Media

YouTube and Goldenvoice extended their exclusive Coachella livestream deal to 2030. By April 2027 the festival will have streamed on YouTube for 15 years.

Arqiva has recommended a managed DTT switch-off in 2044, ten years later than the working date.

Netflix will sell advertising in nine more European countries from 1 March 2027. Amy Reinhard gave the date at the London upfront on 24 September.

WDR said on 25 September 2026 that it will drop 76 programmes and digital offers by the end of 2027, and cut 133 staff posts by 2030.

A Microsoft patent describes pausing a game to show an advert, with credits worth 15 to 60 minutes of play in return.

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín approved the Paramount settlement with the states on 30 September. Mattel chief Ynon Kreiz will join David Ellison as co-CEO.

Reach, the UK publisher of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express, told staff on 16 September it will close three local news sites. It is also creating 60 new roles in video and subscriptions.

A SkyShowtime shutdown is one of the options its owners are reviewing, Reuters reported on 14 September 2026. The board of the streaming joint venture set out the options in a letter to chief executive Monty Sarhan. No decision has been announced.

Disney has rewritten the Disney+ subscriber terms so that ads may run in every plan, Standard and Premium included.

The Information reported on 29 September that Google's AI contribution pilot pays about 100 publishers, from under $1,000 to over $1 million a year.

AMC has opened a free streaming service in Czechia and Slovakia. SELEKT Light replaces AMC Mikro, needs only a registration and, AMC says, carries no advertising.

UNIFY Group said on 10 September that it has exclusive rights to buy the French science titles Sciences et Avenir and La Recherche from LVMH.