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Year2021
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Sky to rebrand Sky One to Sky Showcase
Sky has announced a rebrand of its flagship Sky One channel along with the launch…
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BCCI confirms September IPL restart
The BCCI has confirmed plans to restart the IPL in September. The IPL season was…
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Over 70 8K TVs certified by 8K Association as tech increases in popularity
The 8K Association (8KA) has revealed that there are now over 70 TV sets that…
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Russia’s Match TV picks up EPL rights in long-term deal
The English Premier League has secured a long-term distribution deal in Russia with Match TV….
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Former Technicolor exec Muylkens appointed MD at Zappware Belgium
Zappware Belgium has announced the appointment of Koen Muylkens as its managing director. Muylkens takes…
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Amazon reportedly in talks with multiple Indian media and distribution companies to boost Prime Video in country
Amazon is reportedly in talks with a number of large film and media distributors in…
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Ocean Blue Software to acquire EKT’s Advanced Media Group
Ocean Blue Software (OBS) has announced plans to acquire EKT’s Athens-based Advanced Media Group with…
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Twitch and Amazon Music come to Toshiba smart TVs
Amazon has agreed a deal to bring Twitch and Amazon Music to Toshiba smart TVs…
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NBCU brings reality streamer hayu to Xbox
NBCUniversal’s reality TV SVOD hayu has expanded to Xbox games consoles. The app is available…
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Canal+ secures win in legal battle with BeIN Sports
A French court has given French pay TV operator Canal+ a green light to decline…
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Spain’s CRTVG teams up with Telefónica for 5G broadcast
Spanish regional public broadcaster Televisión de Galicia (CRTVG) has become the first Spanish pubcaster to…
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Insight TV secures berth on Xiaomi TV service
Millennial-focused channel and content producer Insight TV has formed a partnership with Chinese TV and…
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Sky Italia turns to Vodafone’s Andrea Duilio as new CEO
Sky Italia has announced that Vodafone executive director Andrea Duilio will take over as CEO…
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DFB-Pokal rights awarded to ARD, ZDF and Sky
German football rights have returned to growth with the German Football Federation’s (DFB) latest broadcast…
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Opening Hundred match sets women’s cricket viewership record
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that the opening match of The…
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NBCUniversal sets Ad-ID as standard for One Platform
NBCUniversal has announced Ad-ID as the new standard for advertisers across its One Platform. The…
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Astro launches satellite-free internet STB
All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator, better known as Malaysian satellite TV and IPTV provider…
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Dizi gets Portuguese distribution in MEO deal
Altice Portugal-owned operator MEO has announced a deal with SPI/FilmBox to introduce SPI’s premium drama…
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Vodafone sees TV losses in Germany as competition bites
Vodafone saw its TV base in Germany continue to decline sharply and was hit by…
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Vivendi and Mediaset complete peace agreement
Vivendi and Mediaset have closed the global agreement the pair put to paper in May,…
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NENT Group ‘set for bigger losses’ in near term, but international prospects look good
Nordic Entertainment (NENT Group) is set to incur increased cumulative losses as it spends more…
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Latin America to drive HBO Max growth for AT&T as European delay likely
WarnerMedia has announced the likely delayed rollout of its premium streaming service HBO Max to…
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Samba TV launches global TV viewership dashboard
Analytics firm Samba TV has announced the launch of its global Real-time TV Viewership Dashboard….
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Plume surpasses 1 billion connected devices on its network
Smart home services provider Plume has surpassed 1 billion unique connected devices on its cloud…
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Redbox turns to Wurl for Free Live TV expansion
US movie rental service Redbox has announced an expansion of its Free Live TV streaming…
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Freesat passes European IRS Certification Scheme for UHD receivers
Freesat has passed the European IRS Certification Scheme (EICS), the satellite maker has announced. The…
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Sky Q gets HDR sports
Just in time for the 2020 Olympic Games, Sky Q is adding HDR to its…
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NOS passes subscription milestone
Portuguese pay TV operator and telecom service provider NOS has passed the milestone of 10…
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ProSiebenSat.1 ups outlook after advertising bounceback
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 Group has upped its outlook for the financial year after recording what it…
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Sports fans globally turning to streaming
Global TV subscriptions for sports have declined by 9% since 2019, while adoption of streaming…