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France's media regulator Arcom has opened a call for candidates for six national DTT (TNT) frequencies whose licences expire in 2027, setting up a rare reshuffle of the country's free-to-air TV landscape.

NRW media minister Nathanael Liminski wants large platforms regulated for media-diversity protection via a draft Digital Media State Treaty.

Cyril Hanouna has launched a 132-page weekly TV magazine, 'Tout Beau Tout News', with a first print run of 180,000 copies.

Mail Metro Media, the commercial arm of the Daily Mail and Metro, has promoted chief revenue officer Dominic Williams to the newly created role of chief executive, its first.

Claire Léost is leaving the general management of CMA Media — owner of BFMTV, RMC and La Tribune — barely a year after arriving, replaced by Camille Andrieu.

France's Competition Authority has notified formal charges to Canal+ over a suspected abuse of dominance in film financing and distribution.

Paramount's David Ellison has named Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz co-CEO of the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, setting leadership for a US media giant.

Roger Lynch is stepping down as CEO of Condé Nast to lead toymaker Mattel, succeeding Ynon Kreiz, in a notable media-and-brand executive shuffle.

France's biggest-selling daily, Ouest-France, has announced a restructuring plan to eliminate 156 positions, 116 of them editorial — a stark signal of the regional-press crisis.

Paramount Skydance settles a 12-state antitrust suit with output, US-production and editorial concessions — clearing its ~$110bn Warner Bros. Discovery deal. What consolidation means for advertisers.

France Télévisions must find €90m of savings in 2027, its president Delphine Ernotte Cunci has warned — a squeeze that will ripple through French public broadcasting and its ad market.

Channel 4 has called for robust scrutiny of the proposed ITV-Sky merger as the UK competition regulator weighs a formal inquiry into a deal that could reshape who controls British TV advertising.

Channel 4 will now sell advertising for Channel 5 and Paramount's UK channels — a landmark consolidation that reshapes the UK's TV ad-sales landscape as broadcasters scramble for scale against the platforms.

After 18 years building Global's commercial engine, chief commercial officer Mike Gordon will step down in 2027, moving to an advisory role as CEO Simon Pitts plots the next chapter.

Channel 4 Sales will become Paramount's exclusive UK ad sales partner from 2027, taking Channel 5, MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon inventory away from Sky in a deal worth more than £300m.

Welt am Sonntag retired its signature blue bar in a relaunch. Why heritage rebrands should evolve distinctive assets with care - recognition is costly to rebuild.

A prestige science title traded twice in a year shows how thin legacy-publishing ad economics have become - and why advertisers should watch who owns their premium media.

Vincent Bolloré's Lagardère Media News has taken 90% of the publisher of 'Front Populaire', extending his media galaxy and reigniting France's media-concentration debate.