NOW, Sky’s streaming service, has seen one of its online ads banned for being ‘misleading’ by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after a solitary complaint was upheld. The home page of the Now website, seen on March 29th, featured an offer for ‘Entertainment 6 Month Saver for £6.99 a month’ followed by details about the…

Digital ad revenues return to growth, driven in part by articles about pop superstar, Euro 2024 and general election Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, the Euro 2024 football tournament and the UK general election – as well as a deep round of cost-cutting and job losses – helped the publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers…

The UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has brought together leaders representing more than 150 strategically important organisations – spanning the creative industries, sport, media, youth services, tourism and the arts – at a summit in Manchester (Wednesday July 31st) to invite them to work with DCMS in delivering the Government’s national mission of economic growth…

According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data centre industries, Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenues are expected to drop 13 per cent in 2024, with lower prices exacerbating depressed demand. Meanwhile, vendors sensitive to eroding prices are cutting back on some functions of their Wi-Fi…

The England Lionesses’ victory at the Euro 2022 tournament has been voted the top live TV sporting moment of the past 20 years in a survey conducted by Everyone TV, the organisation responsible for streaming service Freely, which is backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The survey of 2,000 sports fans…

A new report from Microsoft highlighted key challenges, opportunities and urgencies that come with protecting people from the dangers of AI-generated content. On Tuesday, the company released new research about efforts to prevent harmful generative AI such as election-related misinformation and deepfake content. The 50-page white paper also sheds more light on people’s exposure to…

For the first time, less than half of 16-24-year-olds (Gen Z) are now watching broadcast TV in an average week, according to Ofcom’s annual study into the nation’s media habits. Just 48 per cent of young audiences tuned in during an average week last year, down from 76 per cent in 2018. Children aged 4-15…

Satellite operator SES says that it has booked €978 million in Revenues (down 0.6 per cent y-o-y. 2024 revenue outlook (of €1.94bn – €2bn) on track and unchanged. CEO Adel Al-Saleh said that the company’s acquisition of Intelsat is “on track” and remains due to close later next year. “The entry of O3b mPOWER into…

Digital ad revenues return to growth, driven in part by articles about pop superstar, Euro 2024 and general election Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, the Euro 2024 football tournament and the UK general election – as well as a deep round of cost-cutting and job losses – helped the publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers…

Digital ad revenues return to growth, driven in part by articles about pop superstar, Euro 2024 and general election Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, the Euro 2024 football tournament and the UK general election – as well as a deep round of cost-cutting and job losses – helped the publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers…