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Paramount unveils Showtime integration plan, hints at job cuts
Global media company Paramount has announced plans to integrate its flagship Showtime brand into its…
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Canal+-owned Thema unveils new management structure
Canal+-owned PayTV channel distributor Thema has announced a reorganisation of its management which sees Patrick…
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Landmark content and marketing deal with Fox shows Disney’s faith in Hulu
Fox Entertainment and Hulu have entered a multi-year partnership, encompassing in-season streaming rights for Fox’s…
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Switzerland launches tender for 38 regional TV and radio licences
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) has opened the tendering process for 38 local radio…
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Mediaset Spain veteran Baltanás follows Vasile out of the door
Mediaset Spain content chief Leonardo Baltanás is leaving the company as part of a senior leadership…
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Australian government poised to introduce local content quotas for streamers
Global streamers such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime will be required to invest in…
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Sky Sports secures ICC live cricket rights through until 2031
UK pay TV broadcaster Sky Sports has announced a new long-term deal with cricket governing body the ICC which…
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UK streaming market stabilises after turbulent year, says Kantar
Research and consulting firm Kantar has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on…
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Sky drops episode one of The Last of Us on YouTube for free
HBO’s critically-acclaimed scripted series The Last of Us has been one of the early breakout…
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RTL suffers second regulatory blow as merger with Talpa is blocked
Dutch competition authority the ACM has told RTL Group and Talpa Network that it will…
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Peacock hits 20 million subs as Comcast weathers the storm
Media giant Comcast finished 2022 in robust shape, according to the company’s end of year…
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Everyone TV’s Jonathan Thompson warns against algorithm-led TV future
Jonathan Thompson, the CEO of the newly rebranded Everyone TV (fka Digital UK), has warned…
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Mediapro wins latest court battle with Spanish Football Federation
Spanish media group Mediapro is celebrating after a fourth consecutive legal victory over the Spanish…
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YouTube TV adds roster of Scripps channels to expanding pay TV platform
While all eyes are on developments in the ad-funded FAST business, YouTube continues to carefully…
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DAZN adds AEW Wrestling to its combat sports roster
DAZN has secured exclusive broadcast rights to leading US wrestling series All Elite Wrestling. The…
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Germany’s Sport1+ renews rights to NASCAR and Supercars motor series
German pay TV channel Sport1+ has renewed its broadcast partnership with US racing series NASCAR…
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Digital UK rebrands as Everyone TV and unveils new leadership team
Digital UK, the consortium responsible for running free TV platforms Freeview and Freesat, is changing…
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Viaplay Select seals carriage deal with Canal+ Austria
Viaplay Group and Canal+ have agreed a partnership to make hundreds of hours of content…
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Amazon and Sky extend alliance with addition of music app
The Amazon Music app has been added to Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q…
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Canal+ Poland offers elite Ekstraklasa fixture for free on YouTube
Canal+ Poland resumes its coverage of Poland’s elite football league the Ekstraklasa this week after…
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Disney+, Viaplay prices increase in the Netherlands as inflation takes hold
Inflation is starting to bite in the Dutch streaming market following reports that both Viaplay…
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Rupert Murdoch scraps proposed Fox Corp, News Corp merger
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has shelved a proposal to merge Fox Corp and News Corp,…
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Samsung reported to be looking at third party deals for Samsung TV Plus
Reports are circulating that Samsung has been offering its streaming service Samsung TV Plus to…
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German TV piracy losses hit €1.8bn in 2022, says Vaunet
Vaunet, the Berlin-based trade body for private audiovisual media in Germany, has published a report…
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Roku promotes David Eilenberg to head of content
Roku has promoted David Eilenberg to head of content. He takes over from VP of…
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ITV increases investment in data tech firm InfoSum to support ad strategy
UK media company ITV has increased its investment in data technology company InfoSum. Although it…
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Xavier Niel to compete with TF1 and M6 for DTT frequency
French regulator ARCOM has announced that it received three bids for its recently advertised national…
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Omdia: FAST revenues to hit US$12bn by 2027
Free Ad-Supported Television (FAST) revenues are set to reach $12bn in 2027 according to exclusive…
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UK watchdog to explore circumstances of BBC chairman’s appointment
An influential government watchdog is to scrutinise the process that led to the appointment of…
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A+E Networks appoints Bradley to oversee content sales and FAST
A+E Networks has announced that experienced media exec Deborah Bradley is joining the company in the…