Intelsat issued a “Shelf Registration Statement” with the Securities & Exchange Commission last week, along with an updated prospectus. There was no specific amount mentioned, or any clue as to when (or if) the document will be effective. Intelsat, within the filing, says it “may” use the prospectus to offer “from time to time” new […]
The French government is looking to save some €500 million by 2023 in the running costs of its sprawling state-backed TV and radio services. A restructuring exercise is beginning this week. Local commentators say that this is likely to see some of the smaller TV networks being closed and the combination of some radio and […]
Jump has secured Series A funding, led by Accedo and a number of video industry expert businesses, to continue its rapid growth. Jump provides AI-based technology to help video service providers get valuable business insights about their audience and content. It also enables these insights to be automatically transformed into marketing actions, impacting on user […]
As consumption of audio and video content shifts to digital, all services should contribute to ensure a vibrant domestic market, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The call came in a report on the future of programming in Canada. The report proposes to the government new tools and regulatory approaches to support […]
Philip Hammond, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, has targeted seeing full-fibre to the premises connections being available to 15 million premises by 2025 and committed to delivering a nationwide full-fibre to the premises network by 2033. Delivering a speech at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Annual Dinner 2018, Hammond said that the government […]
Media Distillery, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup focused on extracting valuable data from video, has received a grant of €1.4 million from the European Union under the prestigious SME Instrument programme, part of Horizon 2020. Media Distillery provides a unique AI platform to generate ‘Deep Content Understanding’ in real-time and at an unparalleled scale. The […]
VidMob has closed an additional $6.4 million extension to its previously announced Series A financing. The additional funding will be dedicated to growing the company’s Engineering and Data Insights teams and expanding the company’s presence with the opening of a London office. The London office will be led by UK Sales Director James Bacon who […]
Creative industries specialist, Edge Investments, has invested in a significant minority shareholding in leading OTT video distribution platform Airbeem. Airbeem’s multi-use Software as a Service (‘SaaS’) platform enables content owners to publish and monetise their video content direct to consumers by creating immersive video experiences reaching audience on all devices. Its turnkey solution for the […]
Responding to what they describe as the arrival of new international players in the drama market, in particular the SVoD market, and its disruptive effect on the European audiovisual landscape, European public service broadcasters France Télévisions, Germany’s ZDF and Italy’s RAI are taking what they say is a new era in their collaboration. In an […]
The news that Europe (collectively its Parliament, Council and European Commission) is contemplating ruling that OTT platforms such as Amazon and Netflix must face tough new ‘made in Europe’ 30 per cent quotas, is infuriating. As we reported last week, and according to Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip, the new rules “reflect […]