Rocket company SpaceX, already happy that it can recover the all-important first (or main booster) stage of its Falcon 9 rockets, is working towards recovering 100 per cent of the rocket. This includes the protective fairings (which envelop the actual satellite on top to the rocket) and also the rocket’s second stage. Each portion of the […]
The widespread labour strike in French Guiana shows no sign of ending. The action has forced rocket company Arianespace to suspend all work at the spaceport. The strike started on March 20th and now is more or less total with numerous road-blocks affecting all trade in the French colony. Some 37 labour unions are supporting […]
EU Competition Authorities have reportedly given the greenlight for 21st Century Fox to acquire full control of Sky plc. The acquisition, agreed last December, has also been referred to Ofcom by Karen Bradley, the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The regulator now has 40 working days to decide whether the bid […]
Satellite operator SES’s Board of Directors has approved a restructuring of SES’s go-to-market organisation model with the creation of two highly-focused business units, SES Video and SES Networks, focusing on the video- and data-centric segments in which SES operates. The new organisation, which will be implemented during the course of 2017, will gather all go-to-market […]
The Financial Times is reporting that there may be challenges ahead for the proposed takeover by 21st Century Fox of Sky’s European assets. The risks focus on the recent problems at 21stC’s Fox news division with a slew of problems, not least recent allegations of sexual impropriety at Fox News, which – says the newspaper […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is partnering with VR production company VR City and media agency Goodstuff to showcase the highlights of forthcoming Randox Health Grand National horse race in virtual reality, following the success of the broadcaster’s recent VR campaign for the Cheltenham Festival which generated almost two million views across the four- day jump […]
Hong Kong-based Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is in trouble with India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) over alleged “unauthorised” Direct-To-Home (DTH) transmissions into India. Local reports say that the MIB has asked India’s space authority to block the incoming signals which they state are being transmitted with licenses. Each of the major Indian DT […]
Lifestyle content developer Scripps Networks Interactive is launching Food Network in Italy. The leading global culinary lifestyle channel will launch on May 8th on free-to-air LCN 33. Food Network is the first dedicated multi-platform food entertainment channel to launch in Italy. “The launch of Food Network in Italy, a key growth market for Scripps Networks […]
Ryan Baker, of Baker Marquart, the law firm acting for OTT streaming service FilmOn X, has filed a petition for rehearing en banc (a session in which a case is heard before all the judges of a court [before the entire bench] rather than by a panel of judges selected from them) in respect of […]
MGM is to acquire all of the interests in premium pay-TV network EPIX of fellow partners Viacom, Lionsgate and Paramount for approximately $1.032 billion (€0.970bn), based on a total value for the company of $1.275 billion (inclusive of $75 million of distributions to the partners). Viacom and Lionsgate currently own 49.76 per cent and 31.15 […]