Eighty-five per cent of VOD usage in Europe is to just three services, Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory.
Amazon sublicenses Premier League games from Viaplay
Viaplay has reached an agreement with Amazon Prime Video to offload 10% of all Premier League games each season in Sweden and Denmark.
Sky to launch Sky Stream in Germany
Sky plans to launch Sky Stream as a new, central streaming platform in Germany in late summer 2024.
Warner Bros. Discovery to Launch Max in Europe starting May 21
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max will debut first in the Nordics, Iberia and Central and East Europe when its European rollout begins on May 21.
TF1 takes streaming service international to grow ad revenue
French commercial broadcaster TF1 is to expand its newly launched streaming service into parts of Europe and Africa.
Ukrainian TV channels on Eutelsat Hotbird under attack
Ukrainian international channels Freedom and Dom that broadcast from the Eutelsat Hot Bird neighbourhood have reportedly been jammed.
Paramount+ announces pricing and rollout for new ad tier
Paramount+ has announced details of its new ad-supported tier launching in Canada and Australia and extending its Premium Tier into Europe.
Politicians acting as news presenters on GB News broke broadcasting rules
GB News shouldn’t have used politicians as news presenters, the regulator Ofcom has said, ruling that the right-wing broadcaster broke impartiality rules on five separate occasions.
Altice sells BFM and RMC TV
Altice Group has sold its media unit including the RFM and RMC TV channels to the French-Lebanese shipping tycoon Rodolphe Saadé.
Streaming increase for RTL Group
Paying subscribers for RTL Group’s streaming services RTL+ in Germany and Hungary and 6play in France were up 30.5% to 5.569 million at the end of 2023.