Netflix is reported to be exploring a bid for the Warner Bros Discovery studio and online video business. It has hired an investment bank to evaluate a possible offer and has been given access to the data room with the financial details of the company.
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An independent group of media experts, academics and producers is calling on the Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, to use the review of the BBC Charter to separate the corporation entirely from the influence of government, calling the current arrangements “no longer fit for purpose”. It wants a new permanent charter to establish the BBC in pertpetuity.
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The global market for television and video is forecast to reach $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, based on reports from Omdia. The growth will come from online, with online video advertising predicted to account for over half the total.
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An independent analyst suggests that the possibility of switching off digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom in 2035 could leave millions of viewers without a television service. He is critical of the assumption that transmitters could be turned off in 2035.
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The share of viewing to broadcast television channels in the United States rose in September to 22.3% from 19.1% the previous month, putting them just fractionally ahead of subscription channels, which rose from 22.5%. Online viewing fell back slightly from 46.4% to 45.2%, its lowest level since May, but continues to exceed that for broadcast and subscription channels combined.
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Free TV is a television offering with no contract and no subscription available to anyone in France. It has been launched by the Illiad Group and will be available on computers, phones, tablets, set-top boxes, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV or smart televisions from Hisense, LG, Philips, and Samsung.
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