Streaming services add 4.6m new subscribers during UK lockdown

Survey reveals extent to which ‘stay at home’ advice has benefitted Netflix and other

Inaction! Film companies await clear guidance before rolling cameras

While production has already restarted in Iceland and Sweden, British filmmakers fear UK is ‘behind the curve’

Forget the dividend, BT fibre investment is long overdue

Covid-19 pandemic underlines need for superfast broadband and BT was left horribly exposed

Rupert Murdoch gives up his bonus as News Corp loses US$1bn in three months

Huge losses driven partly by fall in valuation of Australian pay TV service Foxtel and decline in news advertising revenue

Mirror and Express owner reports 30% slump in revenues

Reach, formerly Trinity Mirror, says print and digital income fell in lockdown month of April

BT suspends dividend to free up 5G and broadband investment

Firm unclear as to exact cost of coronavirus pandemic but now faces challenge from O2-Virgin Media merger

Virgin Media and O2 owners confirm £31bn mega-merger in UK

Tie-up between parent groups Liberty Global and Telefonica aims to take on BT and Sky

Coronavirus-hit Formula One to pay teams 100% of prize money

Owner Liberty Media to announce move on Thursday despite 10 of season’s 22 races being postponed or cancelled amid pandemic

ITV reveals scale of Covid-19 impact due to advertising losses

Ads slumped 42% in April forcing broadcaster to furlough 800 staff

Disney takes $1.4bn hit as parks shuttered and production halted

Company said its operating income for last three months fell 37% to $2.4bn but Disney+ gained new subscribers amid lockdowns

Regulators should be on high alert for Virgin Media and O2 merger

Parent companies seem to be motivated primarily by the chance to extract a few cost savings

Studios bypass cinemas with lucrative lockdown premieres

Universal’s latest on-demand hit, kept out of theatres by Covid-19, has made more profit in three weeks than its predecessor did in five months on the big screen

Virgin and O2 plan merger to challenge Sky and BT

Owners of telecoms giants set to team up and challenge major sector players

ITV considers filming Love Island in Cornwall or cancelling series

Reality show has already been delayed, while soaps could soon run out of episodes

Odeon bans all Universal Pictures films as studio skips cinema releases

Fast & Furious maker to break with tradition and release some films direct to streaming services