Mansha Daswani

U.K. advertising spend will rise by almost 25 percent to reach £29.3 billion this year, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report.

HBO Max has gone live in the Nordics and Spain, arriving in these territories with a special promotion offering new customers half price on the monthly subscription.

The MIPCOM keynote schedule opened today with a wide-ranging conversation between Channel 4’s Alex Mahon, WeMake’s Bouchra Rejani and Newen Studios’ Bibiane Godfroid on leadership styles, trends in the media business, implementing diversity initiatives and more.

Pluto TV has sealed a deal with BBC Studios to bring three new channels to its service in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Spain, including a dedicated Doctor Who channel.

U.K. consumers prefer streaming to traditional pay-TV services, according to a new study by Roku.

In the second quarter of this year, commissions by the leading free-to-air groups in Western Europe’s largest TV markets were up 64 percent on the same period in 2019, according to Ampere Analysis.

HBO Max is adding seven territories to the first phase of its European rollout, including the Netherlands and Turkey, bringing it to an initial batch of 27 markets in the region.

Sony Pictures Television has sold its portfolio of channels and OTT services in 12 Central and Eastern European territories to Antenna Group.

Fremantle has closed its acquisition of 12 production labels in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark from Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group).

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has unveiled new expansion plans for its streaming service Viaplay, adding the U.K., Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland to its footprint over the next two years.