Media Delivery
Virgin Media’s TV services hit by “major power outage”
Company's TV service was unavailable for around seven hours
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Media Consumption
The beginning of the end for traditional TV’s golden age: Deloitte releases 2022 predictions
Analysts predict traditional TV broadcasters’ share of viewing hours among UK consumers will fall to 49 per cent in 2023
Media Delivery
DTG mandates HbbTV in latest update to UK transmission standards
The D-Book sets out the technical interoperability requirements for digital terrestrial and hybrid delivery television in the UK
Media Delivery
discovery plus launches on Amazon Channels UK
Viewers can opt to sign up for just entertainment or add on sport to their package
Media Delivery
NENT Group’s Viaplay expands to UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Viaplay will launch in the UK in the second half of 2022 and then in Germany, Austria and Switzerland during 2023
Media Delivery
ViacomCBS partners with Sky to launch Paramount Plus in Europe
Announcement follows hot on the heels of last week's news that Comcast's streaming service Peacock will launch on Sky platforms later this year
Production & Post
Telstra opens new UK Broadcast Operations Centre
BOC will host a Master Control Room, office space, and lab/workshop area designed to facilitate tests and builds
Media Delivery
Sky brings Peacock to Europe
Comcast's streaming service will make its international debut in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland
Media Management
Red Bee prepares playout facilities for IP with help from Rohde & Schwarz
Red Bee selected the company's SDM (Scalable Distributed Multiviewer) and MCC (Multiviewer Control Centre) options
Business
Report: Number of TV channels based in the UK halves post-Brexit
A third of channels leaving the UK migrated to the Netherlands and Spain
Production & Post
ARRI opens new mixed reality UK studio
New Uxbridge-based studio includes an LED volume comprising 343 square meters of LED wall
Live Production
GB News confirms launch date
The channel was first announced in September 2020 and counts Discovery among its backers
Business
Virgin Media’s Lutz Schüler to lead merged Liberty Global/Telefonica company
The combination of Virgin Media and O2 is expected to create a nationwide integrated communications provider with over 46 million video, broadband and mobile...
Media Delivery
PSBs should collaborate on ‘one-stop shop’ VoD offering
Report on the future of public service broadcasting published by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Media Delivery
HBO Max unlikely to debut in UK, Germany or Italy until 2025
Current licensing deals will stop the streamer's launch in certain territories
Media Delivery
Amazon Prime UK nets LaLiga distribution agreement
Distribution deal runs until the end of 2021/22 season
Production & Post
BFI: Spending on high-end TV production topped film in 2020
The BFI reports the industry started to see recovery in final quarter of 2020 with £1.19 billion spent, the second highest three-month spend on...
Business
Funding for GB News ‘significantly oversubscribed’
Broadcaster may decide to raise more than the initial £60 million target.
Media Delivery
Amazon, Sky sign “deal of the year”
Deal includes Sky customers in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy.
Media Delivery
70,000 hours of content and we still can’t find anything to watch
Ampere Analysis warns the golden age of cheap content for SVoD companies is ending.
Media Delivery
UK government backs 5G testing facility
Facility, based in Oxfordshire, will showcase the benefits of hybrid 5G and satellite communications networks.
Business
Netflix to declare its true UK revenue
Think tank claims the streamer has been under reporting its revenue
Business
UK government creates Global Screen Fund to replace EU funding after Brexit
Pilot scheme will receive £7 million in government funding to support UK TV and film productions.
Business
Ofcom: Women still make up less than half of UK TV and radio industry
Ofcom has called on broadcasters to accelerate progress across three priority areas.
Business
Netflix spends $1 billion on UK productions in 2020
Streamer says it intends to "invest in the best content in every genre, and are fully committed to supporting British production and creative talent...
Media Delivery
BARB: 60 per cent of UK households have SVoD subscription
An additional 3 millions households have signed up to an SVoD since Q3 2019 according to BARB's report
Business
What does lockdown 2 mean for the TV industry?
TVBEurope talks to analyst Alex DeGroote about the impact England's return to lockdown could have on commercial broadcasters
Media Delivery
Discovery Plus streamer to launch in the UK and Ireland
New streamer replaces the existing dplay.
Live Production
As News UK begins hiring TV producers, can the UK sustain four news channels?
TVBEurope talks to analyst Gill Hind about the future of news channels in the UK
Business
Discovery backs UK news channel led by Andrew Neil
GB News is expected to launch in early 2021
Media Consumption
Ampere: UK SVoD and BVoD users neck-and-neck in Q3
Analysts found SVoD viewing has remained high in the UK even after the lifting of lockdown
Media Delivery
Is Amazon’s IMDb TV preparing to launch in the UK?
Streamer actively recruiting someone to head up the service's UK launch
Media Delivery
BritBox launches on Freesat
Earlier in the summer ITV CEO Carolyn McCall said the so-called British Netflix is “on around 20 million devices and in 60 per cent...
Media Delivery
Fox News International streaming channel set for European launch
DTC service will combine Fox News and Fox Business Network
Media Management
Red Bee adds points of presence in London, Paris
Red Bee already has points of presence in the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium and Germany
Media Delivery
Barcroft Studios launches new OTT channel, truly
Channel will debut on Pluto TV in the UK, Austria, Switzerland and Germany in early July
Media Delivery
Disney Plus signs up over 4 million UK subscribers
Already the third most popular SVoD in the UK
Business
Liberty Global, Telefonica in talks over UK merger
Joint venture would look to take on the likes of BT and Sky
Media Delivery
Europe sees huge jump in streaming since lockdown began
Just Watch reports spikes of over 200 per cent in traffic as viewers search for content to watch
Data Centre
Western Europe pay-TV subs “to fall below 100 million”
“IPTV is gaining subscribers at the expense of the other pay-TV platforms"
Data Centre
UK remained “most prominent TV channel supplier” in 2019
Despite channels relocating to the Netherlands, Spain and the Czech Republic due to Brexit
Production & Post
The importance of keeping people connected in a time of crisis
LiveU explains how its technology is currently helping people communicate across Europe