The BBC’s decision to take five popular TV news presenters off air last year could be reversed in the coming months, as costly decision comes back to bite BBC bosses.

The UK faces two years of momentous change for pay TV and premium streaming, as three US media giants make decisions that will have big implications for subscribers.

STV joins a growing number of broadcasters to start turning off its standard definition (SD) channels on satellite, but before its HD service becomes universally available free-to-air.

Episodes of EastEnders and Vigil plus Rick Astley Rocks New Year’ Eve drove a record number of viewers to the BBC iPlayer between the 25th and 31st December.

Freeview starts the year with a number of channel changes, but for once, viewers will not need to retune to receive the latest channel updates. Viewers who have lost channels may need to blame the weather.

More viewers choose ITV1 and ITVX over the BBC’s offering, breaking the BBC’s previous dominance of New Year drama.

That’s TV is launching a new spin-off channel on Wednesday 3rd January, which will provide a further free-to-air outlet for the broadcaster’s recent archive content acquisitions.

Sky will undertake the first tidy-up of its channel list of the year on Wednesday, when old services are removed and new services arrive.

NBCUniversal is leaning into an international strategy where it deploys Peacock in “different ways”, including using its technology and content across various platforms globally.

In Italy, some viewers can enjoy internet fall-back if their TV signal fails thanks the arrival of DVB-I. At the same time, the country’s public broadcaster RAI is preparing to upgrade its signal.