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Tuesday 21 July 2026 3 min 8 stories

AMTC News — 21 Jul 2026 (EN)

Today's briefing: World Cup final delivers Britain's biggest audience of the year · Spain sets its record World Cup audience · Netflix extends The Rest Is Football through the Premier League season · Virgin Media O2 adds four free streaming channels.

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AMTC News — 21 Jul 2026 (EN)

In this briefing

World Cup final delivers Britain's biggest audience of the year

World Cup final delivers Britain's biggest audience of the year

First, the World Cup final delivered the year's biggest British audience. Fifteen point eight million watched Spain beat Argentina across BBC One and iPlayer.

Source advanced-television.com (opens in a new tab)
Spain sets its record World Cup audience

Spain sets its record World Cup audience

In Spain, the same final drew fifteen point seven million viewers and an eighty-seven per cent share, the country's biggest World Cup audience ever.

Source advanced-television.com (opens in a new tab)
Netflix extends The Rest Is Football through the Premier League season

Netflix extends The Rest Is Football through the Premier League season

Netflix is keeping The Rest Is Football. A two year deal with Goalhanger extends the Lineker, Shearer and Richards show through the Premier League season.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
Virgin Media O2 adds four free streaming channels

Virgin Media O2 adds four free streaming channels

Virgin Media O two has added four free streaming channels at no extra cost: Robot Wars, Demand Drama, River Monsters and The Hotel Inspector.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
Sky switches on free global roaming for long-term customers

Sky switches on free global roaming for long-term customers

Sky is switching on free global roaming for its longest serving mobile customers. Sky V I P Diamond members get it from today, at no extra charge.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
Serbia relaunches its digital terrestrial multiplex tender

Serbia relaunches its digital terrestrial multiplex tender

Serbia's regulator has relaunched its tender for three digital terrestrial multiplex licences in the U H F band. Each licence runs for ten years.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
UK lost more than £340m on its OneWeb stake

UK lost more than £340m on its OneWeb stake

And Britain has lost more than three hundred and forty million pounds on its OneWeb satellite stake, according to the Sunday Telegraph.

Source advanced-television.com (opens in a new tab)
Amtecco unveils a new brand identity

Amtecco unveils a new brand identity

Finally, our parent company Amtecco has unveiled a new identity, uniting S R T Cloud, C D N Live and its studio services under one brand.

Source amtecco.com (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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

Full transcript
First, the World Cup final delivered the year's biggest British audience. 15.8 million watched Spain beat Argentina across BBC One and iPlayer.