Viasat’s massive ViaSat-3 F1 satellite is now in commercial service. The satellite has been under test for the past few months and despite some complications created by a problem with its antenna deployment upon launch has entered commercial service and is now available for aviation customers operating over North America, including air-routes servicing Hawaii. The…

Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine movie took the #1 spot in the UK & Ireland box office in its opening weekend, claiming the top spot for biggest opening of 2024 and signposting the highest grossing opening since Barbie in summer 2023. Breaking several records across the board, Deadpool & Wolverine has already earned the biggest…

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, will become the exclusive rights holder for UEFA’s club competitions in New Zealand for the upcoming three-year broadcast cycle, 2024/25 – 2026/27 inclusive. Bringing Kiwi sports fans the best of European football, DAZN will broadcast games from the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference…

Acunmedya’s acquisition of 50 per cent of the shares in Sport1 has been finalised. Sport1 Medien, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Swiss-based media group Highlight Communications, and the international media and entertainment group Acunmedya, based in Istanbul, had agreed in February this year to acquire 50 per cent of the shares in Sport1 as part…

Independent testing of the everyday mobile experience across the UK has demonstrated EE is the most reliable network for mobile customers, being named the UK’s best network for the 11th year in a row. To provide a definitive picture of the performance of all four of the UK’s mobile network operators – EE, Three, O2…

Rhebus TV, the creative force behind the Fancy A Movie channel, has announced its collaboration with FAST Channels TV to introduce their latest venture, a FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channel, to audiences worldwide. Fancy A Movie is the newest addition to the FAST channel lineup, offering a curated selection of the finest and most…

From August 8th, Sky Sports subscribers can watch the new Sky Sports+ dedicated channel and numerous live streams at no extra cost. Hundreds of hours of live sport will be available to stream, with four times as many matches from the EFL and all 72 teams featured over 20 times a season. Sky Sports+ will…

Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data and analysis on the global video streaming landscape. Kantar’s EoD study uncovers the following behaviours within the global VoD market between Apr to Jun 2024: Ad-supported streaming saw significant growth in Q2 2024, with AVoD increasing by 10 per…

Content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios, has announced that its German office has signed a partnership with Studio71, the digital media and entertainment company of ProSiebenSat.1, to launch two channel brands on the free streaming service Joyn. Effective immediately, selected content from Little Dot Studios’ Real Stories Germany and Real Crime Germany channels, will…

The days of flipping through TV channels are long gone as smart TV owners embrace the app-centric viewing environments that deliver more than just TV entertainment. Hub’s Evolution of the TV Set study shows that smart TVs significantly impact how viewers are leaning into streaming services and other entertainment apps as traditional linear pay-TV viewing…