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EC conditionally approves Paramount/WBD deal

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition by Paramount Skydance Corporation of Warner Bros Discovery. The approval is conditional upon full compliance with the commitments offered by Paramount. Paramount and Warner are both active in the production and distribution of theatrical and audiovisual entertainment content, such as films and […]

July 23, 2026By Colin Mann

CMA mulls Sky/ITV merger inquiry

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking views on the anticipated acquisition of ITV by Sky. The CMA is issuing this ‘invitation to comment’ to allow interested parties to submit to the CMA any initial views on the impact that the transaction could have on competition in the UK. The CMA has not […]

July 23, 2026By Colin Mann

Yospace: Record-breaking World Cup has advertisers cheering

Yospace, a specialist in Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI), stitched 11.57 billion one-to-one addressable advertisements into live video streams during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This equates to 297 million advertisements per day during the 39-day tournament, which is a big increase on other recent global events – the Paris 2024 Summer Games saw 41 per […]

July 23, 2026

Ofcom: Broadband complaints at record low

In the quarter from January to March (Q1 2026), complaints to Ofcom on fixed broadband, pay-monthly mobile and pay-TV services decreased compared to the previous quarter (Q4 2025: October to December 2025). Complaints about fixed broadband and pay-monthly mobile decreased and complaints about landline and pay-TV stayed the same. Following the increase in complaints in […]

July 23, 2026By Nik Roseveare

FCC: New licensing scheme, C-Band auction

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has, as expected, approved the establishmemnt of a new super-fast satellite licensing scheme which is designed to help non-geostationary satellite applications. It has also confirmed it will go ahead with a C-Band auction of spectrum in 2027. The FCC will adopt a new Part 100 licensing framework to replace the […]

July 23, 2026By Chris Forrester

BT sees record demand for Openreach FTTP

BT has reported Q1 revenue of £4.3 billion (€5bn), flat year-on-year. Adjusted UK service revenue £3.8 billion down 1 per cent, as growth in broadband and Corporate and Public Sector in Business and customer base growth in Consumer were offset by declines in voice. The telco’s FTTP footprint increased to 23.4 million, an increase of […]

July 23, 2026

Nielsen: TVP tops June viewership in Poland

Nielsen has released its All Screens Video Landscape Report for June 2026. The All Screens Video Landscape Report tracks total household viewership (defined as a combination of total reach and time spent) in Poland across four screens: TVs, PCs/laptops, smartphones, and tablets. June delivered a significant shakeup in the content distributor rankings as public broadcaster […]

July 23, 2026

Research: Broadband competition shifting beyond speed

Parks Associates and Plume have released research that details the shift in broadband competition in the US as providers need to deliver a superior customer experience based on reliability, proactive management, and personalisation. As gigabit speeds become more common, surpassing 25 per cent penetration acrss the US, broadband providers can no longer compete on speed […]

July 23, 2026

Sky Media appoints Brooks as Head of Marketing

Sky Media has appointed Greg Brooks, ex-Mindshare Chief Marketing and Culture Officer, as its new Head of Marketing, strengthening its senior leadership team. Brooks joins Sky Media from SharpEnd, where he served as Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer, bringing more than two decades of experience across the B2B marketing, communications, brand and media strategy. He has built and […]

July 23, 2026

Report: Broadband upstream usage up 20% YoY in Q2

Continuing a three-year trend of record-breaking percentage growth, broadband upstream usage increased almost 20 per cent year-over-year in Q2 2026, according to the latest OpenVault Broadband Insights (OVBI) report. In the the quarterly report, titled Upstream Ascending, OpenVault research shows that upstream consumption grew at a rate of 19.2 per cent in Q2, following increases […]

July 23, 2026

Virgin Media O2 to fund UK nature recovery through ad spend

Virgin Media O2 is committing to invest in nature recovery programmes across the UK after joining the Media In Service of Nature movement. The operator has become a strategic partner of the initiative, which encourages the media industry to put a minimum of 0.1 per cent of their marketing and campaign spend towards projects which […]

July 23, 2026
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Aerospace giant Airbus says its space division, which a year ago was anxious about its prospects, has seen business rebound and has successfully met its financial targets making it well-positioned to reap the benefits of surging demand from European governments. In a July 21st investor conference, Airbus management did not precisely reveal its Q2 2026 […]

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Comcast has decided to unpack itself while at the same time trying to bag ITV broadcasting through Sky. In the meantime, Fox has bagged Roku, at which Netflix looked but decided to keep its checkout basket empty. Just as well, since the rumours have already started that the streamer will now bid for the newly […]

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