News MediaForEurope

MediaForEurope to launch single streaming platform in Europe

News BBC and Channel 4 discuss streaming partnership

BBC and Channel 4 discuss streaming partnership

News

Sky makes ITV acquisition official

News Viaplay Group to sell Dutch operations for €142m

Viaplay Group to sell Dutch operations for €142m

News Paramount offers EU concessions to gain approval for WBD takeover

Paramount offers EU concessions to gain approval for WBD takeover

Interview

IBC Revisited – Evan Shapiro on the future of TV – Part 2: "I'm back. I’m without cancer. How's media doing?"

Interview

IBC Revisited – Evan Shapiro on the future of TV – Part 1: "Why do you get to mandate what’s premium?"

News US Department of Justice approves Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery

UK “minded to intervene” in $110bn Paramount-WBD merger

News Antenna Group - DAZN

DAZN teams with Antenna Group to launch news service in Italy

News EBU Executive Board

EBU re-elects Delphine Ernotte Cunci as President

News BBC retains Wimbledon rights until 2033

BBC retains Wimbledon rights until 2033

News Love Island

Sky agrees terms to buy ITV’s broadcast and streaming unit

News TF1 on Netflix

Netflix kicks off landmark distribution deal with France’s TF1

News Lisa Nandy, UK Culture Secretary

UK government sets out plans to give prominence for PSB news on social media

News BBC to cut £160m and 550 jobs

BBC to cut £160m and 550 jobs

News US Department of Justice approves Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery

US Department of Justice approves Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery

Interview Jeff Ulin with Book (4th Ed)

Jeff Ulin: “The remote? So old school”

News Director-General Matt Brittin and Deputy Director-General Rhodri Talfan Davies

BBC names Rhodri Talfan Davies as Deputy Director-General

News Early Freeview switch-off would be “unprecedented gamble” for UK TV

Early Freeview switch-off would be “unprecedented gamble” for UK TV

News Broadcast TV remains the UK’s most used media format

Broadcast TV remains the UK’s most used media format

News Late-night starts at World Cup to change UK viewing habits

Late-night starts at World Cup to change UK viewing habits

News Illegal TV streaming causes €2.4bn in losses in Germany

Illegal TV streaming causes €2.4bn in losses in Germany

Features

SVOD vs AVOD: The reinvention of live sports viewing

News Garry Basnett

ITV launches Live Addressable+ with Omnicom

News New Director General Matt Brittin says BBC “must be where audiences are”

New Director General Matt Brittin says BBC “must be where audiences are”

News ITV remains in ‘active discussions’ with Sky over sale

ITV remains in ‘active discussions’ with Sky over sale

News

France Télévisions predicts job cuts before 2027

News

CEO of ITN to be replaced “immediately”

Features Richard Lindsay-Davies: : “Baffling consumers

TV: The Bigger Picture – “Measurement is valuation”

Features This City

Creative Cities Convention: “See your background as an asset”

News Winning bidders revealed for UEFA men’s football in 19 territories

Winning bidders revealed for UEFA men’s football in 19 territories

Features

The dish is not dead: Why the future of TV delivery is hybrid

Interview BFBS CEO Ben Chapman

BFBS: “I’ll admit, it’s interesting we’ve taken that decision”

News Mics of AIL member broadcasters

EBU and AIL form intercontinental news-sharing agreement

News

Iceland’s RÚV partners with Leyra

News CTS signs multi-year agreement with Great American Media

CTS signs multi-year agreement with Great American Media

News

Iceland’s RÚV partners with Leyra

News ITVX in-car entertainment service with Xperi

ITVX launches in-car entertainment service with Xperi

News Thousands of hours of France TV programming will be made available on YouTube each year, accessible shortly after broadcast

France Télévisions to stream national and local news on YouTube

News Bouygues Telecom, Free-Iliad, and Orange in talks to buy Altice’s SFR

Bouygues Telecom, Free-Iliad, and Orange in talks to buy Altice’s SFR

News QVC to file for bankruptcy protection

QVC to file for bankruptcy protection

News

Channel 4’s longest-serving Chief Content Officer steps down

News

BBC to cut 2,000 jobs: "Put simply, the gap between our costs and our income is growing"

News

US judge calls Trump’s defunding of public broadcasters "unlawful"

News

Bangkok to host first-ever Eurovision Song Contest Asia in 2026

News

Jonathan Newman becomes UKTV’s Chief Commercial Officer

News Europe’s audiovisual market is worth €142bn – report

Europe’s audiovisual market is worth €142bn – report

News

Tim Davie to lead UK’s Creative Industries Council after leaving BBC

News Matt Brittin set to be confirmed as next BBC Director General

Matt Brittin confirmed as next BBC Director-General

News Broadcasters call for tougher regulation of smart TVs and virtual assistants

Broadcasters call for tougher regulation of smart TVs and virtual assistants

Features

Inside IBC’s Innovation and Insight Leadership Roundtable: Speed, sovereignty, and the value question

News Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy

Culture Secretary vows to futureproof BBC with permanent charter

News BBC calls for Donald Trump’s $10bn defamation claim to be thrown out

BBC calls for Donald Trump’s $10bn defamation claim to be thrown out

News Norbert Himmler

Norbert Himmler re-elected as Director General of ZDF

News Caroline Baxter, CEO

Barb names Caroline Baxter as CEO

News

Tim Davie on “national asset” BBC World Service: “We should be doubling the funding”

News Whisper returns to private ownership as Sony Pictures Television sells stake

ITV says sale talks with Sky for TV and streaming business are continuing

News

iPlayer open to hosting rival PSBs to survive “permanent and irreversible” disruption

News Winter Olympic Games 2026 is most-watched ever for European broadcasters

Winter Olympic Games 2026 is most-watched ever for European broadcasters

News Operative partners with GraySwan

Operative partners with GraySwan

News Live TV viewing is still ‘substantial’

Live TV viewing is still ‘substantial’, says Barb

News BBC and C4 should forge ‘deeper’ ties, says UK creative industries minister

BBC and C4 should forge ‘deeper’ ties, says UK creative industries minister

News

BBC appoints Rhodri Talfan Davies as Interim Director General

News

ITV picks Yospace DAI for Freely channels

News

BBC Group to deliver original content for YouTube

News Freely UI - Browse

Freely doubles weekly viewership over festive period

News Comcast completes Versant Media spin-off of cable TV assets

Comcast completes Versant Media spin-off of cable TV assets

News Christmas shows 2025

King’s speech tops UK Christmas 2025 ratings

News Alex Mahon

Alex Mahon and Charlotte Moore receive New Year Honours

News

Comcast Technology Solutions wins deals from Charter and Cox

News

Bitmovin ties with ThinkAnalytics

News

BBC Charter Review seeking input on generating more commercial revenue

Tutorials

Why YouTube can be a sizeable monetisation platform

News ITV Sport Production to produce World Snooker Tour coverage for 5

ITV Sport Production to produce World Snooker Tour coverage for 5

Interview

Stephen J Arnell: “AI definitely has its uses, but it is presently way too bland”

News

MediaForEurope expands European TV footprint with Impresa deal

Tutorials

Distribution – Tutorial, Ep 3: YouTube: The distribution powerhouse

News

Older audiences lead adoption of film and TV viewing on YouTube

News 5. ITV

ITV confirms talks with Comcast

News Winter Olympic: A first look at WBD’s studios in Cortina, Italy that will broadcast live each day during Milano Cortina 2026

Warner Bros Discovery unveils Olympic Winter Games studios

News ITV strikes free-to-air darts deal

ITV strikes free-to-air darts deal

News John Malone to step back from Liberty Global’s media and telecoms empire

John Malone to step back from Liberty Global’s media and telecoms empire

News Love Island

Liberty Global sells half of ITV stake

News TV Switch off

UK TV switch-off date could leave 5.4 million households without access

News Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has stated that it is considering a sale

Warner Bros Discovery to put itself up for sale

News

Warner Bros. Discovery to revamp TLC as free-to-air channel in UK and Ireland

News Freely

Freely adds 10 new streaming channels to lineup

News

Channel 4 and UKTV strike streaming deal

News MTV

MTV to cut five channels in UK

Features NAB NY: 2024

NAB NY preview: Political backdrop casts long shadow over TV innovation

Tutorials

Measuring the value of the TV homepage

News

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy considers mix of BBC funding options

Tutorials

Accelerating Innovation – Tutorial, Ep 2: Measuring the value of the connected TV screen

News

MediaForEurope in talks to acquire stake in Portugal’s Impresa

News

Comcast appoints Mike Cavanagh as Co-Chief Executive

News MBC Group

Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires majority stake in MBC Group

Features BBC Director General Tim Davie

RTS Cambridge Convention: One last wave of the flag for British news and content

News

UK public service broadcasters unite in call for government action

Features Credit: MichielTon

Evan Shapiro: “Netflix knows who its competition is”

News EBU

EBU’s Noel Curran: “We have to be careful about entering the opinion space”

News

UK broadcaster celebrates YouTube success

Interview mike darcey

Mike Darcey: “Like trying to predict the impact of the internet from the standpoint of the ‘90s”

Features Moderator Sasha Quadri, Channel 4’s Grace Boswood and YouTube’s Justine Ryst.jpg

YouTube and Channel 4 show they’re “better together”

Interview

YouTube’s Justine Ryst: “Come in the spaceship and reinvent the way we think about content”

Interview

CTO Panel: WBD’s Avi Saxena on facing a “highly volatile but innovative” industry

Interview google partners

IBC Conference: Google’s Justin Gupta on how to “maximise digital revenues” with ad-tech

Features The Future is Now – TV's Place in the New World Order panel session

Edinburgh TV Festival: TV tourists, the Trump effect and YouTube

Features

Content Everywhere: Streamlining live channel delivery at a global scale

News MSNBC, set to become MS NOW, is owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast

News network MSNBC to rebrand

Features Vincent Grivet Chairman of the HbbTV Association

Premium content: HbbTV formalises integration of popular DRM systems

News ProSieben’s Newstime studio

Germany’s ProSieben backs higher takeover bid by MFE

News Freely to launch streaming device with Netgem

Freely to launch streaming device with Netgem

News

YouTube is leading streaming takeover of UK TV sets, says Ofcom

News NBCUniversal explores launch of sports cable network

NBCUniversal explores launch of sports cable network

News Women’s Euro final is most watched TV moment of 2025

Women’s Euro final is most watched TV moment of 2025

Features View of the Live Aid stage and crowd

Behind the scenes: Live Aid at 40

News public service TV is “endangered”

Public service content should be findable on YouTube, says Ofcom

News

SES completes Intelsat acquisition

News Netflix's Greg Peters and TF1's Rodolphe Belmer

Netflix strikes ‘first-of-its-kind’ distribution partnership with France’s TF1

News

Streaming eclipses combined broadcast and cable viewing in US for first time

News ProSiebenSat.1 and FreeWheel have agreed a commercial partnership for pan-European advertising solutions

ProSiebenSat.1 strikes European ad solutions deal with FreeWheel

Interview

Winning combination: How cost and reliability still dictate the future of playout

News

Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies

News

Webinar: Reimagining playout – building a tech stack that prioritises service agility

News Theft of video services, especially live sport rising

Enders Analysis warns of “industrial scale” online piracy

News Tim Davie

BBC’s Tim Davie backs IP switchover plan for 2030s

Features MPTS 2025

MPTS 2025 reveals a media industry struggling to keep pace

Features DTG Summit: (Speaking) Russell Pert, Group Director at Meta

DTG Summit: “We are living in the age of distraction”

News Bert Habets

ProSiebenSat.1 to cut 430 jobs

Features Creative Cities Convention

Creative Cities Convention: Concern and caution expressed by UK TV over tariff threat

News Love Island

Banijay in talks about ITV acquisition – reports

News MBC Group

Mike Sneesby named CEO of Middle East broadcaster MBC Group

News Maria Kyriacou

Maria Kyriacou proposed as Chairwoman of ProSiebenSat.1

News Mediaset Italia

MediaForEurope launches takeover bid for Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1

News The report found that spend is moving out of daytime entertainment

Pact voices concern about the future health of the production sector

News 5G Broadcast Strategic Task Force (5BSTF)

5G broadcast commercial services set for Europe launch in 2027

News Henry Slade in action for England during Guinness Six Nations 2024 rugby match between Italy and England

ITV, BBC agree four-year Six Nations rugby deal

News The Forsyte Saga

Channel 5 rebrands linear and streaming platforms

News IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland

Comcast agrees $3bn Olympics rights and technology deal

News Rhodri Talfan Davies, BBC Director, Nations

BBC secures TV rights for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland international football

News William Cooper, SLR

SLR joins DVB to promote DVB-I

Interview Freely: Browser player

Freely highlights HbbTV’s role in evolution to all-IP future

News Sergio Garcia of Fireballs GC at LIV Golf Andalucía in 2024

ITV brings golf back to free-to-air TV in UK

News Global content spend will increase by just 0.4% to reach $248bn in 2025

Global content spend set for meagre growth in 2025 – report

News

Nippon TV promotes Hiroyuki Fukuda to CEO

News

UKTV reports digital growth following U rebrand

News

Comcast sets leadership team for ‘SpinCo’ cable unit

News Lisa Nandy, UK Culture Secretary

Labour exploring ‘alternative funding options’ to BBC licence fee

News Arte has become the newest member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Arte joins European Broadcasting Union

News Outside Vivendi Headquarters

Shareholders approve break up of Vivendi media group

News The global advertising market will have grown by 6.8% by the end of 2024 to close at $772.4bn

Global ad industry enjoys strong growth in 2024

News EBU’s Executive Board

EBU elects new executive board

News

UK government scraps expert panel advising on BBC funding

News Mark Lazarus, Chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group

Comcast confirms plan to spin off cable TV networks

News

UK government launches forum to advise on future of linear TV

News

Channel 4 secures new 10-year broadcasting licence

News Global satellite provider SES has extended its long-standing partnership with Sky in the UK and Ireland

SES and Sky extend satellite contract in UK and Ireland

IBC Show VOD

Gamechangers in media: Content and monetization

IBC Show VOD

Global sports streaming service DAZN rises to the challenge of delivering live sports to all platforms

IBC Show VOD

Creating digital linear channels that seamlessly integrate sports and news for all platforms - including FAST

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Pluto TV adds news channels to FAST offering

IBC Show VOD

AI at Swiss Radio and Television

News 2. Pact census.The Crown

UK production sector revenues fall by nearly £400m

Interview

Streaming services seek ways to disrupt linear TV models

IBC Show VOD

Keynote CTO Perspectives: From ideas to impact: Blending technology, creativity and business

Features Edinburgh TV Festival

Peak TV has been reached and UK public service broadcast is shrinking

News

UK entertainment and media market to become largest in Europe

Features DVB World in Munich, 2024

Is DVB-I about to save public service media?

News Sky Sports+ is a dedicated channel for sports

Sky Sports+ launches ahead of EFL opening weekend

News Big top: Farmerswife has announced feature updates for its Cirkus platform

No clowning around with Cirkus updates

News The Olympics opening ceremony saw big TV audiences

Opening ceremony scores big TV audiences for Paris Olympics

Features

Multi-format shoulder programming takes Centre Court at Wimbledon

News The 2024 Champions League Final will be held at Wembley

Champions League Final to be upscaled for UHD viewers

News Red Bee Media to supply services to WPT

Red Bee Media announces WPT deal

Features Alex Wall: ”It is all about metadata”

DTG Summit: Gen Z accelerates the demise of linear TV

News LTN partners with TelevisaUnivision

LTN partners with TelevisaUnivision

News “Watch this space”: Will the World Cup be streamed in UHD HDR?

Free-to-air sport broadcasting worth €4.9bn to European economy

News MotoGP is hosting 21 races across 17 countries for the 2024 season

Liberty Media acquires MotoGP owner Dorna Sports

News Tim Davie, BBC

BBC to explore licence fee reform says Director General Tim Davie

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BBC defies UK scripted commissioning downturn

News BBC Studios Productions Australia acquires Werner Film Productions

BBC Studios Productions Australia acquires Werner Film Productions

News Eva the Owlet

Publisher Scholastic to acquire kids TV producer 9 Story Media

News Fremantle has struck a deal with Astral Projection

Fremantle strikes deal with Rachel Weisz and Polly Stokes’ Astral Projection

Interview

ISE 2024: In what ways are big brands and corporations becoming the new broadcasters?

News Behind the Scenes: Eurovision 2023

BBC to put production of Blue Peter, Eurovision out to tender

News

Channel 4 extends Formula 1 production deal with Whisper

News Mr Bates vs. the Post Office

Mr Bates vs. the Post Office becomes ITV’s biggest new drama in a decade

News More than 4.8m people tuned in to watch 2024 PDC World Darts Championship final

Darts Final Scores Highest Ever Non-Football Audience for Sky Sports

News Stephan Schmitter: Chief Content Officer and incoming CEO of RTL Deutschland

RTL Deutschland, Sky Deutschland strike partnership deal

News

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 to step up investment in local content

News Warner Bros. Discovery promises to deliver all 3,800 hours of live competition and tailor it to 19 languages across 47 markets

Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount Global in merger talks – reports

News RTL sells to DPG Media

RTL Group to Sell Dutch TV and Streaming Division to DPG Media

News Premier League

Premier League in Record £6.7bn UK TV rights Deal

News TV remains the primary news source for European citizens

TV Remains Primary News Source for European Citizens

News RTÉ has published a reform plan in a bid for radical transformation of the organisation

Ireland’s RTÉ Sets Out Radical Reform Plan in Response to Funding Crisis

Features

World Television Day 2023: Expert Insights on the Box

News The Forge is the production company behind shows such as Help (pictured), Ackley Bridge and Marriage

Banijay acquires UK drama indie The Forge

IBC Show VOD

Ensure you are delivering the highest quality linear, live and on-demand viewing experiences across all of your markets

IBC Show VOD

Formula 1: Racing Through Video

IBC Show VOD

Planning the transition from linear to IP distribution

IBC Show VOD

High Performance Sporting Case Studies

News DAZN’s UK sports line-up includes the UEFA Women’s Champions League

DAZN strikes partnership deal with Canal+

News Strictly Come Dancing

Traditional TV viewing in sharpest ever fall, says Ofcom report

News

Sky Deutschland Retreats from Commissioning Scripted Originals

News Sky Sports: Rise With Us campaign

Sky Sports aims to diversify new audiences for women’s sport

Reports

Who watched the Super Bowl?