The Ofcom Board has announced the appointment of Dame Melanie Dawes as Chief Executive. She replaces Sharon White who left to join retailer John Lewis. Dawes has been Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government since 2015. She will take up her new position in early March. Dawes has held senior […]
Canal+ Group and beIN Sports have confirmed that their exclusive distribution and sub-licensing deal – announced in December 2019 – has been sealed. Under the agreement, Canal+ will offer all beIN Sports premium sports channels within its Canal+ offers, while also being the exclusive distributor of beIN Sports to third-party providers across all platforms in […]
Median monthly usage by broadband subscribers in 2020 is on a trajectory to surpass 250GB for the first time, according to the Q4 2019 OVBI (OpenVault Broadband Industry) report issued by OpenVault, a provider of technology solutions and industry analytics for broadband operators. Consistent with
UK Digital Secretary Nicky Morgan and Home Secretary Priti Patel have announced the government is minded to appoint communications watchdog Ofcom as the regulator to enforce rules to make the Internet a safer place. The announcement comes as the government publishes its initial response to the public consultation on the Online Harms White Paper. The […]
Following the UK government’s publication of its response to the Online Harms White Paper and suggestion that it is minded to appoint communications watchdog Ofcom as the regulator to enforce rules to make the Internet a safer place, a number of industry bodies and observers have shared their thoughts on the proposals. Andrew Glover, Chair […]
Nokia and BT are the latest high-profile names to drop out of the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona next week. In a statement Nokia said: “We have been carefully monitoring the situation following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, with the goal of making a fact-based decision related to our attendance at Mobile World […]
David Clementi, the BBC’s chairman, is set to issue a warning that a “diminished BBC would weaken the country as a whole”. In his speech to be delivered in Salford later today (February 11th), Clementi will say: “The BBC is a great national asset; a diminished BBC is a weakened United Kingdom. Sitting behind a […]
DPG Media and Telenet have announced they will jointly launch a streaming service with local and international content. Telenet and DPG Media expect the service to be up and running inautumn 2020. Telenet and DPG Media say they hold a number of assets that enable them to jointly develop a relevant local streaming service: they […]
Brands, advertisers and agencies can now harness Rakuten’s media properties, consumer insights and performance marketing ecosystem with the launch of Rakuten Advertising. “Advertisers know their customers, but discovering new ones and building enduring connections with them is increasingly difficult in today’s competitive consumer marketplace,” said Amit Patel, CEO, Rakuten Americas. “By drawing on audiences, insights […]
ViacomCBS, parent company of kids service Nickelodeon, has released a research study which finds that today’s kids come first in their households, and that the parent/kid relationship is closer than ever before. The study, which includes a global survey of over 8,000 parents of kids under age 12 across 16 countries, as well as a […]