AEW PPVs Available via DAZN
DAZN is adding All Elite Wrestling pay‑per‑view events to its global sports lineup, excluding India. The first title‑fight, AEW Revolution, streams on March 15, followed by Dynasty, Double or Nothing, and All In later in the year. Viewers can buy each event individually (US $49.99, UK £19.99, Canada C$39.99, Europe €19.99) or watch Revolution via the DAZN Ultimate subscription tier. All shows will be offered live and on‑demand in English, German, Spanish and French.
Forecast: Fibre Growth to Sustain Japan’s Fixed Services Revenue
Japan’s fixed‑line revenue will stay largely flat from 2025 to 2030, rising modestly from $26.4 billion to $26.9 billion (0.4% CAGR). The modest growth is driven by a 1.3% CAGR increase in fibre broadband, while traditional voice services decline at a 1.8%...
Disney+ to Stream March Madness in Europe, South Africa
Disney+ announced it will stream the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, known as March Madness, across Europe and South Africa. The service will carry all 134 games live from March 17 to April 7 as part of the standard...
Canal+ to Deploy Google Cloud AI Tech; Successful 2025
Canal+ has entered a multi‑year partnership with Google Cloud to roll out the latter’s generative AI suite across its European and African app markets starting in June. The AI tools will automate video indexing, create a multimodal content database and...
DAZN App Now on EE TV
EE announced that the DAZN sports streaming app is now available on its EE TV Box Pro and Box Edge devices, accessible via the Apps rail. The partnership brings live boxing, MMA, football, golf and more to UK households, with over 185...
Research: Over Half of 45–54 Year Olds Watch Mobile While TV Viewing
Primary research from Omdia shows that 52% of U.S. adults aged 45‑54 watched video clips on their mobile phones while viewing television in November 2025, up from 39% in 2022. The trend also accelerated among 55‑64‑year‑olds, rising to 35% from...
Sky, Canal+ Sign Scripted Production Partnership
Sky and Canal+ have entered a three‑year co‑commissioning partnership to develop English‑language scripted series, committing to at least two new projects each year. The deal pools StudioCanal’s resources with independent producers, allowing both companies to co‑finance green‑lit titles. By targeting...
Research: Glasgow Tops UK Broadband Outages
Broadband Genie’s research of 3,200 UK bill‑payer connections shows a pronounced regional gap in broadband reliability, measured by outages over 48 hours per £100 spent. Glasgow leads with 0.94 outages per £100, far above Belfast (0.57) and London (0.53), while...
Study: TV Remains Dominant Influencer in US Purchase Decisions
TVB’s 2026 Purchase Funnel Study, commissioned by GfK/NIQ, confirms television remains the most influential medium across all stages of the consumer purchase journey. TV outperformed the nearest competitor, social media, by fivefold in driving awareness and led trust metrics, with...
Saunders Appointed MD of Sky Business
Sky has appointed Damian Saunders as Managing Director of its Sky Business division, marking the latest step in the company’s B2B expansion. Saunders, who joined Sky in 2012 and has held multiple senior roles—including Strategy and Commercial Director and CRO—has...
Disney Channel Returning to Spain
Disney Channel will relaunch in Spain on April 1, replacing Disney Junior and expanding its schedule to target children aged six to eleven. The revived pay‑TV channel will retain preschool programming through clearly labelled Disney Junior blocks. Disney Junior previously held...
SportsCast Global Partners with FAST Channels TV
SportsCast Global announced a partnership with FAST Channels TV to launch a 24/7 free‑ad‑supported streaming (FAST) sports channel. The channel will feature football, motorsport, basketball, tennis and baseball content, including classic games, highlights, commentary and athlete profiles. FAST Channels TV...
Evrideo Appoints Rob Malcolm and Greg Willis as Senior Executives
Evrideo, the cloud‑native SaaS platform for broadcast operations, announced two senior‑level hires. Rob Malcolm joins as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Product Officer, bringing over 25 years of SaaS and broadcast experience. Greg Willis becomes Vice President of Sales &...
Winx Club & Friends SVoD Channel Launches on Prime Video
Rainbow's studio has launched its first themed subscription video‑on‑demand (SVoD) channel, Winx Club & Friends, on Amazon Prime Video. The channel is live in the UK, Italy, France, Finland and Sweden and bundles flagship series such as Winx Club, Huntik,...
AppsFlyer Appoints Nakad in GM Role
AppsFlyer announced the creation of a General Manager role for Western Europe and the Middle East, appointing Alexia Nakad to lead the region. The new position underscores the firm’s push to expand its omni‑channel and data‑collaboration strategy across high‑growth markets. Nakad...
UKTV Expands Partnership with Samsung
UKTV has struck a new partnership with Samsung that places its free linear channels on Samsung’s internet‑only TV platform across the UK. The agreement creates a dedicated rail on Samsung’s home screen and deep‑links the U app through the Universal...
Data: Women’s Football Sponsorship Sees Growth Across Europe
Ampere Analysis reports a 53% rise in women‑only sponsorship deals across Europe’s top domestic leagues, reaching 181 contracts. Italy’s Serie A Women saw the steepest growth, a 600% jump, while combined men’s and women’s deals climbed 47% to 677. Fan...
Report: Telcos Missing Opportunity to Improve Networks Using AI
The WBBA’s State of AI in Telecoms report, based on a survey of 340+ industry professionals, shows AI adoption is accelerating but remains centred on internal efficiency and customer support. While 42% of operators use AI mainly for service and...
MPs to Quiz YouTube on Children’s TV and Video Content
Senior YouTube executives will appear before the UK Culture, Media and Sport Committee on March 10 to answer questions about the platform’s role in children’s television and video consumption. Ofcom data shows YouTube is now the most‑used app or site among...
EBay Sponsors Sky’s Saturday Night Live UK
Sky Media has named eBay as the headline partner for the UK launch of Saturday Night Live, bringing the American comedy brand to British screens on March 21. The deal centers on eBay Live, the platform’s interactive shopping experience, with eBay‑branded...
Movistar Plus Adds Mandatory Ads when Accessing TV Channels
Movistar Plus has expanded its mandatory pre‑roll advertising to several Atresmedia linear channels, adding a 30‑second non‑skippable ad before viewers can watch live broadcasts. The system, first rolled out on RTVE channels, limits exposure to one ad per 30 minutes...
MVP Launches MVPW; Signs ESPN Deal
Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) unveiled MVPW, a dedicated global platform for women’s boxing, and secured a multi‑year broadcast agreement with ESPN through 2028. The inaugural MVPW‑01 event launches in London on April 5, streamed on the ESPN App and aired on...
Live Streaming Latency vs On-Demand Infrastructure Reliability
The transition from broadcast to IP delivery has sharpened the focus on live‑stream latency, exposing a 30‑60 second gap that threatens viewer engagement. Unlike Video on Demand, live events cannot rely on pre‑encoding buffers, forcing engineers to balance immediacy against stability....
Eurovision Sport Provides Live Subtitling for Paralympic Winter Games
Eurovision Sport, the EBU’s free‑to‑air streaming service, has teamed with AI specialist CAMB.AI to deliver live and on‑demand subtitling for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. The partnership will provide real‑time, contextual speech‑to‑text transcription across all six Paralympic sports, preserving editorial...
Study: Advertisers Face a ‘Paradox of Plenty’ in Measurement
The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) and the 4As released a study revealing a "Paradox of Plenty" for U.S. advertisers: abundant data and sophisticated tools have not translated into higher confidence in media measurement. Surveying 197 senior marketers, the...
Spain: Movistar Adds Ronaldo’s MMA
Movistar Plus has signed a deal to broadcast Spain’s premier mixed‑martial‑arts promotion, WOW, beginning with the WOW 27 Madrid event on March 7. The agreement provides full coverage on the Deportes por M+ channel, with the main card also airing on Vamos por M+ for...
Sony Divests Whisper Stake
Sony Pictures Television is selling its 30% share in The Whisper Group after five years of partnership. The divestiture returns Whisper to private ownership, with external financing to fund its strategy and an employee equity plan. During Sony’s tenure, Whisper’s...
Crompton Joins Fremantle as Global Head of Entertainment
Fremantle announced Ben Crompton as its new Global Head of Entertainment, effective March 2026. Crompton arrives from NBCUniversal, where he oversaw International Unscripted, developing formats and IP worldwide. He previously launched Lime Pictures US, delivering hit shows for Netflix, MTV,...
Analysis: Premium Content Strategies Attract High-Value Viewers
British streaming platforms are abandoning the traditional subscriber‑growth model in favor of targeting high‑net‑worth viewers. Executives now prioritize Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) by offering premium tiers that promise seamless, personalized experiences. Data‑driven curation, early‑release access, and 8K streaming are...
Research: 85% of European Viewers Use Streaming Ad Tiers
FreeWheel’s Voice of the Viewer study shows that 85% of European streaming users watch ad‑supported tiers, with 83% satisfied overall. Content choice drives satisfaction, cited by 73% of respondents, while 47% exclusively use ad‑supported plans and 49% deliberately chose them....
Spain: Court Summons for Cloudflare CEO
A Madrid investigating court has summoned Cloudflare chief executive Matthew Prince to appear on April 7th over alleged non‑cooperation with Spain’s anti‑piracy efforts. LaLiga and Movistar Plus+ claim the U.S. firm ignored more than a hundred takedown requests, allowing roughly 38 percent of...
Virgin Media O2 Appoints Melcon as CFO
Virgin Media O2 announced David Melcon as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective April 2. Melcon arrives with more than 25 years of telecom finance experience, most recently serving as CFO of Vivo, Telefónica Brazil, where he helped double market value and...
US Identifies Notorious Piracy Markets
The U.S. Trade Representative released its 2025 Notorious Markets List, identifying 37 online and 32 physical venues that facilitate trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. The report spotlights the surge in illegal streaming of live sports, especially as the United States...
MPA LatAm Role for Rolo
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has named Raúl Rolo as Vice President and Regional Legal Counsel for Latin America, based in Mexico City. Rolo will report to Carla Sánchez‑Armas and Jesse Martin, overseeing the MPA’s IP protection and government‑relations strategy...
IKO Media Group Launches iKOSYSTEM
iKO Media Group has unveiled iKOSYSTEM, a unified broadcast operations platform that consolidates satellite, cloud, OTT, FAST and monitoring services into a single, secure environment. The solution offers single‑sign‑on access, role‑based permissions and a real‑time dashboard that provides engineers and...
Channel 4 Sales’ B Corp Competition Returns
Channel 4 Sales is relaunching its B Corp competition, offering £600,000 of free TV advertising to five certified UK B Corporations. Partnering with B Lab UK, the initiative follows a successful first year that boosted brand perception and sales for winners like Seep and Ticket Tailor....
Onetag Acquires Aryel
Onetag, a global exchange and smart curation platform, announced the acquisition of Italy‑based AdTech firm Aryel. The deal, backed by private‑equity sponsor Wise Equity, expands Onetag’s reach to over 2,000 publishers and 5,000 advertisers while adding Aryel’s immersive advertising formats....
Xicoia Hires Prime Video’s Whelan
Xicoia, the AI talent studio founded by Particle6 CEO Eline van der Velden, has hired former Prime Video executive Mark Whelan as Head of Strategy and Operations. Whelan will partner with Van der Velden to accelerate the growth of AI...
XGN Global, X1 Mobile Release Commercial 5G Broadcast Rugged Smartphone
XGN Global and X1 Mobile have unveiled the world’s first commercial rugged smartphone capable of receiving 5G Broadcast television signals, targeting first‑responder use cases. The device delivers free, subscription‑free live video, audio and emergency alerts in under half a second,...
Italy: DAZN Scores World Cup Rights
DAZN has secured exclusive streaming rights to broadcast every one of the 104 matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Italy, while public broadcaster Rai will air 35 selected games, including the opening match and any involving the Italian...
Atresmedia Defies TV Ad Downturn with €1bn FY Revenues
Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia posted €1 billion in net revenues for FY 2025, a marginal decline from €1.01 billion in 2024, despite a 4.4 percent contraction in the domestic TV advertising market. EBITDA fell sharply to €87.7 million, but the company noted that, excluding redundancy‑related provisions,...
DAZN Continues to Drive Subs Growth for NFL Game Pass
DAZN reported a 24% year‑on‑year increase in NFL Game Pass subscriptions, continuing double‑digit growth since its 2023 partnership with the league. The premium Ultimate Tier saw more than 300% growth as fans embraced HDR, Dolby 5.1, and multiview features. International...
Begin Secures ISL Digital Rights Across 4 GCC Markets
Begin, the UAE‑based OTT platform, has signed a one‑year exclusive deal for the Indian Super League’s digital rights in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain. The agreement grants live streaming access for the 2026 ISL season, which runs through...
BeIN Extends F1 Rights Across 10 Asian Territories
beIN Asia Pacific has extended its exclusive Formula 1 broadcast partnership through the 2030 season, covering ten Asian territories. The agreement secures live transmission of every Grand Prix, practice, qualifying, Sprint and related feeder series such as Formula 2, Formula 3, F1 Academy...
Study: Addressable TV Delivers 3x Web Uplift vs Linear
Sky Media’s Addressable Advantage study of 2,400 campaigns shows addressable TV generates a 121% lift in aided ad recall and delivers three times more incremental web traffic than linear TV. The analysis, based on household‑level data from a five‑million‑home panel,...
Research: Widening Gap Between Box Office Success and BAFTA Contenders
The BBFC’s 37‑year analysis shows a widening split between UK box‑office hits and BAFTA Best Film nominees. Over the last decade, top‑grossing titles are dominated by U, PG and 12A ratings, while 74% of BAFTA nominees carry 15 or 18...
Film and TV Charity Unveils Principles for Mentally Healthy Productions
The Film and TV Charity has launched a set of Principles for Mentally Healthy Productions aimed at tackling chronic burnout, stress and poor mental health across the UK screen sector. The framework outlines practical steps for improving on‑set culture, from...
Eutelsat Seeks €1.5bn Refinancing
Paris‑based satellite operator Eutelsat announced a €1.5 billion senior bond offering split into two euro‑denominated tranches—a five‑year issue maturing in 2031 and a seven‑year issue maturing in 2033, with yields of roughly 6.375% and 6.875% respectively. The bonds are guaranteed by...
Ofcom to Regulate Major UK VoD Services
The UK government is moving to bring the most popular video‑on‑demand services under Ofcom’s regulatory umbrella through secondary legislation to the Media Act 2024. Platforms with more than 500,000 UK users—including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, ITVX and Channel 4—will be classified...
HBO Max Launching in 12 New APAC Markets in March
Warner Bros Discovery will launch HBO Max direct‑to‑consumer in twelve Asia‑Pacific island markets on March 26, 2026. The rollout follows recent European launches in Italy and Germany and precedes the UK and Ireland debut. The service will bundle HBO, Harry Potter, DC, Cartoon Network, Max Originals...