The July 2016 demonstrations across Turkey, and which resulted in mass arrests of demonstrators, has now seen Turksat start legal proceedings against the opposition Gulenist party, and its leader Fetullah Gülen. 162 suspects, many already in custody, are named in the action. Turksat is claiming $1.8 million in damages. Turksat’s headquarters in Ankara were hit […]
Discovery Communications has appointed Rebecca Kent as General Manager, Australia and New Zealand. In her new role, she reports into James Gibbons, Executive Vice President, General Manager UK, Australia and New Zealand & Head of Commercial Development EMEA. Kent will focus on growing the existing business which consists of eight channels in Australia and six channels […]
Glyn Isherwood has been appointed the BBC’s Group Finance and Operations Director. He will join the BBC in the new year from Channel 4, where he is currently Group Finance Director. Deputy Director-General Anne Bulford says: “Glyn is highly experienced at providing long-term financial strategy and ensuring strong business performance of creative and digital organisations. […]
NBCUniversal has acquired rights from the National Football League to stream Sunday Night Football through NBC’s TV Everywhere offering on all mobile devices beginning with the 2018 season. The agreement also allows for NBCU to extend those authenticated streaming rights to its cable, satellite, and telco partners, as well as virtual MVPDs. Although NBC Sports […]
Didja, a technology company dedicated to augmenting the TV experience, has secured an additional $12 million (€10.15m) in funding, bringing the total capital raised to $22 million to date. The round was led by Vestech Partners, a private equity investment group, in addition to other angel investors and family offices. Much of the funds will […]
At 11.6 million, Strictly Come Dancing – The Final is the biggest and top TV overnight broadcast in 2017 (across all channels). The consolidated average audience for the series so far is 11.1 million and it’s on track to become the biggest and most popular year for Strictly to date. At 55.9 per cent, it’s […]
ESPN’s award-winning ESPN Films documentaries from will be available to fans in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) on streaming service ESPN Player. The sports documentaries can be streamed on demand by anyone subscribing to one of ESPN Player’s packages – which also offer NCAA sports, IndyCar, X Games and a host of other […]
Wochit, the social video creation platform, has announced the appointment of Colm Curneen, as the company’s Director Of Business Development. Curneen, who is a media industry veteran with over 15 years of experience, joins from Storyful, a social media intelligence and news agency, acquired by News Corp in 2013. During his three years with that […]
Mirada, a provider of products and services for Digital TV operators and broadcasters, recently saw the first commercial launch of its brand new OTT application for younger viewers, Mirada Kids. The application has been launched by Mirada’s existing client and Tier 1 Mexican pay TV operator, izzi Telecom, under the brand name izzi kids, and […]
In the US, just four companies – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google – will harvest up to two-thirds of all new TV and video revenue in 2018. Their gains will be due partly to the saturation of traditional TV in the country, but also to their growing domination of the OTT video market. Amazon and […]