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As the number of confirmed leading exhibitors grows, IBC has revealed that IBC2026 will launch Future Tech Ignite and welcome a host of expert speakers to its conference programme on the key trends reshaping M&E.

Fox Corp is to buy Roku in a deal that values the connected TV firm at $22bn (£16bn).

The UK government is introducing a social media ban for under-16s, which is due to come into force in early 2027.

The IBC Daily – the official show newspaper of IBC2026 – will be returning in both print and digital formats this year, with a team of experienced industry journalists covering the show by hall number.

Rhodri Talfan Davies has been appointed as the BBC’s Deputy Director-General.

Switching off Freeview in the 2030s would be far more complex, costly, and risky than the UK’s digital TV switchover, according to a report by Christy Swords, the former Director of Change at ITV Broadcasting, who was involved in the original process.

Netflix is forecast to reach nearly 400 million subscribers worldwide by the end of 2031, reinforcing its position as the world’s leading subscription streaming platform despite growing consolidation across the industry.

At the annual awards ceremony, the Royal Television Society (RTS) welcomed Rhuanedd Richards as Chair of the Student Television Awards.

The Sony Innovation Fund has invested in Midnight Labs to protect IP from mass piracy, deepfakes, and AI-generated infringement in the US and Japanese markets.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the commencement notice for its investigation of Paramount Skydance’s anticipated acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), marking the official beginning of the inquiry.