Grove Street FM, a provider of localised content in rural Central Virginia, has signed and released 150 new streaming channels from FAST Channels TV to its growing community of viewers. The channels are streaming at no charge to their viewers in an Ad based model Grove Street FM chief executive officer, Woody G. Watts, commented: […]
FAST (free ad-supported television) is often likened to cable TV — they both deliver live and on-demand television to your eyeballs — but there are sharp differences between the two that could see free ad-supported streaming TV services kill cable. Lesser cable channels rarely feature original programming, relying instead on ‘reruns’ of older network shows […]
BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore has declared the Corporation is “punching way above its weight” in terms of its performance compared with major streaming services. Speaking to the UK Broadcasting Press Guild in London, Moore admitted the broadcaster was facing “tough” financial challenges, but confirmed that the content budget was largely protected, with cuts […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, has announced the return of the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) for the semi-finals, featuring the top teams in Europe: FC Barcelona, Arsenal WFC, Chelsea FC Women and VfL Wolfsburg. The first leg of the semi-finals is scheduled to take place on April 22nd and 23rd, with the second leg […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom is seeking views on whether to remove some or all of the stricter advertising rules that apply to commercially-funded public service broadcasters. All UK broadcasters are subject to restrictions on the quantity and scheduling of advertising on their channels. But under rules introduced over 30 years ago, the public service broadcasting […]
The principality of Monaco is to launch its first public broadcasting channel, TVMonaco, on September 1st, executives confirmed at MIPTV in Cannes. Managed by Salim Zeghdar, the channel, whose four content pillars will be environment, news, sport and lifestyle, was first announced as Monte-Carlo Riviera TV (MCR-TV) when the principality became a TV5 Monde shareholder […]
Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ has appointed Kevin Bakhurst as the next Director General of RTÉ following an extensive and competitive recruitment process which was managed by the RTÉ Board. Bakhurst will replace Dee Forbes as Director General of RTÉ when her term comes to an end on July 11th. Bakhurst was previously Managing Director […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom is introducing a new requirement and supplementary guidance which it says will help to ensure the BBC communicates more openly and consistently with its competitors about planned changes to its public services. The new, enforceable requirement applies to any planned changes to the BBC’s public service activities which are likely to […]
Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, has announced the launch of new owned and operated FAST channels. The company has now over 100 O&O channels in Europe, across multiple genres, such as Film, Documentary, Series and Kids. Following the success of its branded Rakuten TV Film channels, with top Hollywood and Local movies, the company […]
LG Electronics’ free streaming service, LG Channels, has tripled its user base in Europe over the last year. The service was first launched in 2016 in the US and in 2019 in select European countries. According to LG data, as of January 2023, the number of LG Channels users in the 16 European markets where […]