Bitmovin, a provider of video infrastructure for global digital media companies, has raised $25 million (€20.7m) in Series C financing. The company says it will leverage this investment to drive…
Jeff Bezos has contracted nine rocket launches with the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch his initial Project Kuiper low Earth orbiting (LEO) broadband-by-satellite craft. The contract means that for…
An investigation by UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has found that coronavirus coverage on the religious satellite television channel Loveworld breached broadcasting rules for a third time. During two episodes of…
Intelsat has dozens of inter-related subsidiary and sister companies. These associated business are creating significant headaches for its bankruptcy court, Intelsat’s many debtors and arch-rival SES. SES, and some bond…
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has established a new commercial team, dedicated to leveraging its social platforms business in the UK. The designated unit, Velocity UK, will draw on the power…
Eutelsat and Viasat have lost a legal decision at the EU’s Court of Justice over a claim that London-based Inmarsat should not have been granted authorisation to key S-band satellite…
Phenix, the real-time streaming technology platform, has announced closing $16.7 million (€13.8m) in Series B funding at a valuation of $90 million. This brings total funding for the company to…
Agile Content, a provider of digital TV and video delivery solutions, has announced the acquisition of global WiFi solutions provider, Fon Technology (Fon). This marks a further step in Agile…
The latest wave of the Online copyright infringement tracker survey from the UK’s Intellectual Property Office suggests that during lockdown, some respondents reported that with their general consumption in entertainment…
Elon Musk might well mount an IPO for his SpaceX business somewhere down the line, but for the moment he seems happy to raise cash by issuing new equity. In…
The avalanche of legal filings and motions in the increasingly bitter dispute between SES and Intelsat over the division of C-band ‘incentives’ from the FCC is simply immense. April 14th…
The unique live character of sport events requires special protection to allow for real time take downs, according to the European Parliament’s MEPs. In a draft report adopted with 18…
Canada-based satellite operator Telesat will raise some C$500 million (€333.5m) in fresh borrowings in order to fund its new fleet of Lightspeed low Earth orbiting satellites. The cash-raising exercise will…
Broadband satellite start up Astranis has announced a $250 million (€208.6m) Series C financing round, valuing the company at $1.4 billion. The financing was led by funds managed by BlackRock,…
Toshiba’s president and CEO Kurumatani Nobuaki has resigned and the board has immediately appointed Tsunakawa Satoshi to succeed him. A formal $20 billion buy-out offer from the Luxembourg and UK…
TrillerNet, parent company of the short video social app Triller, has acquired FITE, the global live-event and PPV, SVoD and AVoD and streaming platform for sports and entertainment. Triller says…