Viaplay Content Distribution will launch the Viaplay channel as an add-on subscription on Prime Video via Prime Video Channels in the UK on July 9th. Viaplay’s UK content offering will focus on Nordic series and films. Subscribers will have immediate access to thousands of hours of Nordic and European content. Gerald Biart, Viaplay Group, VP […]
Freshwave, working with network infrastructure vendor CommScope, has achieved a world first by bringing 4G connectivity from all four UK mobile network operators (MNOs) indoors via a combined small cell box. Freshwave’s Omni Network is an industry-changing approach which currently uses CommScope’s ONECELL. It’s being rolled out at various Freshwave customer sites across the UK […]
Data from Kantar Media TGI is showing that 9 per cent of UK adults say they usually watch political programmes on TV, which equates to around 5 million people. That is a higher proportion than those that watch chat shows, science programmes or arts & culture series. Digging into this 9 per cent, the data […]
WOS Wrestling is returning to live action with WOS: The Return, featuring many of the top stars from the popular 2018 ITV series and successful live tour in 2019. WOS stars already confirmed include Grado, Sha Samuels, Adam Maxted, Martin Kirby, Alpha Male Iestyn Rees and Ashton Smith. WOS: The Return will consist of two […]
Ahead of Clash at the Castle in Scotland on June 15th, WWE, part of TKO Group, has announced that WWE Live will return to the UK & Ireland later this year. This October, WWE Superstars will visit the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, the Utilita Arena in Newcastle and, for […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced that the DAZN app is now live on Sky in the UK and Ireland. Customers can sign up to DAZN’s service via Sky Q, Sky Glass and Sky Stream, giving access to a range of sports content – including DAZN’s portfolio of free live and VoD content – […]
Kantar Media, the specialist in audience measurement and data, has appointed Lucy Bristowe as CEO, UK & Western Europe. She will take up the post in June, reporting to Patrick Béhar, Global CEO. Bristowe succeeds Louise Ainsworth, who recently announced she would be stepping down after six years at the helm. Bristowe joins Kantar Media […]
Smart device manufacturers now have to adhere to stricter rules if they want to sell their gadgets in the UK following a new law coming into effect. The law is designed to ensure there is enhanced security around devices such as televisions, fitness trackers and smart speakers that are linked to the internet. These gadgets […]
The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report shows that the UK’s ad market recorded a 6.1 per cent increase in investment to a total of £36.6 billion in 2023; the 13th annual expansion recorded in the last 14 years. The data also shows that online formats now account for over three-quarters of all UK ad spend […]
Thousands of rural homes and businesses in Northern England and Northern Ireland now have access to hyperfast full fibre broadband connectivity thanks to a multi-million-pound collaboration between Fibrus and ACOME Group. The use of ACOME Group’s cabling solutions has helped Fibrus speed up its fibre installations to reach 354,000 premises passed across rural and regional […]