Advanced Television

Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, has announced that it will soon add an array of new FAST channels in a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).  The channels – a mix of single IP channels and scripted series genre channels – will be available across the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Nordics and […]

Lutz Schüler, chief executive at multiplay operator Virgin Media O2, has called on regulators to take action to ensure there is effective competition to BT’s fibre infrastructure provider Openreach. Writing in a blog post, Schüler says that even with billions of pounds of investment over the past decade, the UK’s fibre landscape is now more […]

ITV has reported that a peak audience of 18 million viewers watched its coverage of England’s FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-final victory against Norway on July 11th, the biggest peak audience for the broadcaster since the Euro 2024 Final on July 14th 2024. The audience is the highest on any channel or streamer this year, […]

ITV has reported that a peak audience of 18 million viewers watched its coverage of England’s FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-final victory against Norway on July 11th, the biggest peak audience for the broadcaster since the Euro 2024 Final on July 14th 2024. The audience is the highest on any channel or streamer this year, […]

Media thought leader Evan Shapiro, delivering a keynote address at commercial PSB France Télévisions’ 2026/27 season ‘streaming first’ preview screening, has said that “when you get down to the youngest members of the French society, TikTok gets more attention than any other platform in this region,” adding that it was not just more, but more […]