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Westminster panel: Anti-piracy legislation should reflect consumer behaviour

Measures to combat illegal accessing and sharing of copyright material online should reflect actual consumer behaviour, rather than impose ‘carrot and stick’ remedies, according to panellists at the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar on implementing provisions of the the UK’s Digital Economy Act relating to site-blocking and termination of Internet access . Campbell Cowie, Director of […]

October 20, 2011By Colin Mann

Former EMI chief to head Radio Times

Stephen Alexander, the former chairman of EMI and Odeon cinemas, has been appointed as chairman of a new company that will be home to BBC Magazines’ 33 titles including Top Gear and Radio Times. Exponent, the private equity company that acquired BBC Worldwide’s magazines for £121 million in August, has created Immediate Media Co to […]

October 20, 2011

Digital Agenda: Commission proposes €9bn investment

The European Commission has proposed to spend almost €9.2 billion from 2014 to 2020 on pan-European projects to give EU citizens and businesses access to high-speed broadband networks and the services that run on them. The funding, part of the proposed Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), would take the form of both equity and debt instruments […]

October 19, 2011

Cable Europe: Beware public money for broadband

Cable Europe, the association for Europe’s MSOs was swift to react to Commissioner Neelie Kroes’ recommendation to the European Parliament that €9 billion be spent on broadband infrastructure between 2014 and 2020 through the Connecting Europe Facility. Caroline Van Weede, Managing Director, Cable Europe says: “There is a case for state aid funding to make […]

October 19, 2011

Sky adds profit but nets just 26,000 TV subs

In the quarter to September 30th BSkyB has posted revenue up 9 per cent to £1.66 billion (€1.89bn) and operating profit up 16 per cent year on year to £295 million. But while it added 77,000 net new customers in total and sold 683,000 additional ‘products’ the net of new pay-TV subs was just 26,000 […]

October 19, 2011

MTG tough going

Modern Times Group(MTG) has published its financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2011.  Net sales were up 4 per cent year on year at constant exchange rates to SEK 3,106 million and  operating income before associated company income was up 6 per cent year on year to SEK 358 million, with an […]

October 19, 2011

Carlyle scoops Telecable

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has reached an agreement to acquire an 85 per cent share of Spanish triple-play cable operator Telecable de Asturias. Liberbank will retain a minority stake after the transaction, which is expected to close by year-end. The transaction values the company at €400 million; equity for this investment will […]

October 19, 2011By Colin Mann

Friese-Greene Senior VP Marketing at SES

SES has confirmed that Niclas Friese-Greene has been appointed Senior Vice President Marketing and Corporate Communications at SES. In the newly created position, he reports to Ferdinand Kayser, Chief Commercial Officer, and Romain Bausch, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SES respectively. He will be responsible for the worldwide marketing activities including market communications as well […]

October 19, 2011

ITV acquires Channel Television

ITV is to buy Channel Television, the Channel Islands commercial TV broadcaster, in a further consolidation of the network. The broadcaster is in negotiations to buy Channel TV from the private Yattendon Group. The value of the deal was not disclosed, but it is reported to be worth more than £10 million (€11.5m). Channel Television […]

October 18, 2011

Google management reshuffle

Google has undertaken a major restructure that sees UK MD Matt Brittin moved up to a European role, replaced by Google’s European marketing chief Dan Cobley. The reshuffle has been sparked by the London-based VP of Google Europe Philipp Schindler’s move to a global business role based in Google’s California office. Brittin, who joined Google […]

October 18, 2011