A study from WARC has found that global advertising spend is now on course to close out 2025 with growth of 8.9 per cent to $1.19 trillion (€1.6tn), an upgrade of 1.5 percentage points (pp) from WARC’s September forecast due to strong results from Big Tech platforms and a muted impact on global trade from […]
Research commissioned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has found nearly nine in 10 (88 per cent) people agree there is a potential child protection risk if anime content is not age-rated appropriately and consistently, with parents who are unfamiliar with anime frequently assuming it is inherently “child-friendly”. The mixed-methods study combined ten […]
NoireTV, the global cable and streaming network dedicated to African-American entertainment, global politics, Hip-Hop/Afrobeats/Dancehall music, reality series and Global Black cinema, has officially launched on Channelbox via Freeview channel 271. The channel is now available to millions of Freeview users across the UK. Channelbox is a multi-channel platform available on connected Freeview channel 271 and […]
Orbex Express Launch is a would-be rocket launcher which operates the SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland. It is also developing a small rocket called Prime. The UK government has reversed a financial investment in Orbex, seemingly unhappy with further delays to its launch plans. The investment round is somewhat complicated. In January the UK government invested […]
Tubi, Fox’s ad-supported streaming service, is now available on Virgin Media TV in the UK, making its catalogue of over 60,000 movies and TV episodes accessible to more households, at no extra cost. With the addition of Tubi, Virgin Media customers can now explore a wide range of content that includes everything from fan-favourites and […]
Disney+ has announced the FX’s The Beauty, a new international thriller from executive producer Ryan Murphy, will premiere on January 22nd 2026 on Disney+ in the UK. The series premiere includes the first three episodes, with a new episode of the 11-episode first season set to premiere each following Thursday – and two episodes in […]
Cellnex and Harrow Council have announced an agreement to improve mobile connectivity in the Borough. The partnership is the latest in a series of open access agreements Cellnex UK has signed with local authorities this year, including Hounslow and Swansea, as it continues its mission to advance digital infrastructure across the UK. The agreement will […]
According to a survey of 2,000 people in the UK conducted by the BBFC, Home Alone has officially been voted the nations’s most beloved Christmas film receiving 20 per cent of votes – followed by Love Actually (9 per cent), It’s a Wonderful Life (8 per cent), Die Hard (5 per cent) and Elf (4 […]
Disabled people remain significantly under-represented across TV and radio and data on class representation remains poor, according to an Ofcom study on the make-up of the broadcasting industry workforce. The media regulator’s ninth annual equity, diversity and inclusion in broadcasting report shows that disabled people continue to be significantly underrepresented across the industry, accounting for […]
Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund II and other Macquarie-managed vehicles, has agreed to the sale of their interests in Arqiva, the UK’s main distributor of TV, radio and cellular signals. Macquarie has been a long-term investor in Arqiva, which provides critical data, network, and communications services to media and utilities […]