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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...