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Hicks joins Fox

Fox has named former White House communications director Hope Hicks as chief communications officer. Fox, the newco created after 21st Century Fox sells assets to Walt Disney, also named Danny O’Brien as executive VP and head of governmental relations. O’Brien had been with General Electric. “Hope and Danny are proven leaders and world-class public affairs […]

October 9, 2018

Spain’s Feelmakers TV seeks International expansion

Feelmakers TV, the documentary, shorts and animation TV channel, has entered into a partnership with Spain’s leading producer and distribution company Digital Cornucopia to break into the International pay TV and OTT markets. Feelmakers TV offers a 24/7 slate of programming targeting a young and urban audience. The channel will be subtitled in English and […]

October 9, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Vendor boost for ATSC 3.0

The deployment of the ATSC 3.0 Next Gen TV broadcast standard in the US has received a boost with the news that Alticast, an end-to-end media solutions provider, Strategy & Technology (S&T), an independent developer of interactive TV technologies, and UniSoft, a software company specialising in broadcast provisioning, monitoring and testing, will demonstrate how the […]

October 9, 2018

Analyst: “Ergen steadfast in 5G plans”

Equity analysts at Deutsche Bank (DB) have held an investors conference in Arizona, and one of the speakers was Charlie Ergen, Chairman/CEO at Dish (and Echostar). Ergen told delegates that he remained enthusiastic about 5G’s prospects and his portfolio of investments in spectrum. DB, in its report on the event, says: “Ergen was steadfast in […]

October 9, 2018By Chris Forrester

Fox’s Rice will chair Disney TV

Disney has confirmed that after it acquires assets from 21st Century Fox, Fox executive Peter Rice will become chairman of Walt Disney Television and co-chair of Disney Media Networks. The company also said another Fox executive, Dana Walden, will assume the new role of chairman, Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment. John Landgraf will continue […]

October 9, 2018

Discovery forms Digital Studios Group; promotes Neil

Discovery has announced the formation of the Digital Studios Group, a newly expanded hub for digital and social video content creation to support the company’s growing global websites, social, TVE and direct-to-consumer businesses and brands. To lead the expanded group, the company has promoted Vikki Neil to executive vice president and general manager. The announcement […]

October 9, 2018

OzTAM appoints Vasile as Projects Director

OzTAM has announced Adrian Bogdan Vasile’s appointment to the newly created position of Projects Director. In this key client-facing role, Vasile will direct the execution of project plans and manage timelines as OzTAM brings new products and initiatives to market. Reporting to OzTAM’s CEO Doug Peiffer, Vasile will work alongside Director of Technical Services, Sylvano […]

October 9, 2018

Analyst: Has YouTube per-view revenue peaked?

Only three years ago, Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) were being snapped up by traditional broadcasters for huge sums, but their fortunes are changing, according to research firm Ampere Analysis. Latest research suggests YouTube has reached a per-hour revenue ceiling in some markets, with its income generated by advertising from an hour viewed now equal to that […]

October 8, 2018

MUSO launches Piracy by Industry Dashboard

Digital piracy data analysis specialist MUSO has launched its Piracy by Industry Dashboard, which will give trade bodies and government-level organisations access to month-by-month piracy data across all their industries. This rolling insight will allow trade bodies to gain a more accurate view of piracy and enable them to regularly assess the effectiveness of their […]

October 8, 2018By Colin Mann

Com Hem delists ahead of Tele2 deal

The European Commission has approved the merger of Tele2 AB and Com Hem Holding AB. The board of directors of Com Hem has therefore resolved to apply for delisting of Com Hem’s shares from Nasdaq Stockholm. The companies say the merger will combine two highly cash generative businesses with clear synergies to create a leading […]

October 8, 2018