French production group Lagardère Studios has taken a majority stake in Dutch TV production company Skyhigh TV. The move follows the acquisition of Boomerang TV in Spain and Aito Media Group in Finland respectively in 2015 and 2017. Created in 1999, Skyhigh TV is owned by founder Marc Dik, Wilfred Drechsler and Bernard van den […]
The UK government has confirmed that a compulsory age verification check for adult websites will no longer be introduced in April as originally planned. In a statement, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said it would now start “later in the year”. “This is a chance for the government to rethink the absence […]
Rupert Pearce, CEO of London-based Inmarsat, told investors on March 9th that the satellite operator would cut its dividend from 54 cents (in 2016) to 33.6 cents for the past year, to permit the company to place resources behind its growing In-Flight communications and entertainment business. Inmarsat warned that next year’s dividend (that is for […]
Arianespace used a Soyuz rocket to launch four satellites into orbit for the SES Network’s O3b division. SES already has 12 similar satellites in orbit, and will later this year launch a further four into space. The O3b fleet serves small Pacific islands, far-flung nations and even giant cruise ships with their broadband and internet […]
Nine new organisations have joined WorldDAB since the start of 2018, taking its membership to 104 organisations from 29 countries. Italian public broadcaster Rai, vehicle manufacturers General Motors and Toyota, Croatian network operator Transmitters and Communications Ltd., content service provider Pluxbox, automotive solution providers Nextbase and In2digi and professional equipment manufacturers Avateq Corp. and Inovonics […]
ThinkAnalytics has boosted its executive team with the appointment of Simon McGrath as COO and SVP of the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. McGrath joins newly appointed ThinkAnalytics CEO Gabe Berger at a time when the firm continues to grow its market share and cement its leadership in the pay-TV/OTT content discovery and viewer analytics […]
Deutsche Telekom’s vectoring upgrades are continuing with vigour in 2018: as of today, almost 200,000 more households in 209 cities and communities can now connect to the Internet with up to 100 Mbps (and a minimum of 50 Mbps) download and 40 Mbps upload. These include Bochum-Wattenscheid, with 13,300 households, Langen (Hessen) with 3,900 households, […]
Edgy TV, a multicultural TV channel from Canadian online magazine Edwige, is the latest addition to the Freeview platform (channel 264) that has a reach of over 10 million UK TV households. The channel celebrates an exciting blend of fashion and different cultures to enrich the lives of professional women from 20 to 55 years […]
SPI International / FilmBox, a global media company, has signed a multi-year agreement with MEASAT Satellite Systems to distribute six 24 hour TV channels including one Ultra HD channel across the Asia Pacific region. SPI International gains access to MEASAT’s 91.5°E hotslot with an established video neighborhood and strong affiliate base across wide geography comprising […]
Phenix, a global, end-to-end real-time IP video solution provider, has joined forces with Garland, Europe’s leading digital video solutions provider. This alliance will allow Garland to provide customers in the UK and Ireland with Phenix’s solutions designed to significantly reduce the lag experienced when streaming live video. Imagine being glued to your seat watching the […]