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BBC linear shutdown is a symptom of a pubcaster in crisis
The BBC has announced a number of major cost-cutting measures as it looks to modernise…
Strategies for launching and monetising a FAST channel
Free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) services are growing rapidly. Today, hundreds of FAST channels exist,…
How will the UK’s cost-of-living crisis impact consumer video spending?
It has been difficult to avoid stories about the UK’s cost-of-living crisis in recent times,…
BT and Warner Bros. Discovery lay out gameplan to take on Sky but face challengers on all sides
A little over four months after the pair announced exclusive talks, BT and Warner Bros….
SVODs without advertising are quickly becoming the outlier
Amid all the hullabaloo surrounding Netflix’s recent earnings – from its shocking subscriber loss to…
Virgin Media swims upstream
Digital TV Europe was in attendance this week when Virgin Media O2 made its big…
Disney is not giving up on linear… yet
Ever since it announced the shutdown of its linear channels in the UK in late…
YouTube’s push into AVOD proves viability of format
Evidently not content with just being the second-most-visited website on the planet (second only to…
Streamers set sights on sports
At a time when content production budgets are seemingly ballooning out of control (I’m looking…
Stick or twist – can ITV survive backlash to its streaming revamp?
It is not an especially good time to be a pubcaster in the UK. The…