Vivendi boss Vincent Bolloré has given a very rare interview to French business newspaper Les Echos, and makes it clear that the Canal Plus premium channel can be saved and was a priority for Vivendi. He said: “Canal Plus will be fixed provided our current agreement with (beIN Sport) is accepted and efficiency measures (within […]
Vodafone Spain has reported a fall of 3.5 per cent to €4.468 billion in service revenues in the full fiscal year to March, mainly due to the negative impact of mobile handset financing. EBITDA grew by 4.2 per cent year-on-year, though, controlling costs and increasing synergies at ONO. The company saw increases in the number […]
The BBC’s online activities will focus on six flagship areas after a review to ensure they remain high quality and distinctive. The review was launched last autumn and led by James Harding, Director of BBC News and Current Affairs. It reaffirms that the BBC’s purpose online is to provide a distinctive public service that informs, […]
Audiences across the EU will lose out substantially if the European Commission presses ahead with plans to erode the territorial exploitation of film and television rights, a report released at the Festival de Cannes international film festival reveals. Changes to copyright and
In a move it says will enhance its next-generation video-delivery platform, US multi-play operator AT&T plans to acquire OTT video and TV Everywhere services specialist Quickplay Media from Madison Dearborn Partners. The acquisition builds on the companies’ existing relationship. Quickplay’s platform currently supports AT&T’s U-verse TV Everywhere offering and will support the streaming offers — […]
Last week Eutelsat issued a major profit warning to the market and its share price fell 30 per cent. The news provoked major falls for Luxembourg-based SES (8.08 per cent), USD-based Intelsat (9.66 per cent), and similar tumbles for London-based Inmarsat (4.22 per cent) and AsiaSat. The fear of ‘cord-cutting’ and a reversal of demand […]
Telefónica’s 56 per cent stake in Canal Plus has cost €724.5 million, the high end of a price range agreed by both companies, who initially calculated a cost of between €688.2 million and €724.5 million. The deeds of the operation have been signed with this ‘better price’ for media group Prisa – which sold the […]
Following the initial findings of UK regulator Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review in February an industry coalition of Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone, INCA (Independent Networks Cooperative Association) and the FCS (Federation of Communication Services) has written an open letter to Sharon White, Chief Executive of Ofcom setting out a ’10 Point Plan for a Better Openreach’ to […]
In a move designed to take better advantage of growth opportunities, content production and distribution group Atresmedia has created Atresmedia Internacional to combine its three international channels – Antena 3, Atreseries and ¡HOLA! – into just one business area. TV. The division will remain under Javier Nuche, Managing Director of Atresmedia Internacional, who is responsible […]
London-based speciality satellite company Avanti Communications reported its Q3 trading update on May 16th (to March 31st), saying that revenues were $19.5 million (€17.2m) for the period, up 14.7 per cent on the same period last year (on a constant currency basis). Avanti re-affirmed its overall guidance for this financial year (ending June 30th) saying […]