Reed Hasting, the co-founder of streaming giant Netflix, has announced that he is stepping down as chairman of the company after nearly three decades. He helmed Netflix’s evolution from a postal subscription service to global streaming leader, but moved away from the chief executive role at the company in 2023. “Netflix changed my life in […]
Millennials who grew up in the heyday of file sharing are most likely to access music or video content illegally in the US today. But members of Gen Z are almost equally as likely to search out pirated content on the internet. This is the result of a survey by Statista Consumer Insights. Almost half of […]
Italy-based broadcasting group MFE-MediaForEurope reported consolidated revenues for 2025 of €4.03 billion, a 37 per cent increase. Group net advertising revenues reached €3.24 billion, while other revenues increased to €793 million. Consolidated net profit more than doubled to €301 million (+118 per cent), making it one of the strongest performances in recent years. Free cash […]
Following the due diligence phase initiated in 2026, Bouygues Telecom, the Free–iliad Group and Orange have submitted a new offer and are starting exclusive negotiations with the Altice France group with a view to acquiring SFR. This offer reflects a total enterprise value of €20.35 billion for the Altice France assets under consideration. Altice France […]
IAB has released its 2025 Internet Advertising Revenue Report, conducted by PwC. Despite concerns about economic and geopolitical uncertainty, the industry drove record revenue, reaching $294.6 billion (€249.8bn) in 2025, reflecting a 13.9 per cent year-over-year increase. These results were particularly notable given that 2025 lacked major cyclical events such as the Olympics, FIFA World […]
Conjointly Brand Tracker has expanded its coverage to include the US video streaming industry, shedding light on brand performance across this competitive sector. Initial findings include: The US video streaming landscape is currently led by Netflix, which maintains the highest market presence across all tracking metrics: 92 per cent aided awareness, 79 per cent consideration, […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has entered a new global broadcast partnership with NASCAR Euro Series, expanding free access to the championship for motorsport fans. Under the agreement, DAZN will make every race from the NASCAR Euro Series available globally (excluding the Netherlands and Romania). The NASCAR Euro Series is Europe’s leading stock car racing […]
Audio specialist Dolby Labs has filed a lawsuit against Belgian image and projector business Barco over claimed DR patents allegedly held by Dolby. Dolby is claiming that Barco has infringed two of its patents. The case describes how HDR used by Barco and its ability to manipulate light to create high brightness and higher contrast, […]
The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs); one with the Alliance for Manga and Webtoon (AMW), a French organisation related to manga and webtoons, and the other with L’Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Arcom), the regulatory authority responsible for audiovisual and digital communications in France. […]
Subject to the usual weather considerations Arianespace is scheduled to launch 32 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit on April 28th. The launch will happen from the Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana. The launch window is currently open from 10:51 am to 11:39 am (Paris time). This mission will be the second Ariane 6 launch […]
Ericsson has reported Q1 2026 sales of SEK 49.3 billion (€4.5bn). The tech giant saw a 79 per cent year-on-year plummet in net income to SEK 887 million for the quarter ending March 31st, hit by restructuring charges tied to headcount reductions in Sweden, which rose to SEK 3.8 billion from SEK 281 million a […]
Researchers at investment bank Morgan Stanley’s Space Team estimates that the roughly $350 billion (€296.9bn) global space industry could surge to over $1 trillion by 2040. Indeed, the team say “Space is the place” with institutional and private cash going into what it lists as the ‘Top 60’ space-related businesses worthy of an investment. The […]
The worst kept secret in broadcasting is out; Matt Brittin becomes BBC DG to wrestle with the myriad challenges facing the corporation. News focuses on his background as a senior European Google executive. He’s also a white, male, British, Oxbridge graduate in his late fifties. Don’t hold your breath for radical moves. He’s also a […]