In July, Telia Company announced a recommended public offer to the shareholders of Swedeish ISP Bredband2 to tender all shares in Bredband2 to Telia. Telia has now received competition approval from the Swedish Competition Authority and has therefore received all necessary approvals from authorities for the offer, which means that this condition for completion of […]
David Ellison’s father, the Oracle founder Larry Ellison, has agreed to personally backstop the $40.4 billion (€34.3bn) in equity financing connected to the deal, and has agreed not to revoke the Ellison family trust or adversely transfer assets in the trust while any deal is pending. “Paramount has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment to acquiring WBD. […]
Telefónica’s management has signed a redundancy agreement with the main trade unions — UGT, CC OO and Fetico-Sumados — covering seven of the Spanish group’s subsidiaries. The deal, signed today [December 22nd], will lead to a minimum of 4,525 job losses, although the company expects the final figure to rise to around 5,500. The minimum […]
ITV presenter duo Ant & Dec will reach a 30 year milestone with the broadcaster after agreeing a three year extension on their exclusive TV and streaming relationship. The new contract takes the pair through to the end of 2028, 30 years after they first joined ITV to host celebrated weekend morning show SM:TV. Throughout 2026, […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has set June 2026 for its Auction 113 with bidding set to open on June 2nd 2026. The FCC issued its 276-page Public Notice on December 18th with guidance for how the auction will be handled. The filing window for interested parties opens on January 26, 2026, while ‘upfront’ pre-bidding […]
New Zealand-originated RockletLab, founded by Sir Peter Beck, has secured a contract from the US Space Development Agency worth $816 million (€695.5m). This is the largest single contract RocketLab has ever received. RocketLab is quoted on the Nasdaq exchange and has its formal headquarters in Long Beach, California. The order covers the supply of 18 […]
4iG Space and Defence Technologies has joined Axiom Space development and growth plans as an investor. As part of the transaction, 4iG’s Space and Defence holding company has commited to carry out a two-step investment in Axiom Space totalling $100 million – the first phase, $30 million by December 31st, and the second, $70 million […]
France Télévisions has laid out its 2026 budget, incorporating a saving of €140 million – an unprecedented level for the French public service broadcaster. Faced with a severe reduction in its public funding – expected to decline by €65.2 million compared to 2025 (€2.44 billion) and by more than €200 million compared to the initial […]
Ofcom has reported that it received almost 50,000 complaints about more than 8,000 TV, radio, and on-demand programmes in 2025 (so far) – a clear sign that “audiences care deeply about what they watch and listen to”. Complaint numbers have fallen overall from 2024, notes the media regulator. There are some genres that continue to […]
The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), together with anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bolster collaboration in the fight against illegal streaming and digital piracy across Latin America. The agreement strengthens the coordinated public–private enforcement framework. Under […]