Business
Funding for GB News ‘significantly oversubscribed’
Broadcaster may decide to raise more than the initial £60 million target.
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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
Data Centre
Disney Plus ‘hits 5 million app downloads’ on day one in Europe
Figures are for the mobile app only
Business
The Media Production & Technology Show postponed due to coronavirus
Previously due to take place in May
Media Consumption
Tony Hall: “No guarantee” that Netflix would serve British culture
"It comes nowhere near matching the BBC"
Business
Bectu, EPC urge governments to safeguard industry workers
Organisations raise concerns over impact of coronavirus on film and TV sector
Media Delivery
O2 wins exclusive Disney Plus mobile distributor deal
Will be available to telco's customers on mobile, online streaming and TV
Business
Government, broadcasters, sports bodies in coronavirus meeting
"There is no bright side for broadcasters" says media analyst
Business
DAZN to expand into 200 countries in 2020
Includes English-language service focused on boxing
Business
Is Channel 4 the government’s next target?
PM reportedly thinks privatising the broadcaster is a "great idea"
Data Centre
Broadcast TV still accounts for almost a third of our video day
UK viewers are still watching 4 hours and 42 minutes of TV a day
Videos
Data Centre
Disney Plus could have 7.6 million UK subscribers
Only two per cent of Netflix users are considering leaving the service for the Disney platform
Business
Brexit takes a chunk of UK TV market share
European Audiovisual Observatory reveals MAVISE TV and VoD database findings
