April 13, 2023• Media, TV
With Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) having yesterday confirmed what everyone expected, that the new combined HBO-Max/Discovery+ streaming...
January 16, 2023• Media, TV
EBU/Warner Bros. Discovery’s Olympic Deal The IOC has just announced that a joint European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Warner Bros....
September 20, 2022• Media
As I type, I’ve yet to see any viewing figures for how many people watched the Queen’s funeral on British TV yesterday –...
August 25, 2022• Films, Media
If you visited Prime Video, Apple TV or Google Play Movies in the last couple of days, you may have noticed that there’s something...
June 16, 2022• Media, Sport
Long-time readers will know that I have a deep fascination with sports rights, the value attached to them and the value generated by the...
April 22, 2022• Media
That was fast. Just three weeks after a big glitzy launch, CNN’s new streaming service, CNN+, is being closed down. The decision was...
January 31, 2022• Internet, Media
Spotify is learning the tough way that while you can build perhaps the most sophisticated software platform that scales beautifully and...
August 2, 2021• Media
This morning came news that the UK, and London in particular is going to be home of a new film studio. Specifically, Blackstone Real Estate...
July 24, 2021• Media, Sport, TV
The 2012 London Olympics were perhaps the high point for UK viewers who wanted to watch the Olympic Games. For a home event, the BBC pulled...
December 11, 2020• Films, Media, TV
Yesterday I saw my first TV ad – at least in quite a few months – for Wonder Woman 1984, the next instalment of the blockbuster...