Delia Bushell, Managing Director, BT TV and BT Sport, is leaving the company. Confirmation by the telco followed weekend newspaper reports that she had quit. Bushell joined BT in July 2014 from Sky Italia, where she was Chief Commercial Officer, having spent the previous fourteen years at the then BSkyB and Sky Italia in a […]
Comcast and Charter Communications have formed a wireless partnership to speed up their entry into the highly competitive market for mobile service in the US. Charter and Comcast have agreed not to make “material” transactions in the wireless space for a year without the other’s consent. The material transactions may include acquisitions, investments or joint […]
London-based Avanti Communications suffered an all-time low price for its shares on May 5th, falling 8.5 per cent to 9.49p. One month ago the price was 12.56p, although this itself was massively down on its 96p price a year ago. Sellers of Avanti stock were being offered 9.25p for their shares. The collapse in Avanti’s […]
SpaceX will launch BulgariaSat-1 next month on a ‘pre-flow’ (or as SpaceX coyly describe it, “Flight-tested”) rocket that was previously used to launch a group of Iridium satellites back in January. In its statement officials from BulgariaSat-1 say that their launch will happen in mid-June. Maxim Zayakov, CEO at BulgariaSat, said using a pre-flown first […]
Media veteran Paul Welling has been tapped to lead Content in UK & EMEA for Scripps Networks Interactive. Welling joins the company effective immediately and is responsible for all programming and content functions that span linear, digital, and VoD/OTT services. Based in London, Welling reports to Phillip Luff, Managing Director, UK & EMEA, Scripps Networks […]
Freeview Australia will launch a significant upgrade to its hybrid digital television service Freeview Plus platform in June 2017, offering a more simplified user experience and sophisticated look and feel for the catch-up service. The new platform will join the Freeview FV mobile app in Freeview’s suite of products that are designed to make watching […]
Viacom International Media Networks’ (VIMN) MTV has announced the launch of a new MTV Play mobile app in the Netherlands and Belgium. MTV Play is part of Viacom’s suite of mobile applications for its core brands, giving audiences on-the-go access to a VoD content library and market-by-market brand exclusives. This marks the first Play Plex […]
MTN Cyprus has launched their first TV service, MTN TV providing subscribers over 41 local and international channels in the Standard Pack, and 54 local and international channels in the Complete Pack. MTN Cyprus contracted 3Vision to assist with sourcing and acquiring the linear carriage rights to the international channel offering. MTN TV offers the […]
Vimond Media Solutions has teamed up with Fox Sports Australia to create a global service that will stream Australian Football League (AFL) matches to fans around the world. Fox Sports launched the subscription-based Watch AFL application in time to broadcast the inaugural AFL Women’s League. The 121st season of the men’s league commenced on March […]
Global spending on consumer video media services will total $314 billion (€286bn) in 2017, a 4.2 per cent increase from 2016, according to research firm Gartner. Pay-TV services is the largest spending segment and is on pace to represent 90 per cent of the total market, totaling $282 billion in 2017. In 2017, emerging Asia/Pacific […]