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AMTC NEWS
Wednesday 1 July 2026 3 min 9 stories

UK may block Paramount-Warner: AMTC News

UK ministers may intervene in Paramount's Warner Bros Discovery takeover, putting plurality, TNT Sports and streaming consolidation under review. Also: DVB-I security, ITV News workflows, ITVX delivery and World Cup anti-piracy action

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UK may block Paramount-Warner: AMTC News

In this briefing

Media regulation

UK weighs Paramount-Warner intervention

Our top story: the UK government is considering intervention in Paramount's Warner Bros Discovery takeover on public interest grounds.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
IP television

DVB-I gets security upgrade

The DVB Project has approved a major DVB-I update for service discovery across broadcast, broadband and hybrid television networks.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
Newsroom systems

ITV News scales story-centric working

ITV News is using story-centric workflows to make planning, production and collaboration visible through a single newsroom operating view.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)
Streaming delivery

ITVX boosts population-level QoE

MainStreaming says its edge video delivery is helping ITVX improve quality of experience at population scale across live streaming.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)
Anti-piracy

World Cup piracy ad revenue targeted

The Trustworthy Accountability Group says advertisers helped cut revenue to one thousand three hundred seventy six World Cup piracy sites.

Source advanced-television.com (opens in a new tab)
Streaming policy

Netflix challenges French investment rules

Netflix is calling for an overhaul of French streaming investment rules, reopening the debate over platform obligations and local production.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
Media delivery

MoQ dataset moves into production

Nanocosmos has released a real-world Media over QUIC dataset from commercial video production across six continents.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)
French streaming

RMC Plus set for September launch

CMA Media plans to launch RMC Plus in September, adding another branded French streaming destination to a crowded market.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
Viewing trends

Glance turns TV trends interactive

And finally, Glance has put global television trends into an interactive platform, giving programmers another benchmark for audience shifts.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Every story in this briefing links back to the original reporting.

Full transcript
Our top story, the UK government is considering intervention in Paramount's Warner Bros Discovery takeover on public interest grounds.