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StreamVX secures top Polish award
Polish video technology outfit StreamVX has won a Teraz Polska (Poland Now) award for four…
Disney+ unveils raft of new content for UK and Ireland
Disney+ has confirmed premiere dates for a slew of titles launching exclusively on the Mouse…
Netflix hires AMC scripted content chiefs
Emma Miller and Carrie Gillogly, co-heads of AMC’s scripted team, have both left the US…
Netflix reveals take-up of ad tier at New York upfront
Netflix has pulled back the curtain on its advertising-supported subscription plan during its Upfront in…
Mirada and EZDRM help extend Skytel TV reach to more devices
Mongolia’s Skytel has tapped technology outfits Mirada and EZDRM to extend its video service to…
Warner Bros. Discovery extends deal with Thailand’s AIS to launch HBO services
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has extended its partnership with Thai operator AIS (Advanced Info Service)…
Yahoo signs up Samba TV for ad targeting and measurement
Yahoo has signed a partnership with data and analytics outfit Samba TV to provide advertisers…
Global SVOD numbers set to grow to 400m by 2028
Global SVOD subscriptions are predicted to rise by 400 million between 2022 and 2028 to…
Vice Media files for bankruptcy and agrees sale of assets
US-Canadian youth-skewing digital firm Vice Media Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New…
Pluto TV France adds Just Tattoo of Us FAST channel
Pluto TV France is adding a new FAST channel based around MTV cult show Just…
Disney to combine Disney+ and Hulu in single app as streaming losses slow
Disney is to launch a combined Disney+ and Hulu app by the end of the…
Paramount cutting 25% of US-based team
Paramount Global is cutting around 25% of its US-based team across Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and…
Liberty Global’s Fries: number of streamers likely to drop
US studio consolidation will likely wittle down the number of streamers within three years as…
African Movie Channel’s Nolly Africa FAST channel joins FreeCast
African Movie Channel’s Nolly Africa HD FAST Channel has joined the FreeCast channel lineup. The…
Paramount shares nosedive as losses mount despite streaming subscriber growth
Paramount Global has seen its share price drop more than 28% after the US media…
rlaxx TV launches on the Roku Channel Store
rlaxx TV has launched its linear FAST and AVOD ad-financed service on the Roku Channel…
Vice Media reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy
US-Canadian youth-skewing digital firm Vice Media Group is preparing to file for bankruptcy, it has…
BBC chair Sharp resigns following report on Johnson loan facilitation
BBC chairman Richard Sharp has announced his resignation after a report found he breached the…
Disney axes short-form 20th Digital Studio unit in latest round of cuts
Disney’s digital content division, 20th Digital Studio, has become the latest casualty of the Mouse…
Disney job cuts hit animation, unscripted and ESPN divisions
Disney has cut a swathe of jobs across its animation, unscripted and ESPN divisions, as…
Latest wave of Disney layoffs hits ABC and Freeform
ABC and Freeform execs are among the casualties of Disney’s second round of lay-offs taking…
BBC Studios teams up with Play Now to expand reach of BBC Player in Poland
BBC Studios is expanding the reach of its BBC Player streamer in Poland after striking…
Dataxis: producers diverging on US FAST strategy
Fremantle’s Supermarket Sweep is the producer-created FAST channel with the greatest monthly reach in the…
Endeavor to combine UFC and WWE in US$21bn ‘sports and entertainment powerhouse’
LA-based talent group Endeavor has agreed to buy World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as part of…
BBC to cut 1,000 hours of programming as licence fee freeze bites
The BBC has revealed it is cutting 1,000 hours of programming from its slates in…
Roku to lay off 200 employees
Streaming device provider and FAST operator Roku is to lay off 6% of its workforce,…
GVF names Irina Petrov as acting secretary general
Global satellite industry association GVF has named Irina Petrov, its VP for marketing and membership,…
Disney cuts Hulu and Freeform execs in strategic realignment
Disney has begun laying off staff as part of its “strategic realignment”, with production operations…
Samsung TV Plus adds more FAST channels to line-up
Samsung TV Plus has added a raft of new FAST channels to its UKS line-up. …
ANGA COM unveils strategy programme speakers
Germany’s ANGA COM show, which will take place in Cologne this year from 23 to…