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SpotX expands in the Nordics

SpotX, the video inventory management platform, is expanding its operations in Stockholm with two new hires. Daniel Wohlfart joins as Director of Operations and Account Management.  He brings six years of advertising technology experience including four years at Ooyala (formerly VideoPlaza). Sabine Janetzki joins from Spotify where she worked as a sales planner.  She brings […]

January 25, 2017

BT Euro boss out as shares dive

The boss of BT’s Continental European operation, Corrado Sciolla, is set to resign as the telco is forced to write down £530 million (€615m) after years of “inappropriate behaviour” in the Italian subsidiary. BT’s shares plunged 18 per cent – the biggest fall ever – after revealing the Italian scandal would cost far more than […]

January 24, 2017

Net neutrality sceptic Pai heads FCC

As widely anticipated, President Donald Trump has named senior Republican commissioner and net neutrality critic Ajit Pai as chairman of the FCC to replace Tom Wheeler, whose resignation as chairman coincided with President Trump’s inauguration. In a formal statement, Pai, who was already an FCC commissioner, said he was “deeply grateful” to the President of […]

January 24, 2017

Liberty completes on F1, Ecclestone out

Following the receipt of the necessary regulatory clearances and the approval of its shareholders, Liberty Media has completed its acquisition of Formula 1. F1 has appointed Chase Carey as Chief Executive Officer of F1, in addition to his existing role as Chairman, and Bernie Ecclestone as Chairman Emeritus of F1. Ecclestone, who has given valuable […]

January 24, 2017By Colin Mann

SpaceX broadband plans “too optimistic”

A surgical dissection of SpaceX’s recent suggestions that it could be generating $30 billion (€27.9bn) in annual revenues flowing from its projected constellation of 4400 satellites are “too optimistic no matter what assumptions are made and could stoke unrealistic expectations undermining the industry’s credibility,” according to a blunt analysis by specialists at Northern Sky Research […]

January 24, 2017By Chris Forrester

techUK: ‘Brexit will hurt’

Research commissioned by techUK – which represents 900 tech companies – reveals that British employers in digitally intensive industries are particularly reliant on overseas talent, with 45 per cent of recent vacancies filled by foreign-born workers. In software and computer services, nearly

January 24, 2017

“Above peer growth” for SES in 2017

SES’s senior management have been on a series of financial road shows these past few days and the results are now emerging in the form of advice to clients from equity analysts at the investment banks. One, Macquarie , in a very bullish report, says that last year’s addition of speciality satellite operator O3b fully […]

January 24, 2017

AIMS adopts IS-04 spec

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has added the IS-04 specification to its roadmap. IS-04 will bring critical uniformity to the use of video, audio, and ancillary data on a network of devices. The specification is important because it defines how IP-enabled devices can discover each other and connect compatible IP streams as part of […]

January 24, 2017By Sanjeev Bhavnani

Harrison leaves BBC to lead DPP

The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) Managing Director, Mark Harrison, is to leave his position at the BBC to devote more time to the DPP. Since April 2015 Harrison has been seconded part time from his role as Director of Transformation for Design and Engineering at the BBC to provide leadership to the DPP as its […]

January 24, 2017

Ofcom consults on BBC regulation procedures

UK communications regulator Ofcom has published several procedural consultations as part of its preparations for regulating the BBC. Ofcom is also taking the opportunity to seek stakeholder views on proposed changes to its current procedures for handling content standards and broadcast licensing investigations and sanctions. Procedures for enforcement of BBC Competition requirements This consultation covers […]

January 23, 2017