RedBird IMI has agreed to acquire All3Media, the independent television production and distribution company, from its joint owners – Warner Bros Discovery and Liberty Global – for £1.15 billion (€1.35bn). RedBird IMI is a joint venture between RedBird Capital Partners and International Media Investments focused on building companies in media, entertainment and sports. All3Media, based…

SkyShowtime has announced the introduction of a new ad-supported plan – Standard with Ads – which will be offered alongside its existing plan, now renamed Standard Plus. Standard with Ads will include advertising at a cheaper subscription price, while Standard Plus remains ad-free. Standard with Ads will be available from April 23rd across all of…

Eutelsat, helped by initial revenues from its OneWeb constellation, is returning to top-line growth, says CEO Eva Berneke. However, its Video division is still under pressure and suffered a 9.5 per cent decline for the half-year to December 31st 2023. But revenues for its Mobile division showed further impressive growth (up 27.2 per cent). Total…

Satellite operator Intelsat says that FAST channels (Free Ad-supported Television) are booming worldwide and are disrupting traditional video consumption. According to Kantar, FAST is the quickest-growing streaming option in the US with 47 per cent of households now utilising FAST every week. Satellite will play a key role in supplementing FAST channel distribution making FAST…

UKTV has commissioned a fourth season of Secrets of the London Underground (10×60′) from for its factual channel Yesterday and free streaming service UKTV Play, set to air later this year. Secrets of the London Underground has gained a loyal audience on Yesterday, reaching over 10.1m individuals across all series to date, and is among…

Roku has reported more than 80 million active accounts and counting as consumers continue to move to TV streaming. Viewer engagement on Roku is also at a record high; for the first time, more than 100 billion hours were streamed on the platform in 2023, averaging a record of 4.1 hours per day per account…

Super Bowl LVIII averaged 514k viewers on Sky, which makes it the most watched Super Bowl on record for Sky ahead of last years which averaged 344k (+49 per cent). The game on February 11th was also the most watched NFL match ever on Sky ahead of Bills v Bengals in the playoffs in 2023…

Paramount-owned children’s VoD service, Noggin, is to close. Staff have been let go as part of the 800 employees that Paramount is to lose, and the on-line App will end later this year. Noggin was a subscription service, and new subscriptions will no longer be accepted. The fee was $8 a month, or $71 for…

(Credits: Far Out / Cherry Red Records / Press) Thu 15 February 2024 23:00, UK Compounded by latitude but alleviated somewhat by the Gulf Stream, much of Britain shares its drizzly, often chilly climate with New York City. When one considers that Eagles and The Beach Boys emerged on the sunny sands of California and…