Laura Fernández Espeso has stepped down as Director General of Mediapro after 16 years with the Spanish production company, as it faces one of the most challenging moments in its recent history. Her departure comes as the group moves ahead with a collective redundancy plan that will affect more than 1,000 employees — around 14 […]
Orange has signed a binding agreement with Lorca to acquire full ownership of MasOrange, Spain’s leading telco in terms of customer base, through the acquisition of the remaining 50 per cent stake in its Spanish joint venture for a price of €4.25 billion in cash. This announcement confirms the non-binding agreement that was announced earlier […]
ProSiebenSat.1 Media has confirmed it is selling its online weather portal, wetter.com, to Funke Mediengruppe, the German newspaper and magazine publisher. The transaction of the wholly owned subsidiary from the Commerce & Ventures segment is structured as an asset deal, under which the wetter.com workforce will transfer to the new owner through a transfer of […]
AMC Networks has appointed Annie Luo as President, Streaming Growth. In this newly created role, Luo will be responsible for driving the growth and expansion of AMC Networks’ portfolio of targeted streaming services. She will lead the development and execution of the company’s streaming strategy, including driving subscriber acquisition and engagement, activating commercial and programming […]
Josh Withrow, a Fellow at public policy think tank R Street Institute, suggests that blocking of copyright infringing sites carries a number of risks. In an opinion piece, he notes that several tech-related legislative proposals have flown under the radar in 2025, including a renewed push to force internet service providers (ISPs) to take down […]
Pinterest, the AI-powered visual search and discovery platform, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire tvScientific, a connected TV (CTV) performance advertising platform. Pinterest will consequently combine its audience intent signals with a CTV engine, so marketers can measure how TV lifts the results of their performance ad campaigns. Pinterest reaches 600 million monthly […]
Antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has dismantled India-based piracy network MKVCinemas and its associated domains. Additionally, ACE shut down a high-traffic drive-to-drive cloning tool frequently used by piracy services in India and Indonesia. Most of MKVCinemas’ traffic came from India, a rapidly expanding entertainment market. Collectively, the MKVCinemas domains accounted for […]
A director hired by Netflix to make a science-fiction series was convicted this week of an $11 million (€9.3m) fraud. Prosecutors said Carl Erik Rinsch, 48, secured funding from Netflix from 2018 to early 2020 to make the series, which was initially called White Horse and later renamed Conquest. But he put the money in […]
Eutelsat has announced the success of its share capital increase with shareholders’ preferential subscription rights for a gross amount of approximately €670 million. Eutelsat says the proceeds of the Rights Issue, combined with the proceeds of the Reserved Capital Increases completed on November 21st, will be used to reinforce its financial structure and fund its […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is holding the second session of its inquiry exploring the provision of children’s TV and video content in the UK and what can be done to ensure future generations continue to have access to high-quality British-made programming. The hearing on December 16th will […]