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AMTC NEWS
Monday 12 October 2026 2 min 6 stories

AMTC News — 12 Oct 2026 (EN)

Today's briefing: Italy warns broadcasters over football prices · Poland reviews Skydance takeover of TVN · Mobile networks pass live television field test · EBU criticises twenty million euro RTÉ cut.

Presented by Amtecco
AMTC News — 12 Oct 2026 (EN)

In this briefing

sports rights

Italy warns broadcasters over football prices

Italy's competition authority approved the football league's next domestic rights framework, but imposed conditions designed to restrain prices paid by supporters.

media ownership

Poland reviews Skydance takeover of TVN

Poland will review how Paramount Skydance's Warner Bros Discovery acquisition affects TVN, one of the country's largest commercial broadcasters.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
live production

Mobile networks pass live television field test

Vodafone, Telefónica and Deutsche Telekom carried live production signals during a German Cup match using network slicing and quality-on-demand controls.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)
public media

EBU criticises twenty million euro RTÉ cut

The European Broadcasting Union criticised Ireland's twenty million euro reduction to RTÉ funding, warning it weakens an already agreed public-service package.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
operations

Globecast expands IPTV monitoring

Globecast deployed more than seventy-five Enensys StreamProbe units to monitor IPTV feeds for major customers including Orange and France Télévisions.

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

Children's television takes cues from social media

Glance says children's programmes increasingly borrow social-media pacing and formats, as producers adapt television storytelling for younger audiences' changing viewing habits.

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Full transcript
Poland will review how Paramount Skydance's Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition affects TVN, one of the country's largest commercial broadcasters.