ITV pays its CEO the most in a decade as profit spikes March 27, 2025 ITV has paid its chief executive the most it has done in a decade after profit more than doubled in 2024. Carolyn McCall took home a pay packet worth almost £4.1m for the FTSE 250 group’s latest financial year, up from the £3m she received for 2023. The latest total is the highest an ITV [...]
Sidemen: KSI-led YouTube stars rake in millions as popularity grows March 25, 2025 Sidemen, the British YouTube group whose most prominent member is KSI, raked in more than £7m during a bumper year, it has been revealed. Sidemen Entertainment, the company produces content for YouTube, grew its net assets to over £7m in the 12 months to 30 June, 2024. The figure has been revealed in new accounts [...]
Sky, BT, IMG, ITV and BBC: Broadcasters caught in freelancer pay fixing scandal March 21, 2025 The UK’s sports broadcaster heavyweights have been fined for unlawfully colluding to fix freelancer pay rates, leading to over £4m in penalties. BT, IMG, ITV and the BBC have all admitted to illegally sharing sensitive payment information and details to suppress wages for production staff. Sky, which also participated, avoided a financial penalty by reporting [...]
Amazon Prime Video snaps up Republic of Ireland Nations League play-off March 20, 2025 Amazon Prime Video UK is showing the Republic of Ireland’s Nations League play-off against Bulgaria through its pay-per-view platform. The streaming service is also offering Spain’s tie with the Netherlands and Italy’s clash with Germany, priced at £2.49 a game. The matches are available to Prime Video subscribers and non-subscribers alike, and add to Amazon’s [...]
GB News wins legal review of Ofcom’s breach of impartiality ruling February 28, 2025 GB News has won a legal review of Ofcom ruling that it breached impartiality in two shows hosted by former politician, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
GB News: Huge losses continue despite sales and audience surge February 28, 2025 GB News has reported another huge loss despite its revenue more than doubling and its audience continuing to grow. The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024. The loss comes after GB News also made a pre-tax [...]
Google ‘profiting from crime’ says Spanish football boss Tebas February 27, 2025 Spanish football league LaLiga says it has taken legal action against Google over the piracy of its media rights, accusing the tech giant of cooperating with and profiting from crime. LaLiga president Javier Tebas said Google housed urls and apps which offer pirated broadcasts of its matches and allowed criminals to make money from the [...]
Gary Lineker’s podcast empire surges in value as popular shows dominate charts February 27, 2025 The value of Gary Lineker’s podcast company Goalhanger, which is behind some of the most popular shows in the UK, has surged during its latest financial year. The business, which produces the likes of The Rest is History, The Rest is Politics and The Rest is Entertainment, has seen its assets jump over its last [...]
Premier League ‘would need 12m UK subscribers to justify Premflix’ February 26, 2025 The Premier League has been told it would need more than 12m UK subscribers paying £20 a month to justify launching its own streaming service, dubbed “Premflix”. English football’s top division generates around £3.5bn a year from selling its media rights, with around half of that coming from its UK deals with Sky and TNT [...]
Sky accuses Amazon of failing to prevent piracy on Fire Sticks February 26, 2025 Sky has accused Amazon of not doing enough to prevent the piracy of its sports rights via “jailbroken” Fire Sticks. Sky’s group chief operating officer Nick Herm said that illegal viewing of its subscription content, which includes Premier League football, Formula 1 and boxing, was costing “hundreds of millions of dollars” and that “about half” [...]