Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has announced the appointment of Michael D. Armstrong as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Revenue and Emerging Brands. In this role, he adds oversight of International Program Sales and Affiliate Sales to his role. With this expanded remit, Arran Tindall, SVP, Commercial and Content Distribution, will step up to […]
Pakistan’s High Court in Islamabad has ruled that the government must block and close down those social media sites that make or carry blasphemous content. The Court ordered the government to start investigations into online blasphemy. In a report from BBC Monitoring, the High Court ruled that any such sites must be placed on the […]
Anevia, a global player in OTT and IPTV software for the delivery of live TV and VoD, has announced the success of their capital increase while maintaining the preferential subscription right launched on February 14th 2017. This operation will allow the company to meet its recapitalisation needs and to carry on with its investment plan. […]
BT and Ofcom have reached agreement on a long-term regulatory settlement that will see the telco’s infrastructure unit Openreach become a distinct, legally separate company with its own Board, within the BT Group. The agreement is based upon voluntary commitments submitted by BT that the regulator has said meet its competition concerns. Once the agreement […]
For the first time since 2009, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, operator of La 1 and La 2 among other channels, has climbed out of the red with a profit of €800,000. “It is the first time we end a year with no deficit since 2009,” commented José Antonio Sánchez, the president of the group, who […]
Mediaset has appointed Marco Leonardi as the new CEO of its under-performing pay-TV unit, Mediaset Premium. Leonardi, who currently holds the title of head of acquisition and sales rights at Mediaset, will replace Franco Ricci, who is leaving the company. Mediaset said the appointment is “part of its strategy of making the Mediaset Premium offering […]
Steve Morrison and Dr Ashley Steel have been confirmed as the first board members of the BBC’s new governing body. The BBC Unitary Board, which will take over from the BBC Trust, will come into effect next month following plans laid out in the recent Government charter. Morrison will stand in as the board member […]
On March 8th, an application for a Court Order, that will result in servers streaming unauthorised English Premier League content being blocked, was heard and granted in the English High Court. The Premier League (PL) is currently engaged in a range of activity to protect its IP, and the significant investment made in the competition […]
Research by broadband comparison website Broadband Genie has revealed the majority (72 per cent) of the public believe piracy warning letters sent by UK ISPs are unlikely to have any impact. Under the Voluntary Copyright Alert Programme (VCAP), educational letters are sent to Internet users who are believed to have infringed copyright by sharing material […]
Spain’s Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC – National Authority for Markets and Competition) has started legal proceedings against La Liga for prohibiting Mediaset and Atresmedia from entering football stadiums to record atmosphere during the matches. The watchdog argues that La Liga is breaking the article 19.3 of La Ley General de […]