London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti has hired Matt Childs from Eutelsat. Childs takes up the position of Director of Government/Wholesale & Integrators. At Eutelsat he was Commercial Director of its ‘Quantum’ satellite programme. He is also well-known as being CEO at Solaris Mobile, the S-band joint-venture between Eutelsat and SES and subsequently sold to EchoStar. […]
The XFL has announced multi-year agreements with ESPN and Fox Sports to televise XFL games in the US when the sport relaunches for a 2020 season. XFL games will air weekly on broadcast TV (ABC and Fox) complemented by games on cable (ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and FS2). The XFL TV schedule allows for consistent appointment […]
DFC Intelligence has released its latest global video game consumer segmentation. This report looks at the total worldwide number of paying video game consumers. This number has soared past 3 billion. However, a large percentage of these users only use mobile devices to play games. Many products will only focus on the approximately 350 million […]
Thaicom, Thailand’s first satellite operator, has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31st. Thaicom’s revenue decreased compared to the previous quarter and the same quarter of last year. The company reported that due to effective cost management, the profit from normal operations improved. The company reported a net loss due to […]
Karate Combat, the global, full-contact martial arts league, has announced a partnership with Vewd, the Smart TV OTT software provider, offering Karate Combat’s app and content on Vewd-enabled devices worldwide. Vewd provides content distribution on Smart TVs and connected devices made by Sony, Hisense, Philips and TiVo, among others. “We are excited to bring our […]
Sinclair Broadcast Group and The Walt Disney Company have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sinclair will acquire the equity interests in 21 Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) and Fox College Sports, which were acquired by Disney in its acquisition of 21st Century Fox. The transaction ascribes a total enterprise value to the RSNs equal […]
Liberty Global has reported revenues of $2.86 billion (€2.55bn), down 0.6 per cent on a year-on-on year basis annual basis while operating income was down 10.3 per cent on the same period last year to $105.5 million. Virgin Media showed a net customer gain of 59,200, an annual increase of 32 per cent. Liberty’s UK […]
Contrary to popular belief, the effects of social media use on teenage life satisfaction are limited and “tiny”, according to a study of 12,000 UK adolescents suggests. Family, friends and school life all had a greater impact on wellbeing, said
Vice Media, the millennial-skewed digital media group, has raised $250 million (€223.4m) in debt from a group of investors – led by 23 Capital and also including Fortress Investment Group and Monroe Capital – according to reports that originated in The WSJ. In February Vice Media announced it was shrinking its workforce by around 250 […]
Pakistan’s PEMRA media regulator has auctioned 70 new licenses for satellite DTH channels. PEMRA says it had offered capacity for 70 satellite TV licenses in seven categories – eight in News & Current Affairs, 27 in Entertainment, five in Sports, two in Agriculture, 12 in Regional Languages, four in Health and 12 in Education genres. […]