Operative Media, a global player in digital advertising business management solutions for major media companies, has revealed that the company will be acquired by SintecMedia, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners. The combined company brings together TV and digital ad management for media companies and publishers worldwide. Operative’s management team, including Lorne Brown, the company’s […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom is proceeding with a formal notification to require the legal separation of infrastructure unit Openreach from BT, after BT failed to offer voluntary proposals that address Ofcom’s competition concerns. The news came a matter of hours after the telco named experienced businessman Mike McTighe as Chairman of the unit under changes […]
Frustrated by the ‘don’t worry we know best’ negotiating stance of the UK’s incumbent telco BT, regulator Ofcom has finally made the first move to legally split the broadband provider from the rest of the company – specifically notification of the European Commission of the beginning of the separation process. Of course, this in itself […]
Entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo and Netflix have signed licensing agreements they say allow both companies to deliver a better entertainment experience to consumers. A product agreement calls for TiVo to continue integrating Netflix into TiVo set-top boxes available to consumers through a select, but growing number of pay-TV providers and retail stores. […]
UK-based TV facilities and transmission specialist Arqiva has refinanced its existing credit lines. The news was confirmed ahead of the company’s Q1 results on November 28th. This includes a £353.5 million bank term loan, due to mature in February 2018; capital expenditure, working capital facilities, due to mature in February 2018; and the group’s overall […]
Back on July 1st the Italian government revised its TV licensing system. It lowered the annual fee from €113 to €100 and legislated that the fee had to be collected through the electricity or gas utility bills. Prior to this change it had been estimated that between 25-30 per cent of Italian homes evaded the […]
Mike McTighe has been appointed the first Chairman of Openreach, BT’s wholesale network business. McTighe, who takes up his role from January, is an experienced telecoms executive and regulator who spent eight years on the Board of Ofcom. He will oversee the new Openreach Board – which will operate from early 2017 – and be instrumental […]
Three Home Gateway Initiative specifications have been published as Technical Specifications by ETSI. Following the closure of the Home Gateway Initiative in June 2016, work on the three specifications was transferred to ETSI. They have now been published using the ETSI Publicly Available Specification process. The three specifications are ETSI TS 103 424, which deals […]
The satellite investment community has seemingly decided that shares in Intelsat are worth money. After a couple of years of depressed share prices, November 28th saw a massive 10.32 per cent jump in value to $4.17. The volume of shares changing hands was more than double a normal day’s activity. Indeed, the last three trading […]
All non-Kazakh broadcaster using satellite or cable for distribution in Kazakhstan must now open “representation” offices in the country, according to the country’s Minister of Information and Communications of Kazakhstan Dauren. Offices have to be opened, or representatives appointed, by January 2017. “The norms, which oblige every foreign channel to have a representation office in […]