Disney Entertainment and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have announced a new streaming bundle that includes Disney+, Hulu and Max. Beginning this summer in the US the streaming services will be offered together, featuring content from ABC, CNN, DC, Discovery, Disney, Food Network, FX, HBO, HGTV, Hulu, Marvel, Pixar, Searchlight, Warner Bros, and more. The new […]
Channel 4 streaming grew 22 per cent year-on-year in April – with a total of 6.5 billion viewer minutes – according to BARB data. The figures show viewing among 16-34s was up 15 per cent year on year to 1.7 billion viewer minutes, as Channel 4 streaming reached more young viewers (16-34) than any other […]
EchoStar, the Charlie Ergen-owned pay-TV and satellite operator, is struggling. CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts in the company’s post-results call with analysts that the company has $1.98 billion (€1.84bn) of debt maturing in November 2024, and is forecasting negative cash flows for the remainder of the calendar year. Current trading is not helping. It reported […]
Ericsson has announcesd that Fadi Pharaon, Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa, has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities. Pharaon has held his current position since 2019 but has been with Ericsson for 26 years during which time he has held several management positions within the […]
NEW ID, the first in-house venture announced by media group NEW (Next Entertainment World), has announced that Binge Korea, its K-content specialised CTV App, has launched on Vizio, offering a variety of FAST channels. Vizio Smartcast users gain can gain access to a range of Korean content, including K-pop, Korean dramas, movies, variety shows, as […]
Disney has announced that the celebratedcomedy series The Bear will premiere its third season on June 27th only on Disney+ in the UK, with all episodes available at premiere. Season three of FX’s The Bear follows Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri) and Richie Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they do what […]
S4C has appointed Beth Angell as the new Head of Entertainment and Factual Entertainment. She will start her new role with the Welsh language broadcaster in June. Angell is an experienced producer who has worked as a series producer and senior producer for several of Wales’ leading production companies. Her work spans numerous genres including entertainment, comedy and […]
Prime Video has announced that the new animated series from Warner Bros Animation, Bad Robot Productions, and 6th & Idaho, Batman: Caped Crusader, will premiere with all ten episodes on August 1s in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The series is a reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has provided the Government with a report on the future of TV distribution. This is in response to a request from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in 2022 for Ofcom to carry out an early review of market changes that may affect the way content reaches audiences on Digital […]
ITV has reported that Q1 revenue to March 31st was down 7 per cent YoY at £887 million (€1.03bn), with growth in total advertising revenue (TAR) offset by the decline in ITV Studios revenue. Streaming platform ITVX continued to perform well with 16 per cent growth in streaming hours and 14 per cent growth in […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31st. Q1 total revenues were $9.95 billion (€9.27bn). Revenues decreased 7 per cent ex-FX compared to the prior year quarter. Global streaming subscribers were at 99.6 million at the end of Q1, up 2 million on Q4. David Zaslav, President and Chief Executive […]
The long-running litigation between SES and Intelsat over the FCC’s C-band compensation payments, and running since May 2020, is being held in abeyance with the agreement of both parties and Intelsat’s bankruptcy court. A joint motion presented to the court on May 6th said that if the now agreed sale of Intelsat to SES is […]
The Paramount logo is a mountain with a coronet of stars. Its sale still has a mountain to climb and the final outcome – pre-deal or post – is likely to be the current contenders, and others, picking and choosing between those star divisions of the business. When the movie (low budget straight to streaming) […]