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Paramount Skydance has offered concessions to the European Commission to help pave the way for its $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD).

BBC Research & Development has expanded its low-latency streaming trials on BBC iPlayer to coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championship.

Lumine Group has acquired Imagine Communications through one of its subsidiaries.

In a written statement, Lisa Nandy, the UK’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport, has warned of the likelihood of governmental intervention in Paramount’s $110bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has confirmed its European coverage plans for this week’s Wimbledon tennis championship through its HBO Max, Eurosport and TNT Sports platforms.

UK audience measurement organisation Barb has made key changes to its leadership team as Caroline Davey takes up the role of Chief Executive this week.

Sports streamer DAZN has launched an original news service on its Italian platform in partnership with international media organisation Antenna Group.

France Télévisions CEO Delphine Ernotte Cunci and Swedish Radio Director General Cilla Benkö have been re-elected as President and Vice-President respectively of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for a new two-year mandate.

Media and cable giant Comcast is to separate into two independently publicly traded companies through a spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sky.

Google’s AI division DeepMind has struck an artificial-intelligence research partnership with leading US independent film and studio A24.