Streaming services will be responsible for one-fifth of all sports rights spend this year across Europe’s largest markets according to Ampere Analysis research, covering nearly 1,300 rights deals. In the big five European markets –UK, Italy, Germany, France, and Spain – Ampere expects OTT platforms to account for 20 per cent of all spend on […]
Broadcast service provider EMG Group has confirmed that OB specialists CTV and Telegenic will now operate under the EMG brand. According to EMG, their consolidation delivers numerous synergies that will enhance the market value of the Group and deliver a stronger and more dynamic single entity. EMG has seen record growth and CTV and Telegenic […]
Poland’s top-flight football league, the PKO Ekstraklasa, has teamed up with the Screach streaming platform to deliver live coverage of its matches to commercial venues across the UK. The deal means that when the 2022-23 season gets underway in July, thousands of bars, cafés and clubs across Britain will be able to stream live action […]
CityFibre, the UK’s independent Full Fibre platform and carrier-neutral operator, has announced a further equity commitment of £300 million (€360m) from its existing shareholder, Mubadala Investment Company. This equity investment will support CityFibre’s accelerated growth plans and enable participation in Building Digital UK’s (BDUK) ‘Project Gigabit’ rural programme. Under the infrastructure vertical of the UAE–UK […]
A YouGov survey has shown independent production companies rate Channel 4 as the best broadcaster to work with. The results of the Channel 4 Indie Survey, undertaken by YouGov and which received more than 100 responses, also showed that Channel 4 has consistently improved in its dealings with indies since 2019. Channel 4 received the […]
Discovery and LG Electronics have announced that discovery+ streaming service is now available on LG Smart TVs in Europe, including LG’s line-up of LG OLED TVs and LG QNED MiniLED TVs. The partnership further expands the reach of discovery+ broad portfolio of unscripted stories in Europe, stretching across the UK, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, […]
Wurl, a specialist in powering streaming TV, is partnering with ScreenHits TV, for the global distribution and monetisation of FAST channels. ScreenHits TV is partnering with Wurl to deliver and monetise FAST channels in ScreenHits TV’s current territories (UK, US, Germany, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina) as well as several new territories later this year as part of its international expansion […]
BAFTA has announced that over 900 industry professionals have joined its global membership since 2020 as the arts charity continues to work towards growing an inclusive membership representing the very best of the film, games and television industries. Also today, BAFTA has opened applications for its new membership tier, Connect, specifically created for emerging and […]
Arabic entertainment TV channels Rotana Cinema and Rotana Khalijia have launched in the UK on Freeview via Channelbox. Both channels offer conten from a large library of Arabic movies, series and general entertainment programmes. Rotana is one of the largest media house producers in the Arab world. “We are honoured to work with Rotana Media. […]
About 95 per cent of linear TV advertising impressions were served to just 55 per cent of viewers in Q4 2021, according to smart TV data from viewership company Samba TV across the UK, the US, Australia and Germany. Although heavy TV viewers make up just 20 per cent of all households, they account for […]