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Avanti warns of “no material growth” from new contracts

Avanti Communications warned investors and shareholders that despite winning some $25 million-worth of new contracts over the past two months, they were unlikely to generate “material revenue growth” during its second-half year of trading. The demand, such as it is, was mostly generated from new business in Europe and the Middle East. “The new contracts […]

May 31, 2017By Chris Forrester

Masstech and SGL merge

Masstech and Software Generation Limited (SGL) are now one, to be known as Masstech Innovations, a provider of Broadcast and Media industry solutions for managing the lifecycle of valuable media assets. FPE Capital, the UK-based growth equity investor, becomes the majority shareholder in the expanded company, with Masstech President and CEO Joe French, who has […]

May 31, 2017

ANGA chief calls for gigabit policy

Thomas Braun, President, ANGA Association of German Cable Operators, has called on German politicians to adopt a policy supporting gigabit speed networks. In at opening address an ANGA COM in Cologne, Braun noted that German cable operators were already deploying networks of 400 Mbps, and that with optical fibre, this became a gigabit infrastructure very […]

May 30, 2017Colin Mann @ ANGA COM

Canal+ and Orange: “Closer co-operation makes sense”

French telco Orange’s CEO Stephane Richard has given a wide-ranging interview in French business newspaper Les Echos, saying clearly that a closer co-operation with pay-TV operator Canal Plus makes sense. According to a report on his comments from equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNP-Paribas, Richard’s comments lead the bank to expect announcement(s) to be made […]

May 30, 2017By Chris Forrester

Advocacy groups: ‘Put EU copyright reform back on track’

Over 60 civil society and trade associations – representing publishers, journalists, libraries, scientific and research institutions, consumers, digital rights groups, start-ups, technology businesses, educational institutions and creator representatives – have sent an open letter to the Ministers attending the Competitiveness Council and European Parliament Rapporteur MEP Therese Comodini Cachia and her colleagues, asking them to […]

May 30, 2017By Colin Mann

Arqiva to kick off sale process this week

UK transmission and facilities company Arqiva is expected to start its ‘far sale’ process this week with the issue of a Prospectus for potential buyers. The Daily Telegraph newspaper, in a detailed report, says that bankers for Arqiva will issue the Prospectus in the next few days. Arqiva is responsible for transmitting much of the […]

May 30, 2017By Chris Forrester

Curran appointed EBU Director General

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced the appointment of Noel Curran to succeed Ingrid Deltenre as its new Director General. Curran is expected to take up the position at the beginning of September. Curran is the former DG, Managing Director of Television and Editor of Current Affairs of RTÉ, Ireland’s national television and radio […]

May 30, 2017

AirTies appoints Fehr as STB GM

AirTies, an international provider of premium in-home wireless systems, has announced the appointment of industry veteran, Thomas Fehr, as the General Manager for the company’s set-top box business. “Thomas has an exceptional track record defining winning products and growing sales and marketing channels for the set-top box market. We are delighted to add him to […]

May 30, 2017

South Africa: DStv hit with price fixing fine

Naspers’ pay-TV operation DStv’s ad sales unit DStv Media Sales has admitted to price fixing and the fixing of trading conditions in contravention of South Africa’s Competition Act. The matter relates to a November 2011 investigation which found that, through the Media Credit Co-Ordinators (MCC), various media companies agreed to offer similar discounts and payment […]

May 26, 2017By Colin Mann

Research: Half UK VPN users access out of region content

A significant number of Britons are using either Virtual Personal Networks (VPN) or proxy servers, research from YouGov reveals. The Incognito Individual report explores the different ways people go undetected online. It shows that 16 per cent of British adults have used either a VPN or proxy server, with the main motivation for doing so […]

May 25, 2017By Colin Mann