Prime members with a Fire TV in the US and UK can now play Luna games inside the Prime Video app at no additional cost. Prime members can find games the same way they discover content on Prime Video. Users can locate the new ‘Games’ tab and start playing right away via their TV, using […]
Comcast, the US media giant, has reported results for the quarter ended June 30th 2026. Revenue of $29.9 billion (€26.2bn), down 1.2 per cent year over year. Connectivity & Platforms revenue declined 3 per cent in the quarter to $19.7 billion and Adjusted EBITDA decreased 5.7 per cent, reflecting lower domestic broadband and video revenue […]
Prime Video will exclusively premiere a docuseries that offers behind-the-scenes access to the Spanish National Team’s historic triumph at the FIFA World Cup 2026 — the feat that gave Spain its second star after defeating Argentina in the final on July 19th. Featuring never-before-seen footage and testimonies from those involved, audiences will have access to […]
Virgin Media O2 has reported that Q2 revenue fell 7.9 per cent year-on-year on an adjusted basis to £2.4 billion (€2.8bn), while total service revenue was down 3.9 per cent to £2.04 billion. Consumer revenue was down 5 per cent, with consumer fixed service revenue falling 6.2 per cent and consumer mobile service revenue down […]
Disney+ subscribers in Türkiye will, from July 29th, be able to watch live sporting events, studio shows, original programming and more via the S Sport and S Sport2 channels on ESPN. Following the launch of the NOW channel in Türkiye earlier this year, this marks a further expansion of Disney+’s live content offering in the […]
Amazon Ads and Octave have announced a programmatic integration making News UK’s digital audio brands including talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK, Talk, Times Radio, and podcast titles available to advertisers through Amazon DSP. The new integration, which is available to advertisers now, expands Amazon DSP’s audio supply with the addition of Octave, News UK’s audio-visual advertising […]
Charter, the US telco, lost 172,000 Internet customers in Q2 2026, compared with 117,000 Internet subscribers shed during the year-earlier period amid stiff competition from fixed wireless and fibre connection services. Charter narrowed its loss of TV customers to 21,000, against 80,000 TV customers dropped in the same period of 2025, as subscribers did more […]
AT&T CEO John Stankey says he remains a fan of satellite operator AST SpaceMobile and does not think that AST’s success will impact his own firm’s revenue. Stankey said that any suggestion that a direct-to-device satellite operator would take a material market share of his revenues as being “ridiculous”. In July 22 comments during the […]
Eight ABC-owned stations filed for early licence renewals ‘under protest’ on May 28th. This came after the FCC ordered the Walt Disney Co.-owned network to do so, a first for a major broadcaster in 50 years. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has asserted that the licence review is not politically engineered, even though the order came […]
Goalhanger has released a new behind-the-scenes film on YouTube telling the story of The Rest Is Football, from Gary Lineker’s first meeting with Goalhanger co-founder Tony Pastor to the podcast’s move onto Netflix during the World Cup. Featuring Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Joe Cole and members of the wider Goalhanger team, the film […]
S4C, the Welsh public broadcast television channel, is offering production companies a fresh opportunity to produce some its most popular series and events as it implements its strategy – ‘More than a TV Channel’. From October, S4C will launch an open tender process for the following. Pawb a’i Farn – Current Affairs debate programme. Cân i […]
Elon Musk has given a long-form video interview with The Economist by its editor in chief Zanny Minton-Beddoes. His predictions, especially those on the growth of AI and its impact, are fascinating. His predictions include: · In five years, AI compute will exceed the sum of all human intelligence. · In ten years, we will have […]
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 […]