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DRG takes stake in Double Yellow

Programming distribution company DRG has taken an equity stake in Double Yellow Television, a TV production business with some of the UK’s highest rated shows within its portfolio including Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, The Royal Variety Performance, Parkinson and The BAFTA Awards. They also executive produced NBC’s number one series in the US, […]

February 14, 2018By Chris Forrester

BBC consults on distribution policy

The BBC has launched a public consultation on its new distribution policy. The BBC is required by its Royal Charter and Framework Agreement to develop a strategy and policy for distributing its output and services. The Agreement states that before publishing that policy the BBC must consult the public and Ofcom. The consultation period runs […]

February 13, 2018By Colin Mann

Meltdown for SES; boost for Intelsat

The world’s two largest satellite operators made very different impacts on their local stock exchanges on February 12th. SES was hammered as a result of its worrying change of CEO and CFO. While some observers and analysts welcomed the news as representing a clean sweep at the top of the company, the market voted with […]

February 13, 2018

Liberty Latin America takes 80% of Cabletica

Liberty Latin America, a telco with operations in Chile, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and other parts of Latin America, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 80 per cent of Costa Rican cable operator Cabletica, which is part of Televisora de Costa Rica, in an all cash transaction. Cabletica is being valued at an […]

February 13, 2018

TDC recommends Macquarie offer

TDC said a consortium of pensions companies PFA, PKA, ATP, and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets has made an offer of DKK 50.25 per share and it will recommend it to shareholders. The offer is subject to its merger with MTG’s Nordic Entertainment and Studio Business not going ahead. The offer will not be conditional […]

February 13, 2018

Trump wants to zero PBS funds

President Trump has returned to promoting zero funding for public broadcasting it became clear as the President’s proposed 2019 budget was revealed. The budget cuts all but $15 million for public media in 2019 and 2020. The allocation has been $445 million per year. Reported in B&C, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger commented: “Public […]

February 13, 2018

Sauer appointed to board of Xstream

OTT and TV Everywhere enabler Xstream has announced the appointment of Thorsten Sauer to its board with immediate effect. Sauer has extensive management experience in the telecommunication and media industries. Most recently, he has been the President of Ericsson Broadcast and Media Services, now known as RedBee Media. In this role, Sauer developed the business […]

February 13, 2018

Ebiquity sells AdIntel business to Nielsen

Marketing and media analytics consultancy Ebiquity has entered into an agreement for the disposal of its AdIntel business to Nielsen Media Research, a subsidiary of Nielsen Holdings, a global measurement and data analytics company. The consideration is £26 million, payable in cash on completion, and subject to adjustments for working capital. Michael Karg, CEO Ebiquity, […]

February 13, 2018

Harmonic appoints Krall to Board of Directors

Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery and cable access virtualization, has expanded the company’s board of directors with the appointment of David Krall. “I’m delighted to welcome David to our board,” said Patrick Harshman, president and CEO of Harmonic. “David’s extensive executive leadership and board experience, and particularly his strong digital and streaming media background, […]

February 13, 2018

Macquarie bid sees TDC drop MTG deal

Danish telecoms operator TDC has been approached by a buy-out group lead by Macquarie. TDC shares jumped 17 per cent on the news and it dropped its $2.5 billion (€2.04bn) bid for most of the assets of Modern Times Group (MTG) – a move that got a cool reception. TDC has been approached by a […]

February 12, 2018