Forecast: V to Overtake LG’s webOS in Europe
Omdia forecasts that Hisense’s V (formerly VIDAA) will overtake LG’s webOS in European smart‑TV shipments this year. The surge is fueled by Hisense’s aggressive pricing, expanding distribution and high‑profile sponsorships such as the FIFA World Cup. While Android TV remains the market leader, Samsung’s Tizen and LG’s webOS are losing share as Chinese platforms gain traction. The shift signals a structural realignment in Europe’s TV OS ecosystem.
Viant Acquires TVision
Viant Technology, a CTV and AI‑driven programmatic ad specialist, announced a definitive agreement to acquire TVision Insights for $40 million (approximately €33.9 million). The deal, comprising $22.5 million in cash and $17.5 million in Viant Class A shares, will embed TVision’s attention‑measurement signals into Viant’s...
India: HBO Max on JioHotstar
JioHotstar and Warner Bros Discovery have expanded their partnership to launch an exclusive HBO Max hub on the Indian streaming platform. The add‑on, priced at ₹49 per month (about $0.60), gives subscribers access to HBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros, DC Studios and upcoming titles...
Sky Launches Sky Smart Home
Sky has entered the smart‑home market with Sky Smart Home, a bundled service that combines its Smart Doorbell, Chime and an optional indoor camera under a single app. Pricing starts at £5 (~$6.40) per month, with a £15 (~$19.20) upfront fee for...
MPA’s Rivkin: “Protecting Copyright an Economic Necessity”
Charles Rivkin, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association, used his CinemaCon State of the Industry address to reaffirm the MPA’s commitment to protecting copyright in the age of artificial intelligence. He warned that AI tools like the Chinese‑originated...
Euskaltel Appoints Usamentiaga as President
Euskaltel announced that Luz Usamentiaga will replace Jon Ander de las Fuentes as president, marking a leadership refresh after the company’s integration into the MasOrange group. Usamentiaga brings more than 25 years of telecom experience and will retain her role as Director General of...
Deltatre Delivers Digital Platform for Serie A
Deltatre has completed a four‑season direct‑to‑fan website and app for Italy’s Serie A, delivering a bilingual hub for the league’s championships, cups and youth competitions. The platform runs on Deltatre FORGE and integrates a video player plus an AI‑driven search that surfaces...
Bizaar Studios Expands FAST Channel to Prime Video
Bizaar Studios announced that its ad‑supported FAST Channel for adult animation is now available on Prime Video in the United States and Canada. The channel, previously carried on Samsung TV Plus, Xumo Play, Plex and Hisense, launched in early 2025 with hundreds of...
Analysis: Movies Carry Fewer Ads than Series on Streamers
Ampere Analysis’s new Streaming Advertising Analytics shows movies carry significantly fewer ads than TV series on U.S. streaming platforms. Movies average about three minutes of ads per hour, while series exceed five minutes, with ad breaks roughly every 36 minutes...
Data: PSB Funding Decrease Greater in France than EU Average
A consulting study using EBU data finds public‑service broadcasting (PSB) funding across 45 European nations fell from 0.18 % to 0.14 % of GDP between 2014 and 2024, an 8.6 % revenue drop. France experienced a sharper decline of 9.9 %, with its per‑capita...
OneWeb UK Ups Revenue in 2025
OneWeb Holdings UK, the London arm of Eutelsat, posted a 44.5% jump in revenue to $186 million for the year ending June 2025. Staff costs were cut by a third, falling to $82.8 million, while the operating loss shrank 66% to $456 million. Eutelsat...
Survey: Brits Increasingly More Open to Ads for Cheaper Streaming
A Bango survey of 1,500 UK consumers shows 42% would tolerate twice as many ads on streaming services if it lowered their monthly bill, with the figure rising to 50% among Millennials and 44% among Gen Z. Britons now pay...
Analyst: SpaceX Making 340 Satellites per Month
SpaceX is now manufacturing roughly 340 Starlink satellites each month, topping 4,000 units annually—a 40% jump from 2024. The network’s ground‑station footprint expanded to about 503 sites in 2026, more than double the 2024 count. Quilty Space projects Starlink revenue...
Series A Free Weekender on DAZN
DAZN is offering UK and Ireland viewers a free weekend of Serie A Matchday 32 from April 10‑13, covering seven live fixtures. The promotion includes high‑stakes games such as Inter Milan versus Como, a potential title‑clinching showdown, and a relegation battle featuring Jamie Vardy’s...
Disney+ Orders 3 More Seasons of Welcome to Wrexham
Disney+ has committed to three additional seasons of the Emmy‑winning docuseries *Welcome to Wrexham*, extending the show to an eighth season that will run through 2029. The renewal arrives as season five, which chronicles Wrexham AFC’s unprecedented chase for Premier...
Forecast: 5G to Drive India’s Mobile Services Market
India’s mobile services market is projected to grow from $33.3 billion in 2025 to $43.7 billion by 2030, a 5.6% CAGR, fueled by expanding 5G coverage and rising data consumption. Voice revenues will keep falling at a 2.4% CAGR as OTT apps...
Chernobyl Making FTA Debut on Sky Mix
Sky will debut its original drama Chernobyl on free‑to‑air TV via Sky Mix (Freeview channel 11) starting April 10, marking the 40th anniversary of the nuclear disaster. The series, co‑produced with HBO, previously won nine BAFTAs, multiple Golden Globes and Primetime Emmys,...
TNT Sports, DAZN Launch US Boxing Partnership
TNT Sports and DAZN have formed a U.S.-only partnership to launch a monthly boxing series called "The Fight," debuting on July 4. The collaboration brings together top promoters such as Top Rank, Matchroom Boxing, Golden Boy and Queensberry, delivering marquee bouts...
Fastly, LaLiga Collaborate on Anti-Piracy Innovation
Fastly and Spain’s LaLiga have launched a joint anti‑piracy project that uses AI‑driven edge detection to spot illegal live‑stream copies in real time. LaLiga estimates piracy costs its clubs $700‑$800 million annually, and the partnership aims to shrink that loss by...
Data: HBO Max Reaches 1.5m UK Subs in First 5 Days
HBO Max secured 1.5 million UK subscribers within five days of its March 26 launch, according to Ampere Analysis. The rapid uptake is driven largely by Sky and NOW customers, who account for 77% of activations. Early adopters are adding HBO Max...
DTG: AI Is a Structural Shift for TV
The Digital TV Group (DTG) released a report showing artificial intelligence has moved from isolated pilots to full‑scale deployment across the television ecosystem. AI is accelerating content production, lowering entry barriers and flooding the market with more material, which pressures...
CNMC Backs RTVE in Ad Dispute with Private TV
Spain’s competition regulator CNMC has ruled in favour of public broadcaster RTVE, confirming that its programme "La Revuelta" meets the legal definition of a cultural programme and can carry sponsorship. The watchdog dismissed a formal complaint from private‑broadcaster coalition UTECA,...
Forecast: Content Creators to Move Beyond the Smartphone
Futuresource Consulting estimates 246 million online video creators in 2025, rising to 267 million by 2030. While smartphones remain the dominant capture device, a growing 4% CAGR cohort is upgrading to dedicated cameras and accessories. Aspirational and professional creators—about 35% today and...
Netflix Animation Studios Opens in Vancouver
Netflix has opened a new animation studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, bringing together 450 employees in a 110,600‑square‑foot facility. The C$50 million (≈$37 million USD) construction investment contributed to the province’s GDP, and the studio’s ongoing operations are expected to generate about...
Evrideo Launches Outpost
Evrideo has launched Outpost, a cloud‑native IP video command centre that consolidates monitoring, routing, recording and stream transformation on standard COTS servers. The solution is offered both as a fully managed SaaS and a self‑hosted licensed deployment, giving broadcasters flexibility...
Research: Gen Alpha Leads Shift to AI-Powered Entertainment Search
Gracenote’s report shows AI chatbots are reshaping how Gen Alpha discovers TV and movies, with 80% of 13‑14‑year‑olds using them daily and 49% naming chatbots as their top recommendation source. Overall chatbot usage rose 66% in the past year, outpacing...
BBC Player Launching In-Flight Platform
BBC Studios has teamed with Panasonic Avionics to launch a dedicated BBC Player streaming service for airline seat‑back entertainment systems, slated for later 2026. The platform will deliver a constantly refreshed library of BBC Studios’ factual, drama, comedy, children’s and documentary...
Euskaltel Appoints Altuna as CEO
Euskaltel announced Jasone Altuna as its new CEO, effective June 1, also overseeing MasOrange operations in the Basque Country and Navarra. Altuna brings over 25 years of consulting and technology experience, having held senior roles at Accenture, PwC, Ibermática and Ayesa....
Greening of Streaming Names Board of Directors
Greening of Streaming (GoS) has moved from an informal initiative to a formally governed organization, establishing a Board of Directors and a lab‑based research model. The new structure includes dedicated labs for measurement, policy, communication, technical standards, and more, each...
Europe’s IRIS2 Responsibilities Revealed
European officials are set to approve the governance structure of the IRIS2 satellite communications programme, which will be run by the SpaceRise consortium of SES, Eutelsat and Hispasat. The consortium will receive a 12‑year operational concession and will invest roughly...
Forecast: India Fixed Comms Services Revenue to Grow at 6.1% CAGR
India’s total fixed communication services revenue is projected to rise from $14.9 bn in 2025 to $20.1 bn by 2030, a 6.1% CAGR, driven primarily by robust growth in fixed broadband. Fixed‑voice revenue will shrink at a 0.6% CAGR as ARPU falls...
Channel 4: 3m Tune in for The Boat Race 2026
Channel 4 aired the Boat Race for the first time on April 4, 2026, attracting a total reach of three million viewers. The men’s race peaked at two million viewers, delivering a 31.3% audience share, while the women’s race peaked at 1.4 million...
Blockchain Broadcast — How Decentralised Tech Is Reshaping Streaming and Gaming
Blockchain technology is reshaping digital entertainment by introducing decentralized ledgers for streaming, gaming, and Bitcoin‑based casinos. Token‑based rewards and smart‑contract payouts give creators automatic, transparent compensation while reducing intermediary fees. In gaming, on‑chain assets turn skins and items into verifiable...
DAZN, TikTok to Livestream Serie A Match
DAZN is teaming with TikTok to livestream a Serie A match—Juventus versus Genoa—directly to users in the UK and Ireland. The free broadcast will appear on the @DAZNFootball TikTok channel on April 6, 2026, kicking off at 6 pm BST. Both companies frame...
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man Is a Streaming Success
Edgar Wright’s *The Running Man* bombed at the box office, failing to recoup its roughly $110 million budget, but quickly became a streaming hit after its December 2025 debut on Paramount+. The film topped Paramount+ and iTunes charts in the UK...
ITVX Hits 1bn Streams in 2026
ITV announced that its streaming service ITVX logged over 1 billion streams in 2026, reaching the milestone eight days earlier than the previous year. The growth was driven by strong performance of flagship events such as the Rugby Six Nations and...
Caterpillar Captions Drives Audience Growth on Kenya’s Akili TV
Caterpillar Captions introduced the Read‑Along Hour on Kenya’s Akili TV, pairing popular cartoons with literacy‑grade captions and reading‑nutrition labels. The block lifted child viewership by 14.9% (about 194,900 extra kids) and adult co‑viewing by 39.1% (roughly 361,300 additional parents) within...
Ofcom: Trust in News Sources Mixed; Social Media Usage Down
Ofcom’s latest Media Lives study shows adult social‑media activity becoming more passive, with posting rates falling from 61% to 49% and fewer users exploring new sites. Screen‑time concerns are rising, as 67% admit they spend too long online and 40%...
RTVE to Launch ARTE España
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE announced ARTE España, a new cultural channel co‑produced with European network ARTE. The channel, led by journalist Ana Peláez, will launch digitally in late June 2025 and later roll out on free‑to‑air DTT with UHD quality. Backed...
Report: UK Broadband Market Flat
The UK broadband market held steady in Q4 2025, adding just 14,000 new connections to reach an estimated 28.96 million total lines. Full‑fibre (FTTP) penetration accelerated to 81.3% of premises, the fastest pace since the nationwide rollout began. Openreach contributed 571 k FTTP...
TelevisaUnivision, Nielsen Extend Media Intelligence Deal
TelevisaUnivision has extended its multi‑year agreement with Nielsen, securing comprehensive measurement across its broadcast, cable, streaming, radio and out‑of‑home assets. The deal incorporates Nielsen’s Advanced Audiences, ad‑supported streaming ratings, ONE Ads for connected TV and national OOH expansion. By leveraging...
France: FTA Still Most-Watched TV Service
France’s free-to-air (FTA) television remains the most consumed video service, even as internet streaming expands, according to Arcom’s Q1 2026 audio‑video trends report. While 74 percent of households now receive IPTV, terrestrial digital terrestrial television (DTT) usage has fallen to 34.7 percent, with...
UKTV Appoints Newman as Chief Commercial Officer
UKTV announced Jonathan Newman as its new Chief Commercial Officer, expanding his remit to include advertising, distribution, content funding and UKTV Ventures. David Swetman joins as Director of Content Partnerships & Sales, leading a newly created CPS team for the UK...
Italy: WWE Now Live on Netflix
Netflix has secured exclusive live streaming rights for WWE in Italy, replacing Discovery+ and DMAX. The deal covers WWE's flagship shows—RAW, SmackDown and NXT—as well as all Premium Live Events, starting with WrestleMania 42 on April 18‑19. Italian viewers will receive localized...
ITV Acquires Up The Jammers Docuseries
ITV Sport is debuting a six‑part documentary series, “Up The Jamme,” on ITV4 and ITVX this April. The series follows entrepreneur Barrie Drewitt‑Barlow’s recent multi‑million‑pound (≈ $3 million) purchase of non‑league side Maldon & Tiptree FC and his first year of ownership....
McCauley Named Head of Development at Poison Pen
Poison Pen Studios, the ITV Studios‑backed transatlantic scripted label, has appointed Fern McCauley as Head of Development, succeeding her role as Head of IP Acquisitions. McCauley will oversee development of both British and U.S. dramas, including the upcoming ITV series “Adultery”...
EE TV Rolls Out AI-Powered Smart Search
EE has introduced Smart Search, an AI‑driven content discovery tool for its EE TV platform, allowing users to locate shows and movies by describing mood, theme, plot elements or memorable lines. The feature aggregates results from live TV, on‑demand libraries,...
EUIPO, EC Team for Anti-Piracy Fight
The European Union Intellectual Property Office has signed a five‑year agreement with the European Commission to provide technical and consultative support under the Digital Services Act. EUIPO will focus on curbing online counterfeit goods and pirated content, helping oversee Very...
Research: Streaming Revenue Surpasses $150bn in 2025
Streaming subscription revenue reached $157.1 billion in 2025, surpassing the $150 billion milestone for the first time. The market has tripled since 2020, driven by international expansion, price hikes and the rapid adoption of ad‑supported tiers. The United States alone generated half...
Spain: RTVE in World Cup Ad Spat
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE is selling advertising slots for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, reigniting a long‑standing feud with private‑sector group UTECA. RTVE bought the rights for about $63 million and reported $94 million in commercial revenue last year, citing recent legal...