Elizabeth Baker

Military media charity BFBS and Synamedia have signed a three-year partnership agreement to create a secure and personalised digital platform to deliver content to the UK Armed Forces.

Registration is now open for IBC2026, as the global M&E community prepares to converge on the RAI Amsterdam from 11–14 September 2026 for the industry's most international event.

Rachel Corp has stepped down after nearly four years as CEO of ITN with immediate effect. She will be succeeded by Ian Rumsey.

Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, Deputy General Manager of France Télévisions, has reportedly said that layoffs may be on the table for the PSB's staff as a result of budget constraints, anytime between May 2026 and the French presidential elections in 2027.

Roku has revealed it will launch Roku TV Smart Projectors in the United Kingdom from June 2026 on Amazon.

The Royal Television Society Technology Centre has launched the RTS Technology Awards 2026.

Lumine Group has agreed to acquire the video network business from Synamedia. Headquartered in the UK, Synamedia is a global provider of video software solutions.

Adam Waters has been appointed as the Director of AI Culture and Gaming at the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), where he will remain part of the senior leadership team.

Former IBC Accelerator project Ecoflow has launched as an independent entity – Ecoflow X – to function as an experimentation arm for sustainability.

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the commencement notice for its investigation of Paramount Skydance's anticipated acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), marking the official beginning of the inquiry.