RTL Group taking full ownership of Super RTL
Media group RTL’s largest business unit, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, is to acquire the outstanding 50 per cent shareholding in digital entertainment company Super RTL, having signed a binding agreement with…
2021 launch for BritBox South Africa
BBC Studios and ITV have revealed that their SVoD joint venture BritBox is to launch in South Africa in the second half of 2021. The service will expand into its…
DT, Cellnex Dutch tower business merger
In a further move consolidating ownership of the European tower sector, with 5G rollouts picking up speed, Deutsche Telekom and wireless telecommunications infrastructure specialist Cellnex Telecom have signed an agreement…
Arqiva withdraws from Digital UK shareholding
Digital UK, the joint venture which leads the operations and strategy of UK DTT platform and Freeview service, has confirmed that broadcast network infrastructure and transmission services provider Arqiva will…
Eutelsat delivers Viasat “coup-de-grâce”
The news that Eutelsat is completely ending its already strained relationship with Viasat prompted one analyst to update clients on the position. Viasat will now own 100 per cent the…
Eutelsat quits Viasat joint venture
Eutelsat is selling its majority share in its Euro-Broadband joint venture with Viasat. Eutelsat is reorganising its Ka-band broadband-by-satellite strategy over Europe. It owned a 51 per cent stake in…
KT, DT 5G technology JV
Korean telco SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom have entered into an agreement to establish a 5G technology joint venture. They will each hold 50 per cent of the joint venture…
SK Telecom media JVs
Korean operator SK Telecom has revealed a number of new joint ventures (JVs) in what it calls “promising technologies” that span a number of verticals from automotive to media. These…
Discovery, Mediaset alliance?
Discovery is eyeing a possible tie-up in Europe with Italian broadcaster Mediaset, according to reports in the Italian press. According to Il Sole 24 Ore, contact between Mediaset CEO, Piersilvio…
BritBox plans global expansion
BBC Studios and ITV have revealed plans to roll out their joint venture SVoD service BritBox globally, which could see the streaming platform expanding to up to 25 countries worldwide.…
Canada, India interested in OneWeb
Ottawa-based Telesat has reportedly entered a bid for OneWeb’s satellite assets. But it isn’t alone. There will be an auction process on July 2nd in New York. The UK is…
Kantar & LiveRamp partnership
Kantar, the data, insights and consulting company, and data connectivity platform LiveRamp have partnered in the UK to provide hundreds of new audience segments for online campaign activation, built on…
Finland: NENT & Elisa to combine streaming services
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic region’s streaming company, and Elisa, Finland’s telecoms operator, will combine their streaming services in Finland in Q4 2020. The combined standalone service will…
Intelsat wants Court to modify BlackSky loan
Last October Intelsat made a $50 million “synergistic” loan to BlackSky, owned by Spaceflight Industries. Now it wants the Court to amend the loan obligations and permit certain sales plans…
La Liga, Mediapro joint-venture in China
Spain’s top football league, La Liga, and Mediapro’s subsidiary Super Sports have agreed to set up a joint-venture in China seeking expansion into Asia. The 15-year deal aims to sell…
Liberty Global, Telefónica to merge UK operations
As recently rumoured, and following confirmation that talks were taking place, Liberty Global and Telefónica are to merge their UK operations in a 50-50 joint venture that brings together Liberty’s…