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CNN names Phil Nelson executive vice president of CNNIC

CNN Worldwide has promoted Phil Nelson as executive vice president of CNN International Commercial, where…

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Orange Romania and SPI International extend distribution deal

Orange Romania and Canal+ owned channel provider SPI International have extended their distribution agreement that…

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Play unveils new TV service

Iliad Group-owned Polish service provider, Play, has launched a new TV service which includes two…

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US pay TV providers suffer major subscriber loss

A study conducted by the research outfit Leichtman Research Group revealed major pay TV providers…

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Amazon Prime Video secures Professional Pickleball Tour rights

Amazon Prime Video has inked a multi-year agreement with Carvana Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Tour…

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Channel 4 breaks streaming record in April

New figures released by UK audience measurement outfit, Barb have revealed that more than five…

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Dame Caroline Dinenage elected chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Dame Caroline Dinenage MP has been appointed the chair of the Culture, Media and Sport…

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Roku launches Women’s Sports Zone on platform

Streaming device provider and FAST operator, Roku has launched a Women’s Sports Zone on its…

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Virgin Media O2 join forces with Pure Storage

Virgin Media O2 has partnered with tech oufit Pure Storage to boost customer satisfaction and…

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TV usage falls by 1.9% across the US

Total TV usage among viewers in the US has fallen another 1.9% from March to…

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Comcast “more likely than not” to sell Hulu stake to Disney, says CEO Brain Roberts

Comcast is “more likely than not” to sell its 33% stake in the US streaming…

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ORS taps Broadpeak to upgrade OTT video services

Austrian broadcaster ORS has tapped video streaming technology provider Broadpeak’s comprehensive solution to simplify the…

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RTVE deploys LiveU’s IP cloud services across Spain

Spain’s pubcaster, RTVE has tapped remote production solutions provider LiveU to provide IP bonding technology and…

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Parrot Analytics: Netflix dominates France’s top 10

Netflix’s shows dominated the most in-demand digital originals in France for the week ending May…

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Chicken Soup for the Soul adds 12 AMC Networks FAST channels to Redbox

AVOD network operator, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, has secured a deal with AMC…

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A1 Croatia taps Appear for OTT channel encoding and distribution workflow

A1 Croatia has tapped Appear to transform and optimise its live OTT channel encoding and…

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Matt Stagg exits Warner Bros. Discovery

Matt Stagg, BT Sports director of mobile and immersive is stepping down from his role…

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Ofcom orders meeting with GB News following second broadcasting code breach

UK media regulator Ofcom has ordered a meeting with the right-wing news channel GB News following…

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Canal+ Group hires former Salto exec Thomas Follin

Canal+ Group has hired the former managing director of the recently shut-down Salto, Thomas Follin…

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Warner Bros. Discovery reports strong subscriber growth rate

According to its first quarter its earnings report, Warner Bros. Discovery grew its subscribers base…

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A1 Group restructures management board

  A1 Telekom Austria Group has restructured the management board with the appointments of Alejandro…

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Sky Sports renews EFL rights over £935m deal

Sky Sports has secured a £935m deal for the broadcasting rights to EFL across a…

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FAST: VICE Media’s Bea Hegedus says FAST channels need curation to “live”

VICE Media exec Bea Hegedus has urged the importance of curation in order for FAST…

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UK Media Bill: “It won’t be a revolution but is an important evolution”, says Ofcom’s Kate Biggs

The UK Media Bill “won’t be a revolution but it is an important evolution” for…

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Sky Business TV and Sky Connect join forces

 Sky has announced Sky Business TV and Sky Connect have merged under the one brand…

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Global FAST revenues set to triple by 2028

Global FAST revenues for TV series and movies are set to triple to US$18 billion…

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Viaplay ups Filippa Wallestam to chief commercial officer

Viaplay Group has named Filippa Wallestam as EVP and chief commercial officer, Nordics, as Kim…

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Virgin Media O2 makes new appointments to executive committee

Virgin Media O2 has made appointments to its executive committee following the departure of COO…

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MuxIP hires former Viacom exec David Flack

Ad-supported streaming technology provider MuxIP has hired former EVP of Viacom Media/MTV Networks International David Flack…

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DAZN unveils two global FAST channels

Sports streamer DAZN has launched two global FAST channels, DAZN Combat and DAZN Women’s Football….