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India: JioCinema, Disney+ Hotstar merge

JioStar, the recently formed JV with the merger of Viacom18 and Star India, has announced the launch of JioHotstar, bringing together JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar – two of India’s leading streaming platforms. This coming together of brands creates a platform with close to 300,000 hours of entertainment, a wide array of live sports, and more […]

February 14, 2025

Roku FY revenue up 18%

Roku, the streaming specialist has reported its full year 2024 results. Total net revenue stood at $4.1 billion (€3.9bn), up 18 per cent year over year (YoY) and platform revenue was $3.5 billion, up 18 per cent YoY and up 15 per cent YoY excluding political ad spend. Gross profit was $1.8 billion, up 19 […]

February 14, 2025

France: Internet usage up, driven by mobile and AI 

With 94 per cent of French households having a broadband connection, Internet usage is more than ever a part of life. According to the The Internet Year 2024 (L’Année Internet 2024) survey from Médiamétrie, 48.5 million French people went online every day last year, 1.1 million more than in 2023. Digital consumption has continued to evolve, […]

February 14, 2025From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Eutelsat H1 “in line with expectations”

Eva Berneke, CEO at Eutelsat, has unveiled the operator’s financial results. Eutelsat’s once-reliable Video division revenues fell 6.4 per cent (€309.2 million) but each of the other verticals were in solid territory. Total revenues for the First Half of FY 2024-25 stood at €606.2 million, up by 5.9 per cent on a reported basis. Revenues […]

February 14, 2025By Chris Forrester

Analysis: Western Europe leads Crime & Thriller production

Western Europe hit a record volume of Crime & Thriller production orders from leading global streaming platforms in 2024, reaching 94 titles. That’s equivalent to a 43 per cent share of all commissions by major streamers in the genre, more than the North American (NAM) and Asia Pacific (APAC) regions combined. The main beneficiary has […]

February 14, 2025

Netflix joins Apple watchlist?

Apple and Netflix appear to have forged a partnership that will finally integrate Netflix content into the Apple TV app’s unified watchlist. The Apple TV app has aimed to be a central hub for managing streaming content, the flagship feature, is the ‘Up Next’ queue, aggregating shows and movies from various supported services. However, one […]

February 14, 2025

AMC Networks revenue dips

AMC Networks, the US media and entertainment company, has reported Q4 revenue of $599 million (€570.9m), down 12 per cent on the same period a year ago, missing Wall Street expectations. In its domestic operations AMC Networks said subscription revenue dropped 4 per cent to $314 million in the quarter, as the company cited declines […]

February 14, 2025

DAZN, TelevisaUnivision partner for FIFA Club World Cup in US

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with TelevisaUnivision, the Spanish-language media company, for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 in the US. Under the terms of the partnership, 18 matches of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will be available for fans to watch in Spanish on TelevisaUnivision’s US networks: […]

February 14, 2025

GINX TV, Extreme Channel now on Channelbox

Channelbox, the FAST multi-channel platform on Freeview, has added GINX TV and Extreme Channel, bringing eSports content and adrenaline-fueled action sports to UK viewers. Both channels available via Freeview channel 271. GINX TV is a leading, independent network, offering 24/7 gaming and eSports content, including top tournaments, exclusive interviews, in-depth analysis, and original programming. Featuring […]

February 14, 2025

Blue Origin lays-off 10% of staff

Blue Origin, the rocket launch business backed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, is laying off 10 per cent of its workforce. Some 1,400 staff will go. Positions in engineering, R&D, and programme/project management are being eliminated, and layers of management are being thinned. In a memo to staff, CEO Dave Limp said: “Over the last few […]

February 14, 2025By Chris Forrester

Iridium to start D2D in 2026

Iridium already supplies satellite-based telephony to the armed forces, first responders and some key non-governmental organisations. The company says it now expects to start Direct-To-Device (D2D) satellite-phone calls in 2026. Iridium made the comments during its 2024 full year results (total revenue in 2024 of $830.7 million (€792.8m), which was up 5 per cent from […]

February 14, 2025By Chris Forrester

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Bank: “Starlink 18 months ahead on D2D”

Investment bank BNP Paribas hosted a low Earth orbiting ‘expert event’ with Dr Tim Farrar, an acknowledged expert on the satellite sector and Direct-to-Device (D2D) services in particular. Farrar argued that Elon Musk’s SpaceX/Starlink service, although embryonic today, are some “18 months ahead of competitors on D2D and that by the end of the year […]

February 14, 2025 Chris Forrester
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BBC plays dangerous game, again

Let’s not be coy, the demise of the Conservative government in the UK was a relief to the BBC. The relationship between the two was tense, at best, wilfully frictional at worst. The next Charter review begins this year, and the BBC will feel more relaxed about preserving the universal licence fee intact with a […]

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