The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the anticipated acquisition by Paramount Skydance Corporation of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) – a deal valued at $110 billion (€95.2bn). The full text of the decision will be published in due course. On June 30th, Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport […]
LaLiga has appointed Disney+ and DAZN as its new broadcast partners in France under separate three-season agreements running through the end of the 2028/29 campaign. With the 2026/27 season kicking off on August 15th, French football fans will be able to watch live coverage from the very first whistle. Both DAZN and Disney+ will broadcast […]
Netflix has partnered with Rockstar Games to announce that Netflix subscribers will have the opportunity to watch an extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27th at 3pm ET. The preview will then be uploaded to YouTube on August 28th. The new iteration in the popular video game series comes 13 years following […]
A coalition of media businesses, including broadcasters, audio producers and news publishers, is asking the UK government to rule out “damaging” proposals that would allow the BBC to run advertising on its podcasts and audio content in the UK for the first time. The plans were set out originally in the BBC Charter Review Green […]
Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, reports that it has reached 110 million monthly active users, up 14 per cent year over year, while engagement is up 17 per cent. Tubi also delivered a record quarter of revenue, up 35 per cent year over year, with annual revenue now exceeding $1 billion (€0.87bn). “Tubi continues to […]
DoubleVerify (DV), the software platform to verify media quality, optimise ad performance and prove campaign outcomes, has released the EMEA edition of its 2026 Global Insights: Media Quality in the Age of AI report, examining consumer and marketer attitudes toward AI’s growing role in content and digital advertising, from low-quality AI content and AI-generated ad […]
ProSiebenSat.1 Group, the German broadcaster, has reported that it “significantly improved” its profitability in the first half of 2026 while consistently advancing its strategic priorities, despite an overall decline in revenues. Group revenues amounted to €1.54 billion, down 9 per cent, or €151 million year-on-year. On an organic basis per cent revenues declined by 2 […]
Mark Dankberg, Viasat’s chairman and CEO, addressed Equatys – the company’s proposed joint-venture with Abu Dhabi-based Space42 – during the company’s results presentation, saying that the project was moving ahead. The project calls for 2,800 satellites to be orbited. First announced in September 2025, the initiative aims to build a shared, neutral wholesale network that […]
Through series, documentaries, games and more, Netflix has reported that its slate of football content received a significant boost in viewership on the back of the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament. Highlights include: – In May alone, ahead of the start of the World Cup on June 11th, weekly views of Netflix’s football titles more […]
Channel 4 has secured the broadcast rights to the home nations men’s and women’s matches in the 2026 Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH) World Cup. All of England and Scotland Women’s and England and Wales Men’s group matches and beyond will stream for free on the Channel 4 Sport YouTube. Fixtures include England Men versus […]
Axel Springer, the media and technology company based in Germany, has acquired a majority stake in the Brazilian football app Futez, further expanding its digital sports portfolio for the BILD Group, which includes brands such as SPORT BILD, Transfermarkt, and TorAlarm. The app was founded by Brazilian entrepreneurs João Tomazetti Scholz and Giuliano Reginatto, who […]
Analysts at research firm Moffett Nathanson (MN), in a note following on from SpaceX’s Q2 earnings release on August 4th, argued that despite describing the company’s IPO some two months ago as containing the “crown jewel” in the form of its Falcon 9 rockets, there remain some major questions that were not answered by the […]
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 […]