⚽️ DAZN and FIFA launch free FIFA+ platform
Following the success of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, FIFA and the streaming service DAZN have announced a strategic partnership and the global relaunch of the FIFA+ platform in 2026.
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🏴☠️🥊 Sports giants demand immediate blocking of pirates
Major European sports leagues and broadcasters (Premier League, LaLiga, Sky, DAZN) have sent a letter to the European Commission demanding the introduction of mandatory laws to combat real-time content piracy.
💪 Fubo and Disney join forces
FuboTV and The Walt Disney Company have completed the transaction to merge the businesses of Fubo and Hulu + Live TV.
🇫🇷 Disney+ Ad-Supported Tier Booms in France
Two years after its launch in France, the Disney+ streaming service has passed the 9.5 million subscriber mark. Notably, one out of every two users in the country chooses the ad-supported tier.
📲 TikTok and YouTube are the "New TV"
According to a Deloitte report, for 40% of consumers, watching videos on social media and streaming services is considered equally “watching TV.” This share reaches 50% among Gen Z and Millennials.
🇬🇧 UK shift to Internet TV is moving too fast
A report in The Observer warns that the UK government’s (DCMS) plans for a complete shift to internet streaming and the shutdown of terrestrial TV are proceeding too quickly.
📏 Scientists find that more pixels doesn't mean a better image
Researchers from Cambridge University and Meta Reality Labs have reported that the human eye has a measurable “resolution limit,” beyond which increasing pixel density (4K, 8K) does not provide a noticeable image improvement.
🇬🇧 UK YouTube users prefer US content
According to data from Digital I, YouTube users in the UK watch less local content in the Entertainment, Gaming, and News & Politics categories than audiences in other key countries.
🇮🇹📺 Smart TVs account for 40% of TV viewing in Italy
According to a Sensemakers study, nearly 40% of all TV viewing in Italy occurs on connected devices. There are over 22 million Smart TVs in the country’s households, accounting for more than 50% of all television sets.
🆖 Ericsson, Nokia, and HHI create codec for 6G
European technology giants Ericsson and Nokia have partnered with the German Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) to develop and promote a new video coding standard that will define the media landscape in the 6G era.