Cornwall-based broadband provider Wildanet has become the first UK internet service provider to launch a Powered by TiVo television service, bringing together live TV, catch-up and streaming services through a single interface over a full-fibre broadband connection.

The new service runs entirely over Wildanet’s fibre network, eliminating the need for a TV aerial, satellite dish or engineer installation. It combines Freely free-to-air television with major streaming services through TiVo’s entertainment platform, using voice search, personalised recommendations and a single remote control.

Wildanet says the launch offers a future-ready alternative for households as the UK prepares for a gradual shift from traditional broadcast television towards IP-delivered services.

Simon Hughes, Chief Commercial Officer at Wildanet, said customers increasingly wanted broadband and television delivered through a simple, integrated service. He said the partnership with TiVo allows the company to move beyond broadband connectivity by offering an easy-to-use television platform built around full-fibre infrastructure.

Gabriel Cosgrave, General Manager for EMEA at TiVo, said the agreement marks TiVo’s entry into the UK’s alternative network provider market, combining its entertainment platform with Wildanet’s fibre network to simplify access to live television, catch-up services and streaming content.

Jonathan Thompson, Chief Executive of Everyone TV, said including Freely in the service would help extend access to free live and on-demand television as more households choose to watch TV via broadband.

The launch also highlights TiVo’s managed TV-as-a-Service model, allowing broadband providers to add branded television services without developing their own platform.

Wildanet’s full-fibre network currently passes around 62,000 homes and businesses across Cornwall and Devon, with further expansion planned through Project Gigabit-funded deployments and commercial roll-outs in communities including Goonhavern, Polperro, Praze-an-Beeble, Crackington Haven and Calstock before the end of 2026.

Stingray has expanded its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) offering by launching 17 localised music channels on Rakuten TV across nine European markets.

The rollout makes the channels available in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK, with programming tailored to local musical tastes rather than a single pan-European lineup.

Each territory receives its own version of the Total Hits channel, while the portfolio also includes country-specific services such as Éxitos Latinos in Spain, Italia Disco in Italy, Chansons in France, PiratenHits and Soft Hits NL in the Netherlands, Greatest Hits in the UK, Fado Classics in Portugal, Schlager in Germany and ’80s & ’90s Pop in Germany and Sweden.

David Purdy, Chief Revenue Officer at Stingray, said the partnership reflects the company’s strategy of delivering music programming that matches regional tastes.

He said: “Our collaboration with Rakuten TV highlights our commitment to delivering music that truly speaks to local audiences. By focusing on regional tastes, we are providing Rakuten TV users with a premium entertainment experience that celebrates their unique musical heritage.”

The agreement further strengthens Rakuten TV’s FAST channel lineup and continues Stingray’s expansion across connected TV platforms, as broadcasters and streaming services increasingly invest in curated, advertising-supported channels aimed at specific audiences and genres.

All 17 channels are available to stream free through the Rakuten TV platform.

Nagravision has announced that its new NAGRA Venturi streaming security platform will integrate with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Foundry, using agentic AI to help broadcasters and streaming providers identify and prioritise the piracy threats causing the greatest commercial damage.

The partnership combines Nagravision’s anti-piracy intelligence with Microsoft’s AI infrastructure to analyse data from multiple sources, giving content owners greater visibility into organised piracy operations and helping them focus enforcement efforts on the threats posing the biggest risk to revenues, rights values and audience trust.

Nagra says the approach reflects the changing nature of streaming piracy, with criminal networks increasingly using automation and artificial intelligence to distribute illegal content at scale.

Morten Solbakken, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at NAGRAVISION, said: “As piracy becomes industrialised at scale and AI-driven, organisations need more than isolated tools. They need intelligence, visibility and coordinated action. Nagra Venturi brings those capabilities together to transform anti-piracy operations into measurable business outcomes.”

Simon Crownshaw, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Media and Entertainment Worldwide at Microsoft, added increasingly sophisticated piracy techniques mean access to actionable intelligence is becoming critical. He said the integration gives Azure customers improved visibility into piracy activity and helps them identify and address the highest-priority threats.

Nagra Venturi is designed to move anti-piracy from reactive enforcement towards intelligence-led decision making. Through Nagravision’s Nexus Anti-Piracy Centre, it combines monitoring, analytics, measurement and enforcement with device and platform security to provide a single view of piracy activity and support coordinated action against content theft.

Amazon has expanded its Shop the Show feature on Prime Video, adding new shopping capabilities designed to let viewers buy products inspired by what they’re watching without leaving the streaming experience.

The latest update introduces a Shop tab within Prime Video’s X-Ray feature, alongside Cast, Trivia and Music. Viewers can browse merchandise linked to films, television series and live sports, then complete purchases through the Amazon Shopping app.

Amazon has also launched Shop the Scene, a new feature powered by Amazon Lens AI technology. It analyses scenes as they play and identifies products inspired by clothing, furniture and other items appearing on screen, allowing viewers to shop for similar products in real time.

The company says Shop the Scene is initially available on more than 600 titles in the United States.

Prime Video has also significantly expanded the overall reach of Shop the Show, increasing the number of supported titles from 1,300 to more than 8,000, covering Amazon Originals, licensed programming and live sports.

Michelle Rothman, Vice President of Prime Video Shopping, said customer response since the feature launched had encouraged Amazon to broaden the service.

She said: “We are always exploring new ways to enhance the streaming experience on Prime Video, and since launching Shop the Show, we have seen incredible enthusiasm from customers who love discovering products inspired by what they watch. With this expansion, we are making it easier than ever for Prime Video customers to shop what they see on screen.”

The new features are currently available only in the United States through the Amazon Shopping app on iOS and Android, with purchases synchronised automatically when the app and the viewing device are signed into the same Amazon account.

The new specification is intended to bring broadcast and internet-delivered TV together in a single channel list, while allowing viewers to access services without having to open individual apps.

Frank Heineberg (RTL Deutschland), Head of the Media over IP Working Group and its DVB-I Task Force at industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform (DTVP), outlined the plans at the 29th FRK Broadband Congress in Leipzig on 10 September 2026.

DVB-I combines existing broadcast infrastructures, including cable, satellite and DTT, with TV services delivered over IP. The services can be presented in a unified channel list on a range of devices, particularly smart TVs and set-top boxes. Viewers do not need to launch a separate app to access the services.

Public service broadcasters are expected to remain available free of charge, while commercial services may require payment. Streaming platforms such as RTL+ or Joyn, operated by RTL Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1 respectively, could be integrated into the channel list, allowing viewers to use existing accounts to access their subscriptions.

The standard also supports interactive services through the HbbTV standard.

According to Heineberg, Germany is well advanced in the development of DVB-I and is regarded internationally as a frontrunner. A key factor is the involvement of different market participants in a roundtable preparing the DVB-I introduction, including public and commercial broadcasters, regulators industry associations and service providers.

The discussion also addressed the capacity of internet networks to cope with growing streaming demand. A central question is whether networks would be able to handle a situation in which a large proportion of viewers streamed the same major live event, such as a Football World Cup final.

For cable operators, DVB-I could provide a way to combine their existing broadcast infrastructure with internet-delivered services in a common TV environment. The approach could help operators offer a broader range of services while retaining the familiar channel-list experience. The precise role of DVB-I in cable distribution remains an important part of the ongoing industry discussion.

A group of 12 UK technology companies will join forces at IBC 2026 to demonstrate what they describe as the next generation of “Agentic AI” television, where TVs can understand requests, manage services and personalise experiences on behalf of viewers.

The initiative, led by RedSquid TV, combines technologies spanning artificial intelligence, voice recognition, content discovery, cybersecurity, subscription management, social TV and edge computing into a single operator-controlled television platform.

Rather than showcasing individual products, the companies will demonstrate how their technologies work together to create an intelligent TV platform capable of understanding user intent, discovering content, managing subscriptions and carrying out tasks through natural conversation.

The partners include Bango, ElevenLabs, Fetch.ai, Friend MTS, FX Digital, mvmnt, Ocean Blue Software, Sceenic, Synthesia, ThinkAnalytics, Voltaware and XMOS.

RedSquid TV says the approach offers operators an alternative to closed ecosystems developed by major technology companies, allowing them to retain control of customer relationships, branding and data while introducing AI-powered services.

The demonstration also explores wider applications beyond entertainment, including home energy management, health and wellbeing, AI-generated video assistants and shared viewing experiences.

Ceri Morgan, the UK’s Trade Commissioner for Europe, said the collaboration highlighted the depth of British innovation in artificial intelligence, media technology and software, demonstrating how an open technology ecosystem could strengthen Europe’s digital capabilities.

Trevor Neal, Founder and CEO of RedSquid TV, said the project represented Britain’s television AI ecosystem coming together to demonstrate how operators could deliver intelligent television experiences while remaining at the centre of the customer relationship.

The companies will present the integrated platform at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, showcasing how AI could transform television from a passive viewing device into an intelligent platform capable of reasoning, conversing and coordinating digital services on behalf of consumers.

TVUP has unveiled the ninth generation of its streaming platform, introducing AI-powered content discovery, a multi-tenant architecture and an integrated advertising platform aimed at helping operators reduce the cost of running streaming services.

The new release, which will be demonstrated at IBC2026, includes an AI recommendation engine that analyses viewing habits and interests to personalise content discovery and reduce the time viewers spend searching for programmes. The user interface has also been redesigned with new trending and ranking carousels, while an updated programme guide allows users to follow multiple channels simultaneously and access catch-up content from the previous seven days.

A key addition is a multi-tenant architecture that enables operators to manage multiple television brands from a single platform instance. Each service can maintain its own branding, subscriber base and configuration while sharing the same underlying infrastructure. TVUP said new branded services can be launched in less than a week without deploying a separate platform.

The company has also introduced an end-to-end advertising platform supporting programmatic connected TV advertising across live channels, FAST services and video on demand, alongside display advertising. TVUP said the system is designed to generate sufficient advertising revenue to offset some or all of an operator’s platform licensing and infrastructure costs.

The model has already been deployed on TVUP’s Spanish streaming service Tivify, where the company said advertising revenues from its free tier cover the cost of operating the platform.

Rubèn Miró, Chief Product Officer at TVUP, said the latest release addresses three key operator priorities: improving content discovery, simplifying the launch of new services and using advertising revenue to reduce the overall cost of operating a streaming platform.

Tiledmedia has launched Tiledmedia Fabric, a new video processing platform designed to simplify the production and distribution of advanced streaming services by combining live production, graphics, advertising and transcoding into a single software platform.

The Rotterdam-based company says the platform replaces multiple production systems with a unified, data-driven workflow that can automatically combine live video, graphics, advertising and metadata into ready-to-distribute streams.

Fabric can respond to real-time data feeds, automatically switching camera angles, inserting graphics and displaying targeted advertising during breaks in live events such as sports coverage. Tiledmedia says the integrated approach reduces operational complexity, lowers costs and eliminates many of the interoperability issues associated with traditional production chains.

The platform also supports both conventional “lean-back” viewing and more interactive experiences. Alongside a fully produced main programme, operators can deliver multiple camera angles, personalised views and interactive overlays, allowing viewers to choose how they watch live events.

Rob Koenen, Chief Business Officer at Tiledmedia, said the platform replaces separate production, graphics and encoding systems with a single pipeline that can be configured and managed more easily while responding dynamically to live data.

Koenen said Tiledmedia Fabric is already being used by several global streaming providers and has demonstrated operational efficiencies in live deployments.

The company will demonstrate Tiledmedia Fabric publicly for the first time at IBC2026 in Amsterdam at Stand 5.G88.

Sky News has launched Defence Insider, a new subscription app offering exclusive defence, security and global affairs reporting as part of its strategy to build premium specialist journalism.

Priced at £14.99 a month, the standalone app provides subscribers with exclusive video reports, analysis and commentary from Sky News’ defence team, led by Defence and Security Editor Deborah Haynes and military analyst Michael Clarke. Sky News itself maintains a free standalone app, while the channel remains free-to-air in many markets and through streaming platforms.

Defence Insider also gives subscribers the opportunity to interact directly with Sky News journalists and defence experts through live Q&As and community discussions, alongside interviews with military leaders, frontline reporting, explainers and early access to live events.

The launch follows the success of Sky News’ The Wargame podcast, which attracted 3.6 million cross-platform listens, and comes as growing geopolitical tensions increase public interest in defence and national security.

According to new Sky News and YouGov research, almost a third of Britons believe the UK is likely to face a military attack within the next decade.

Jonathan Levy, Executive Editor and Managing Director of Sky News, said the broadcaster has “real authority, expertise and distinctive journalism” in defence reporting and that the new app would give audiences direct access to in-depth analysis of an increasingly complex world.

Deborah Haynes said understanding defence, security and national resilience had “never been more important” as the UK and its European allies seek to strengthen their military capabilities in response to a more dangerous international environment.

The launch is part of Sky News’ 2030 strategy to develop deeper relationships with audiences around specialist content and premium video journalism.

Streaming services across the Nordic markets are raising subscription prices, with Viaplay and TV 2 blaming increasing sports and content costs, while Netflix has introduced a fresh round of increases in the UK.

Mediavision reports that in Denmark, Viaplay is increasing prices across its sports packages from next month. Its Premium package will rise from DKK 509 to DKK 549 per month without advertising, while the ad-supported version increases from DKK 399 to DKK 429. Lower-priced football packages, which include UEFA Champions League coverage, are also increasing.

The changes follow increases introduced by Viaplay in Sweden in August. Viaplay Total rose from SEK 699 to SEK 749 per month, while the ad-supported version is now priced at SEK 699.

Norway’s TV 2 is also raising prices for TV 2 Play. Premium increases from NOK 469 to NOK 489 without advertising and from NOK 399 to NOK 409 with advertising. Standard subscriptions are increasing by NOK 20 for the ad-free tier and NOK 10 for the advertising-supported option. The changes apply immediately to new subscribers and from 1 October to existing customers.

Both Viaplay and TV 2 have pointed to rising expenditure on sports and entertainment rights as factors behind the increases.

The Nordic changes come as Netflix raises its UK subscription prices. Its advertising-supported plan has seen the largest percentage increase, rising by a third from £5.99 to £7.99 per month. Standard increases from £12.99 to £13.99, while Premium moves from £18.99 to £20.99.

The increases provide further evidence of streaming services seeking higher revenue per subscriber, with sports-led platforms in particular attempting to pass some of the increasing cost of premium rights on to consumers.