution and audiences, includin Mosaic segments, across StackAdapt. Through this collaboration, advertisers can unlock higher match rates into media channels […]
Following the recent fusion of Sphere Media and Zone3, leading UK-based distributor Sphere Abacus (SA) has today announced Mélanie Ratté will assume the role of Head of Sales for Formats and French Programming & Content Partnerships. Effective immediately, Ratté will report to Jonathan Ford, Managing Director, Sphere Abacus. In this new created role, Ratté will […]
The Newport Beach Film Festival has revealed the outstanding names to be honoured in this year’s Icon and Artists of Distinction categories ahead of next week’s UK and Ireland Honours event, hosted by Nick Mohammed and Edith Bowman. This year, the Icon Award will be presented to legendary comedian and actor Jennifer Saunders. With a […]
Truespeed Communications and Freedom Fibre have signed an agreement to combine their businesses. The combined entity will play a role in the ongoing consolidation of the UK alternative network (‘altnet’) sector. This merger brings together two businesses with a combined footprint of 412,000 premises ready for service, and 70,000 customers, concentrated across the North-West, West […]
Samsung Electronics has announced the formation of a new division within its UK operations, Home Entertainment and Appliances (HEA) division, aimed at driving innovation and enhancing customer experiences across its product and services portfolio. The new division unites the previously named TV/AV team with the domestic appliances (DA) team and will focus on delivering seamless, […]
Speaking at the Global Media Security and Innovation 2026 event organised by the BBC World Service, BBC Director-General Tim Davie emphasised the World Service’s growing importance in times of insecurity and instability and urged the UK government to back the World Service. BBC News Global Director Fiona Crack pressed the case for innovation, investment, and […]
HBO Max, the SVoD service from Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), will go live in the UK and Ireland on March 26th, with subscription fees starting at £4.99 per month (for the Basic with Ads tier). Launch platforms for the service will include Sky and Prime Video. Already available in over 110 territories worldwide and reaching […]
Public opinion research from Freshwater Strategy, commissioned by the Computer & Communications Industry Association, finds that the UK can seize the opportunity presented by AI by reforming copyright rules with voter support. The research concludes that British voters are increasingly benefiting from AI and support a regulatory regime that enables research and training in the […]
Beakus (Big Lizard, Yakka Dee!, Olobob Top), the UK animation studio founded by Steve Smith, and Canada’s Big Bad Boo Studios (The Bravest Knight, Galapagos X, Judge Jodhi), the animation production and distribution company founded by Shabnam Rezaei and Aly Jetha, are combining their considerable – and multi-award-winning – skills to co-produce two new animated […]
Official statistics from the British Film Institute (BFI) show inward investment film and high-end TV (HETV) titles contributing £5.8 billion (€6.6bn) to the UK economy in 2025, fuelled by Hollywood productions. The 2025 inward investment production statistics, up from £5 billion in 2024, which BFI said demonstrates “the inherent strength, stability and longer-term sustainability of […]