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Talpa takes control of SBS

Talpa Holding has bought a 67% share in SBS broadcasting from Finnish publisher Sanoma. This gives Talpa full ownership of SBS stations SBS6, NET5, Veronica and SBS9 as well as a new Dutch multimedia company with investments in television, radio, print and online. Talpa is the vehicle for John de Mol, founder of Holland’s Endermol […]

April 10, 2017

Fox brings in lawyers as harassment woes mount

Fox News parent 21st Century Fox says it is bringing in a law firm to investigate a sexual harassment claim against its anchor Bill O’Reilly. Several companies pull their ads from his top-rated news show in the past week. The investigation comes after the latest complaint was phoned in to the network’s hotline by Wendy […]

April 10, 2017

Peters in, Hunt out at Netflix

Neil Hunt, considered by many as the architect of Netflix’s success as a premium entertainment streaming service, is to be replaced as Chief Product Officer in July 2017 by Greg Peters. Hunt has led the product team which designs, builds, and delivers the Netflix experience for the last eighteen years. Peters most recently has led […]

April 10, 2017

Ergen hit by Mexican fine

Charlie Ergen’s joint-venture in Dish Mexico with billionaire Carlos Slim’s Telmex operation has been hit with a fine by Mexico’s Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) for failing to observe the rules of its DTH concession to operate over Mexico. However, the problem is not likely to ruffle too many feathers. The Telmex fine was for […]

April 10, 2017By Chris Forrester

CBS boss gets $69.6m salary pay-day

CBS boss Leslie Moonves has received a salary, plus bonus package of $69.6 million for last year’s work.  It represents a 22 per cent improvement on his 2015 earnings. The total compensation package is split between $32 million in cash, and another $31.9 million in stock options which themselves represent the 35 per cent gain […]

April 10, 2017By Chris Forrester

New CEO for TRIAX

Peter Lyhne Uhrenholt has been promoted to CEO from his current position as CPSO (Chief Product and Solution Officer), to take over from Claus Omann who is leaving the company after eight years. Peter will continue to execute on the strategies already defined. With a keen focus on execution, Peter will be leading a strong […]

April 7, 2017

EU clears Fox takeover of Sky

EU Competition Authorities have reportedly given the greenlight for 21st Century Fox to acquire full control of Sky plc. The acquisition, agreed last December, has also been referred to Ofcom by Karen Bradley, the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The regulator now has 40 working days to decide whether the bid […]

April 7, 2017

SES creates market-focused business units

Satellite operator SES’s Board of Directors has approved a restructuring of SES’s go-to-market organisation model with the creation of two highly-focused business units, SES Video and SES Networks, focusing on the video- and data-centric segments in which SES operates. The new organisation, which will be implemented during the course of 2017, will gather all go-to-market […]

April 7, 2017By Colin Mann

Trouble for Fox takeover of Sky?

The Financial Times is reporting that there may be challenges ahead for the proposed takeover by 21st Century Fox of Sky’s European assets. The risks focus on the recent problems at 21stC’s Fox news division with a slew of problems, not least recent allegations of sexual impropriety at Fox News, which – says the newspaper […]

April 6, 2017

FilmOn X calls for ‘en banc’ rehearing

Ryan Baker, of Baker Marquart, the law firm acting for OTT streaming service FilmOn X, has filed a petition for rehearing en banc (a session in which a case is heard before all the judges of a court [before the entire bench] rather than by a panel of judges selected from them) in respect of […]

April 6, 2017By Colin Mann