Israel’s Spacecom has again suffered a postponement of the launch of its AMOS-17 satellite, this time to July. Spacecom made its statement to the Tel Aviv stock exchange on April 28th. Amos-17 had been expected to launch in the May 20th – June 19th time period aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. Spacecom […]
Discovery veteran, Matthew Butler, has been named general manager of Travel Channel, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Kathleen Finch, Chief Lifestyle Brands Officer, and Henry Schleiff, Group President, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, Destination America and American Heroes Channel. “Given the terrific success of Travel’s recent repositioning, coupled with Matt’s long-term impact on the brand, […]
Andy Cairns is to step down as Executive Editor of Sky Sports News in the summer, bringing to an over 30 years of of service at Sky. Cairns started his Sky career at Sky News in 1989 and was a central part of the team that launched Sky Sports News in 1998. Cairns has also […]
SK Telecom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SBS, a Korean television channel operated by Seoul Broadcasting System, for joint development of innovative media business. With the MOU signing, SK Telecom has entered into MOUs with the top three terrestrial TV broadcasting stations in Korea, namely KBS, MBC and SBS. SK Telecom will […]
Technology news programme BBC Click’s 1,000th show will be the BBC’s first full-length, interactive programme, letting viewers to choose how they want to watch it. Working with new tools created by BBC Research & Development, the programme will enable viewers to interact with the show, skipping ahead to the sections they’re really interested in, or […]
Virgin Media is bringing all of its services together for the first time in one bundle. As part of the new bundle line-up, available immediately, new and existing customers can receive broadband speeds of up to 500Mbps, add a mobile SIM to any broadband bundle, and build their own personalised TV service with a choice […]
The Basque-country telco operator Euskaltel has allied with retail chain MediaMarkt to expand into the whole country under the R brand it currently uses in northern regions like Galicia, León and La Rioja. Under the agreement, Euskaltel will market its convergent package through MediaMarkt’s 87 stores across Spain and via the company`s website. The offer […]
Russian oligarch Evgeny Lebedev is reportedly in talks to sell his loss-making London Live TV station. Lebedev and his father, Alexander, won the bidding for the licence for the capital’s first dedicated TV channel in 2013. The plan was for the TV station to help drive profitability across the Lebedevs’ media portfolio – which also […]
Discovery UK has delivered its strongest ever quarter in Q1 2019, growing its audience (aged 16+) by 14 per cent year-on-year to 3.13 per cent (including the acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive). This was closely followed by the portfolio’s strongest Easter performance with adult share up 8 per cent year-on-year to nearly 4 per cent. Quest […]
UKTV, the multichannel network, has reported an impressive start to 2019. Year-to-date UKTV’s adult SOCI (share of commercial impacts) is 9.53 per cent, up 3 per cent year-on-year. In addition, the network has seen strong growth in 16-34 SOCI, which is up 6 per cent year-on-year to 6.74 per cent. UKTV Originals and channels Brand […]