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Sir Ian Cheshire to be new Channel 4 chair

UK media regulator Ofcom has named Sir Ian Cheshire as appointed the next chair of…

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Eleven teams up Twitch in Taiwan

Sports broadcaster Eleven’s Taiwanese subsidiary Eleven Taiwan has teamed up with streaming platform Twitch ahead…

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Sky Deutschland secures WSL rights

Sky Deutschland has agreed a deal to broadcast the Women’s Super League. Starting from the…

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Sony announces expanded PlayStation Plus membership to rival Xbox Game Pass

Sony has announced plans to launch a games subscription service to rival Microsoft’s Xbox Game…

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Food brand Chefclub moves into FAST with Samsung TV Plus

Paris-based digital food brand Chefclub has struck an agreement with Samsung TV Plus to launch…

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Ligue 1 agrees €1.5 billion media company stake sale

French football league Ligue 1 has agreed to sell a stake in its media business…

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Macquarie Capital makes new TMT appointments

Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investing arm of Macquarie Group, has…

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MBC’s Shahid to be MENA home of WWE

Mixed martial arts giant WWE has teamed up with Middle Eastern media outfit MBC Group…

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Telstra turns to AirTies for Smart Modem software

Australia’s Telstra has tapped Wi-Fi technology specialist AirTies to provide home connectivity and Wi-Fi 6…

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Broadband and non-geostationary satellites driving growth in HTS sector

High-Throughput Satellite capacity is expected to expand dramatically over the next five years, but with…

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Disney employees stage walkout over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

Disney employees from across the company have staged a walkout over the company’s response to…

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Metrological unveils Lightning partner programme

Comcast-owned TV app store specialist Metrological has unveiled its Lightning Partner Program, an initiative designed…

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TalkTalk taps Netgem for new 4K box and TV offering

UK service provider TalkTalk has launched its new 4K TV box in partnership with technology…

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Pluto TV to launch in Nordics in May

ViacomCBS/Paramount’s free ad-supported streaming offering Pluto TV is to launch in the Nordic market in…

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Norlys to take TV and broadband to Thy-Mors Energi

Danish utility company and broadband service provider Norlys has struck a deal with Thy-Mors Energi…

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Rotana channels coming to Freeview via Channelbox

Arabic language entertainment channels from Rotana Group are to launch on Freeview, the UK digital-terrestrial…

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Berenberg modestly bullish on SES, cautious on Eutelsat

SES seems currently to be better placed as an investment opportunity than rival satellite operator…

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Rakuten TV adds Beano to FAST offering

European streaming platform Rakuten TV has added British children’s brand The Beano to its children’s…

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Gulf region to continue video revenue growth

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) video industry grew revenue by 11% year-over-year in 2021 to…

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Amazon and Reliance to make plays for domestic IPL rights

Amazon and Reliance Industries are considering making big plays for domestic rights to cricket’s lucrative…

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RTL to merge ad businesses in combined international ad sales unit

German media group RTL has announced plans to create an international advertising sales unit. RTL…

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Ad sales return to pre-pandemic levels for M6 Group with TF1 merger on course

  RTL-owned M6 Group has reported an increase in its advertising revenues to exceed pre-pandemic…

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Verimatrix launches security platform

Content security firm Verimatrix has announced the launch of the Verimatrix Secure Delivery Platform. The…

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Blue Ant launches new true-crime FAST offering on The Roku Channel

Producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media has expanded its move into free advertising…

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LaLiga creates new International group

Spanish football league LaLiga has created a new holding company to oversee its international operations….

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FTC set to review Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is set to review Microsoft’s US$68.7 billion acquisition of…

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European Parliament approves DSA proposal to ban some targeted ads

The European Parliament has voted to approve the initial draft of the Digital Services Act…

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Five million Brits spending more than seven hours a day streaming video

Some five million Brits are streaming seven or more hours of video content per day,…

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YouTube to shut down Originals programme

YouTube’s global head of original content, Susanne Daniels, has resigned after more than six years…

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Microsoft to buy Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard in US$70 billion deal

Microsoft has announced a deal to acquire game publisher Activision Blizzard for US$68.7 billion. The…