Viaplay outline plans to tackle password sharing
Viaplay says a third of its subscribers have shared the account details for their subscriptions with others. … [Read More...]
Today’s News – As it Happens
PlumResearch: Fallout is Prime Video’s biggest premiere
Amazon’s big budget TV series Fallout is taking 30% of viewing in most major markets and is seeing 91 million hours of viewing across 102 million views. … [Read More...]
Super RTL wants to take over Nickelodeon in Germany
German family channel Super RTL wants to take over children's channel Nickelodeon in Germany and rebrand it into its children's brand Toggo. … [Read More...]
News Line
BBC Green Planet gives £7.4 million to UK economy
The BBC’s The Green Planet boosted the UK economy by £7.4 million, according to a new report.
Sky Media highlights search behaviour in Captify Partnership
Sky Media has enhanced its partnership with real time audiences and insights specialist Captify.
Apple plans ‘World Cup’ style competition with FIFA backing
Football’s world governing body is reportedly close to an agreement with Apple that would give the streamer global rights to a new ‘World Cup’ style tournament being played in the United States next summer.
Deutsche Telekom teams up with Equativ for addressable TV
Deutsche Telekom has agreed a cooperation with the French ad tech company Equativ for target group-specific advertising.
Sportdigital takes EDGEsport under its roof
German fun and action sports channel EDGEsport will be fully integrated into the Sportdigital broadcasting group and renamed Sportdigital EDGE.
Date set for Fubo’s anti-trust sports lawsuit
A federal court in New York has set August 7 as the date for a preliminary injunction brought by Fubo against the Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery sports-streaming joint venture.
UKTV Ventures agrees airtime-for-equity deal with online care marketplace
UKTV has today announced it has invested in the award-winning online care marketplace, Elder, using its multi-million pound investment fund, UKTV Ventures.
TiVo Voice search for Polsat Box
Polsat Box has chosen TiVo’s voice solutions to bring voice search to its Polsat Box 4K set-top boxes.
People
RTL: Matthias Dang hands over to Carsten Schwecke as Chief Commercial, Technology and Data Officer
After more than 30 years, Matthias Dang, Chief Commercial, Technology and Data Officer at RTL Deutschland, has decided to leave the German broadcaster at the beginning of 2025. … [Read More...]
Matthias Hahn joins Tennis Channel as General Manager DACH
Tennis Channel has appointed Matthias Hahn as General Manager of German-language platforms, marking the US network’s first Europe-based executive. … [Read More...]
ORS appoints Sarah Hackforth as Head of International Sales
Sarah Hackforth has been in charge of international sales of streaming solutions at Austrian technical services provider ORS since the beginning of the year. … [Read More...]
Central & East Europe
Polish audiences fall at the first sign of Spring
Polish audiences spent less time in front of the small screen in March as the first month of spring brought in a spell of warm weather. … [Read More...]
Vectra to carry Eurosport Olympic pop-up channels
Eurosport's Olympic pop-up channels will be available to subscribers of the Polish operator Vectra. … [Read More...]
Xavier Niel consortium clears regulatory approval to acquire Ukrainian telco Datagroup-Volia
Xavier Niel’s NJJ Holding has been given regulatory approval to acquire Ukrainian fixed telecom and pay-TV provider Datagroup-Volia. … [Read More...]
TV
EBU report shows free-TV sport worth €4.9 billion to European economy
A report commissioned by the EBU has calculated that the economic impact of public service media (PSM) sports broadcasting contributed €4.9 billion to Europe’s GDP and supported over 60,000 jobs in 2022. … [Read More...]
Bundesliga suspends TV rights auction after DAZN complaint
The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has put the auction for domestic rights of the Bundesliga's domestic broadcast rights on hold after a bidder complained of unfair treatment. … [Read More...]
Plex Now boast world’s largest FAST Channel line-up
Plex says its offer of FAST channels is now over 1,000 with a total of 1,112 available across 180 countries. … [Read More...]
Editors’ Choice
Netflix will no longer report quarterly subscriber numbers
As Netflix subscriptions receive a boost from accounts that were previously shared, the streamer has confirmed plans to cease the reporting of exactly how many subscribers it has. … [Read More...]
Vantiva ships 22 million Android TV boxes
Vantiva’s market share of set-top boxes powered by Android TV has reached 25%. … [Read More...]
Disney+ buys Europa League Rights in Sweden and Denmark
Disney+ has made its first foray into the European sports market with the acquisition of rights to the UEFA Europa League and Conference League competitions in Sweden and Denmark. … [Read More...]