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Nexstar closes Tegna deal despite objections

Nexstar Media Group has closed its acquisition of Tegna following approval of the transaction from the FCC and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in a deal valued at $6.2 billion (€5.3bn) – despite two lawsuits trying to block the deal. Nexstar first announced in August 2025 that it would acquire Tegna and create a […]

March 20, 2026

Cellnex UK appoints Cray as MD

Cellnex, the European operator of telco infrastructure, has announced the appointment of Steve Cray as Managing Director of Cellnex UK, effective immediately. Cray steps into the role following the appointment of Gianluca Landolina to a new position within the Cellnex Telecom as CEO of Vertical Solutions. Cray commented: “It is an honour to take on the […]

March 20, 2026

AsiaSat hits Zee and JioStar with legal actions

AsiaSat, claiming contract breaches, has started legal actions against Indian broadcasting giants Zee Entertainment and JioStar. AsiaSat is being restricted from transmissions into India effective March 31st. One of AsiaSat’s complaints is India’s restrictive access to satellite spectrum and India’s approach to foreign companies operating – or wishing to operate – in India’s expanding space […]

March 20, 2026

US Senators call for Seedance 2.0 shutdown

US Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have sent a letter to ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo regarding Seedance 2.0’s “egregious” infringement of copyrighted materials belonging to American innovators. Senators Blackburn and Welch are calling on the Chinese company to immediately shut down this platform and comply with US copyright law. They contend that […]

March 19, 2026By Colin Mann

Ofcom spectrum boost for satellite connectivity

To meet the growing demand for satellite connectivity services in the UK, comms regulator Ofcom has decided to make more spectrum available for satellite gateway earth stations. Satellite communication systems rely on gateway earth stations which enable large volumes of data to be transmitted between Earth and space, and then onwards to the internet or […]

March 19, 2026By Colin Mann

WGGB welcomes government report on copyright, AI

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) – the trade union representing professional writers across TV, film, theatre, radio, books, poetry, and video games – has welcomed the UK government’s report on copyright and AI released on March 18th. WGGB General Secretary Ellie Peers said: “Copyright and AI is an issue of huge importance to […]

March 19, 2026

ProSiebenSat.1 sells esome and Kairion to Pivotum Capital

ProSiebenSat.1 Media has announced that it is selling the connected TV advertising company esome and the retail media specialist Kairion to Pivotum Capital, an investment firm specialised in technology and digital companies and based in Graefelfing. ProSiebenSat.1 said the transaction underlines its strategic focus on its core entertainment business and the monetisation of its entertainment […]

March 19, 2026

ITV Studios appoints Harvey as EVP EMEA & UK Sales & Distribution

ITV Studios has announced the appointment of Jemma Harvey as Executive Vice President, EMEA & UK Sales and Distribution. Reporting directly to Tom Clark, EVP Global Sales & Commercial Strategy, Harvey moves into the role with immediate effect after leading the EMEA Tape Sales team on an interim basis for the past five months. In […]

March 19, 2026

Multiply gets $9.5m for self-learning ads

Multiply, the AI-native media agency for B2B companies. has emerged from stealth with $9.5 million (€8.2m) in funding to introduce what it calls the next paradigm: Self-Learning Advertising, where ads use internal data to continuously get better on their own. The round was led by Mayfield, with participation from Sorenson Capital, Instacart Co-Founder Max Mullen, […]

March 18, 2026

UK begins AI copyright backdown

The UK government has backtracked on its position on copyright and AI. Its original position – allowing AI companies to use copyrighted works to train their models with an opt-out option – received considerable backlash from the UK creative industry. “We have listened,” Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said, revealing the government no longer favours that […]

March 18, 2026