UK advertising expenditure grew 3.7 per cent to reach £21.4 billion (€25.2bn) in 2016, the seventh consecutive year of market growth, according to the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report. Growth in UK adspend held steady in Q3 after the June referendum, before reaching £5.8 billion in Q4 2016, a rise of 3.9 per cent year-on-year and the […]
DC Entertainment, the comic book giant that is home to the likes of Batman and Superman, is preparing to launch its own dedicated streaming service aided by Warner Bros, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The DC branded service is said to be launching with a Titans live-action show, as well as the third season of […]
Spacecom is again looking for a buyer. Acquisition talks – and a preliminary agreement – with Beijing Zinwei Technology Group have reportedly “fizzled out”. Beijing Zinwei had agreed to pay Spacecom $285 million in August last year for its Amos fleet of orbiting assets. That deal was damaged when a SpaceX rocket blew up catastrophically […]
The number of BBC executives paid more than £150,000 (€176,000) a year has increased over a five-year period despite a commitment to make a substantial cut. The National Audit Office found the number had risen from 89 in January 2012 to 98 in March 2016. The BBC had pledged to reduce the number by 20 […]
Michel de Rosen, non-executive chairman of Eutelsat’s board, is stepping down. He joined Eutelsat as chief executive in 2009, and is being replaced by Dominique D’Hinnin. D’Hinnin was Lagardère Co-managing Partner from 2010 to 2016. He holds advanced degrees from École normale supérieure and is Inspecteur des finances. He joined the Lagardère Group in 1990 […]
Virgin TV’s Director, Digital Entertainment Product Development, Louise Fussell and Dolby Laboratories’ Director of Imaging Standards and Technology, Simon Gauntlett have been appointed to the DTG Council – the governing body of the DTG, the UK’s unique self-funded collaboration centre for innovation in digital media technology. Louise joined Virgin’s Customer Experience team in 2009 as […]
Eutelsat Communications has announced that Mike Antonovich is joining Eutelsat Americas as Chief Executive Officer. Antonovich, a longtime satellite and telecommunications industry executive, began his career at ESPN as a broadcast engineer. He held a number of sales and marketing functions during a lengthy career at PanAmSat, including leading PanAmSat’s global sales team. He has […]
comScore has announced that it will offer free viewability measurement to clients across global markets. comScore Viewability is a baseline offering that allows digital media buyers and sellers to measure viewability rates across display, video, and mobile inventory. This initiative promotes trust and transparency in digital advertising and improves cross-media comparability. “Viewability is critical, but […]
YahLive has secured satellite carriage of six new TV channels for the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan to transmit its public channels across Yahlive’s East Beam covering the Middle East and South West Asia. The addition covers six Tajik-language channels covering news and entertainment including Tojikiston, Safina, Bahoriston, Jahonnamo, Sinamo and TV Varzish. Commenting […]
Discovery Networks Asia Pacific has announced two new partnerships across Asia, with VS Media – a MultiChannel Network (MCN) that super-serves digital natives in Greater China with more than 120 million subscribers and 320 million video views a month, and Tabilabo – a rapidly growing digital media businesses in Japan. “These exciting digital-first initiatives are […]