Premier League has secured three-year renewal agreements with Sky Sports, BT Sport and Amazon Prime Video in the U.K., extending their coverage of matches through 2025.
Read More »ProSiebenSat.1 Group Ups 2021 Outlook
On the heels of a better-than-expected first quarter, ProSiebenSat.1 Group has increased its projections for 2021 revenues by €100 million ($121 million) to between €4.3 billion ($5.2 billion) and €4.5 billion ($5.5 billion).
Read More »Viaplay Lands Formula 1 for Poland
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has sealed a deal to bring Formula 1 coverage to Poland.
Read More »RTL Group Delivers Streaming Subscriber Gains
RTL Group saw the number of paying subscribers for its streaming services TV Now and Videoland rise by 71 percent year-on-year in the first quarter.
Read More »Lookout Point Invests in New Comedy Outfit
Lookout Point has taken a founding stake in Boffola Pictures, a new production company focused on comedy and comedy-drama for the U.K. and international markets.
Read More »Strong Rebound Predicted for U.K. Adspend
Advertising spend in the U.K. is projected to rise by 15.2 percent this year to reach £27 billion ($38 billion), recovering the £1.8 billion ($2.5 billion) lost last year amid the pandemic, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report.
Read More »NENT Group Secures Bundesliga Rights Until 2029
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has inked a two-cycle deal with Bundesliga International, covering nine markets, that runs until 2029.
Read More »U.K. Launches Global Screen Fund
The U.K. government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has unveiled a new one-year pilot fund to boost international development and distribution opportunities for local companies across the film, TV, animation, documentary and interactive narrative games sectors.
Read More »ITV Eyes Youth-Skewing Scripted, Factual
ITV is looking to ramp up commissions of youth-skewing scripted and factual, with plans to premiere some content on-demand first on the ITV Hub.
Read More »Western European SVOD Subs to Top 230 Million by 2026
The number of SVOD subscribers in Western Europe will rise from 137 million at the end of last year to 234 million by 2026, according to data from Digital TV Research.
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