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The Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East (jointly WGA) have filed a suit to block the proposed merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery on the grounds that it violates federal antitrust law and would cause specific harm to writers. “With fewer competitors, the…
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The World Cup semi-final between France and Spain on July 14th attracted 20.24 million viewers for M6 in France. According to ratings body Médiamétrie, 73.1 per cent of the French audience over 4 years-old and 86.3 per cent of women under 50 saw the match. The game reached a level…
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Italy’s media sector experienced a 0.6 per cent decline in total revenues to over €12 billion, according to the annual report from the country’s Communications Regulatory Authority (AgCom). The negative performance was primarily due to a 2.9 per cent drop in advertising revenue affecting most traditional media. Television remains the…
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BBC Media Action, the BBC’s international charity, and BBC Research & Development (BBC R&D) have worked with Ukrainian national broadcaster Suspilne Ukraine (Public) to launch a new ‘nutrition label’ for its content, ensuring audiences receive information they can trust in wartime. The Content Credentials standard introduced by C2PA (Coalition for…
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Channel 4 has partnered with North Sails on Force of Nature, a three-part branded entertainment series. Produced by Finite Films & TV, the series marks the first social branded entertainment commission to air exclusively across Channel 4 Sport’s digital channels. Force of Nature sees three pro North Action athletes battle…
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Ahead of England’s FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-final win over Norway, fans flocked online to watch the iconic anthems Three Lions, Wonderwall and Hey Jude – making July 11th the most-watched day for these respective music videos so far. Music video network Vevo analysed UK viewing habits and saw the…
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Lunio, the invalid traffic (IVT) detection & prevention platform, surveyed 131 senior marketing leaders in May 2026, uncovering how budgets are being utilised, issues with click fraud and how the emergence of AI and automation will change campaign operations. Key findings include: Most marketers are experiencing IVT-related budget waste. More…
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Research from Parks Associates’ Broadband Market Tracker shows broadband subscriber losses among the largest cable providers in the US continue to lessen as operators strengthen customer retention efforts and expand converged broadband and mobile offerings. Leading cablecos – including Comcast, Charter Spectrum and Altice – lost an estimated 280,000 combined…
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DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, has expanded its partnership with Kings League to secure international rights for the Kings World Cup Clubs 2026, which will be streamed live and free-to-view from July 26th to August 1st. DAZN will broadcast all 27 matches of the tournament in Spain and across Europe,…
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Global recorded-music retail sales are predicted to reach $48.3 billion (€42.2bn) this year, surpass the $50 billion mark in 2027, and hit $56.8 billion by 2030, according to forecasts from Omdia. The latest forecasts point to sustained growth in the recorded-music retail market, with 2026 marking the industry’s twelfth consecutive…
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As England prepare to face Argentina in the FIFA World Cup 2026 semi-finals, EE, the lead partner of the Home Nations Football Associations, is helping fans stay connected by zero-rating data across its UK mobile network all day on July 15th. All EE Pay Monthly, PAYG and SME customers can…
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The FCC has given its approval to launch giant space mirrors into orbit. These large spacecraft can reflect sunlight to Earth’s surface for construction sites, search-and-rescue lighting, and more. The company behind the project wants to launch 50,000 of these space mirrors. Reflect Orbital, a California startup that markets itself…
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Frontier Airlines will transform its onboard experience by introducing Starlink WiFi. Engineered by SpaceX, Starlink delivers high-speed, low-latency WiFi capable of HD streaming, online gaming, productivity and more. Frontier plans to launch its first Starlink-equipped aircraft in early 2027, offering passengers access to Starlink’s high-speed internet through a new system managed…
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BuyDRM, a provider of content security services and DRM solutions, has announced that Udio has selected BuyDRM’s KeyOS MultiKey Service to protect the streaming of AI-generated music and support the continued growth of its generative music platform. Udio is an AI-powered music creation platform. As its community and catalogue of…
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SES, the space solutions company, and Airbus Netherlands have signed a ground lease agreement with the Dutch municipality of Noordwijk for a plot at the NL Space Campus, next to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) technical center ESTeC. The facility will host a dedicated optical ground station (OGS) to communicate…
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Netflix has announced that its new José Mourinho docuseries, simply titled Mourinho, will launch globally on the streaming platform from August 11th. No career in football has generated more masterstrokes, headlines or contradictions. Twenty years on from the night he shocked the sporting world by leading FC Porto to Champions…
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It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of playing high-end interactive games on a television involved a tangle of wires, a bulky console, and perhaps a bit of shouting at the TV when the signal dropped. Fast forward to 2026, and the living room has undergone a quiet revolution.…
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