ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, has reported that total Group revenue for H1 2026 was up 2 per cent to £1.9 billion (€2.2bn), with external Group revenue up 1 per cent year-on-year. It is the first set of results that ITV has published since announcing the sale of its network and streaming business to Sky […]
Spain has formally approved the redistribution of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels, paving the way for the launch of Ultra HD broadcasting and the debut of the country’s newest free-to-air channel, La Séptima, in November. The plan, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) by the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration, sets out […]
Netflix and AMC Global Media have announced a multi-year global licensing agreement under which the companies will have co-exclusive streaming rights to the original The Walking Dead series, as well as all six spin-off series that make up The Walking Dead Universe. Netflix has been the exclusive US streaming home of The Walking Dead since […]
BBC Weather is setting out plans to make its services “even more digital and local”. These plans will include opening a new BBC weather centre at the Met Office’s headquarters in Exeter, as part of the new partnership between the two organisations first announced in July 2025. Jonathan Munro, Interim CEO of BBC News, commented: […]
SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh has told analysts the financial structure of the agreement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the clearing and subsequent compensation of the Upper C-band is an improvement for SES when compared to the structure for clearing the lower C-band. He said that the reimbursement scheme is better than the first […]
AMC Global Media has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30th 2026. Chief Executive Officer Kristin Dolan, commented: “We are pleased to announce today an expansion of our relationship with a key long-term partner, Netflix. We have reached a global co-exclusive licensing agreement for the streaming rights to the entire Walking Dead Universe, […]
CityFibre, the UK altnet which has already built fibre lines to cover some 4.7 million UK premises, is working with shareholders to raise £900 million in new equity funding to boost their network expansion and consolidation strategy. It follows a £1.5 billion refinancing completed in 2025. The operator, which currently has over 1 million connected […]
All Elite Wrestling (AEW), the US professional wrestling organisation, has added six more independent wrestling promotions from around the globe to the MyAEW streaming service, increasing the amount of ad-free professional wrestling content available to users in more than a hundred countries including the UK, the US and Canada. The new promotions joining MyAEW will […]
Fremantle has announced the appointment of Katie O’Connell Marsh as its new CEO Global Scripted Hub. She will take up the senior leadership role, based in London, this autumn reporting to Andrea Scrosati, Group COO and CEO Continental Europe with a dotted line to Jens Richter, CEO Commercial and International, and will sit on the […]
DAZN has announced a partnership with FightStar Championship (FSC), further expanding its global combat sports offering with one of the UK’s top mixed martial arts promotions. Under the agreement, FSC events will be available free to view worldwide on the DAZN streaming service. The partnership begins with FSC 37 at Indigo at The O2 in […]
Cellnex closed the first half of 2026 with “solid organic growth and a marked acceleration in Free Cash Flow generation”. The European telco infrastructure company reported that noth revenue and EBITDAaL increased on an organic basis, driven by strong commercial momentum and continued operating discipline. On a pro-forma organic basis1, revenues grew 5 per cent […]
By year end 2026, AST SpaceMobile should have more than 20 of its giant BlueBird satellites in orbit. The current plan is that AST will launch its next three BlueBird satellites (#11, #12, #13) on August 5th, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. There is also speculation that another batch (#14, #15, #16) of satellites […]
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 […]