M+E Europe Headlines

Comcast-owned pay-TV operator Sky will make its Arts channel free-to-air in the UK, the operator has announced. Starting from September, Sky Arts will launch on free-to-air terrest... More

Amazon.com announced that it will create 1,000 jobs in Ireland and open a new Dublin campus, following an increase in demand for cloud services. The new roles include a range of en... More

Canal+ has launched three new applications in Poland to allow for the reception of its Premiery Canal+ on demand service.... More

The UK’s post-Brexit trade deal with Japan is taking shape, with both countries agreeing to advanced digital standards that ban either government from demanding companies to hand... More

Warner Bros. is reaching out to international exhibitors about a possible late August launch for Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet.” If it takes place, it would mean that the twisty... More

European startups have turned to government-backed loans and freezing hiring to combat the effects of the coronavirus crisis, but it's not all bad news.... More

The League of Ireland (LOI) and domestic public broadcaster RTÉ Sport have teamed up to launch a new over-the-top (OTT) streaming service. The Football Association of Ireland (FAI... More

Technology vendors such as IBM are actively working on new, muscular technologies to keep customers’ precious data assets secure and confidential.... More

Sky SpainSky, which launched in 2017 in Spain in order to compete with HBO and Netflix, will cease its OTT service in the Spanish territory as of 1st September. The platform has no... More

HDF Kino, Germany’s largest cinema association, has called for a reduction to the 1.5M social distancing measures in cinemas to ensure that exhibitors “survive” the Covid cri... More

Inexpensive streaming devices have seen a significant growth in sales during the first part of 2020, with the financial uncertainty caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic resul... More

Pay TV operator Canal+ has signed a deal with African utilities firm Bboxx in a “first of its kind” partnership to expand access to TV content across the continent. Bboxx is pr... More

A new survey of more than 2,000 UK adults has uncovered how integral technology has been for people managing their finances during the lockdown.... More

Subscription-based video-on-demand and pay-TV are growing in Germany, but SVOD is growing faster. According to the study, the number of consumers using SVOD services such as Amazon... More

Spanish champions Real Madrid are among four elite European football clubs to sign strategic partnerships with Twitch as the global streaming service launches a dedicated sports co... More

Digital nomads used to be a niche in the travel market, posting enviable photos on Instagram of a sumptuous working life lived outside of an office. Since Covid-19, the number of p... More

We round up some of the key trends shaping the UK's IT hiring market, including key skills, salary expectations and the ongoing impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the job ma... More

Opportunism is the bread and butter of cyber-attackers; if there is a known route into a network, it will be exploited. Would-be malicious actors riff on the zeitgeist, exploiting ... More

The French government is gearing up to finally repeal laws which have prohibited addressable TV advertising. And French broadcasters, who have been pushing for the change for years... More

Independent multi-platform media firm Shout! Factory has tapped content value management (CVM) platform specialist Whip Media Group to provide real-time performance data to its par... More