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Huge investments accelerating VR growth

The rapid growth of the virtual reality (VR) market is attracting substantial private and federal investments to innovative start-ups, mostly in the areas of video, services and solutions, games and apps reports Frost & Sullivan. With technological advances and improvements in user experience, VR will become more ubiquitous in industries such as healthcare, automotive, education, […]

March 8, 2017

Connectivity: The Bridge of Spies

Connectivity promises much – much convenience, much saving, much service. All good. But a connected home is a vulnerable home, vulnerable to privateer hackers after plain mischief or your credit card details, and state-sponsored hackers after goodness knows what in the name of security. Governments around the world have wrangled with civil rights advocates and […]

March 8, 2017

Advocacy groups urge net neutrality continuation

In the wake of new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s confirmation of his opposition to net neutrality and overturn ‘Open Internet’ proposals, a grouping of 171 public policy and advocacy bodies has written an open letter urging Pai, Democratic Senator Bill Nelson (Ranking Member, US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation) and Republican Senator John […]

March 8, 2017By Colin Mann

RTL Group new CEO

RTL Group has confirmed that co-CEO Anke Scheferkordt, will leave her current role at her own request, effective April 19th.  Bert Habets, currently CEO of RTL Nederland, will then become the new co-CEO alongside Guillaume de Posch. Schaferkordt will continue to be the CEO of the company’s largest business unit, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, which she […]

March 8, 2017

Half of consumers willing to reduce content piracy

The largest global consumer piracy online survey ever conducted has found that consumer education could reduce the number of individuals who watch pirated video content. The Irdeto Global Consumer Piracy Survey of more than 25,000 adults across 30 countries found that despite the high number of consumers around the globe watching pirated video content (52 […]

March 8, 2017By Colin Mann

Intelsat, Kymeta seeking mobile mass market

The investment announced by Intelsat on March 7th with speciality antenna maker Kymeta is a significant move for Intelsat. Intelsat has given no specifics on the value of the investment, but CEO Stephen Spengler says it reflects the on-going relationship that’s been in place for a couple of years with Kymeta. Kymeta is privately held […]

March 8, 2017

ADL: Media will see rush of consolidation M&A

According to consultancy firm Arthur D. Little (ADL), markets will continue to see a rush of consolidation and vertical integration among traditional media companies as offline advertising revenues and consumer spending stagnate while online advertising and consumer spend rises. The findings of its five-year forecast of the financial flows within the global media marketplace also […]

March 8, 2017

UK Culture Secretary Fox “standards” concerns

Karen Bradley, the UK Culture Secretary, has expressed concerns about corporate governance at News Corp and breaches of broadcasting standards by 21st Century Fox. Speaking in the House of Commons, Bradley who had previously said that she was “minded” to refer 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky to media regulator Ofcom, saying that she […]

March 7, 2017By Colin Mann

£250K fine in ‘Kodi box’ case

A man in the northeast England city of Hartlepool who sold illegal Internet TV boxes that allowed pubs and clubs to screen pay-to-view TV free of charge has received a suspended prison sentence and been ordered to pay £250,000 (€289,000). Malcolm Mayes received a ten-month prison sentence suspended for one year when he appeared at […]

March 7, 2017By Colin Mann

Liberty backs Malaysia’s iflix

Liberty Global and Zain, the Kuwait-based telecommunications operator, are investing in iflix, a Malaysian provider of streaming content. Liberty and Zain, along with existing shareholders Sky venture capital firm Catcha Group and Los Angeles-based merchant bank Evolution Media Capital, invested $90 million in iflix, the companies announced Tuesday. The companies did not disclose how much […]

March 7, 2017