AT&T has been served with a Class Action in regard to its pay-TV operation DirecTV. The Action is focused on AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner, and alleges that in its prospectus covering the proposed deal AT&T made false and/or misleading statements and failed to disclose some key facts in the prospectus. The main complainst is […]
During their 73rd General Assembly, ETSI members re-elected the current ETSI Director General Luis Jorge Romero with an overwhelming majority on the first ballot. Luis Jorge Romero, first elected as ETSI’s Director General eight years ago, outlined his achievements over this period. “These years provided ETSI with a valid and solid foundation. We embraced many […]
The pay-TV market in Asia Pacific is entering a phase of accelerated consolidation as subscriber growth and spend deteriorates across key territories, according to independent research & consulting group, Media Partners Asia (MPA). The latest edition of MPA’s Pay-TV Networks Channel Database shows that aggregate revenues across 13 major pay-TV networks in Asia Pacific grew […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has appointed Cecilia Gave as SVP & Group Head of Viafree, its pan-Nordic ad-funded streaming service. Gave joins the Group Executive Management team and reports to NENT Group President and CEO Anders Jensen. Gave joined NENT Group in 2016 as Chief Operating Officer NENT Sports Sweden. In her new role, […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions, has announced the appointment of Jean-Claude Sachot as the company’s new business development director. In his role at Broadpeak, Sachot will work with global pay-TV operators, helping them take advantage of the company’s unique solutions, such as nanoCDN multicastABR, for providing cloud DVR […]
Masstech has announced that George Kilpatrick has been appointed as the new CEO, taking over from outgoing CEO, Joe French, who is stepping down. Kilpatrick joins Masstech from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he was Industry Lead, Media & Entertainment, EMEA. He has over 20 years technology and media industry experience. Prior to AWS, Kilpatrick […]
MTG has announced that Thomas Schmidt is joining ESL as Chief Commercial Officer to help the eSports company achieve its growth plans. Before joining ESL as a Non-Executive Board Member in October 2018, Thomas was responsible for the global media rights business of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. In his new […]
Discovery and BBC Studios have concluded a series of agreements, reigniting their historic relationship with a significant multi-million pound global content partnership spanning a library of premium factual series to power a new global streaming service, and a bespoke development deal for BBC Studios’ iconic genres of natural history, animals, adventure, science, travel, space, history […]
Broadband and landline customers in the UK will, from today, get money back from their providers when things go wrong, without having to do anything. Previously, only around one in seven broadband or landline customers who suffer delayed repairs, installations or missed engineer appointments have received compensation from their provider; and even then, only in […]
The Board of Directors of RTL has appointed its Chairman Thomas Rabe to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Bert Habets has resigned as CEO and member of the Board of RTL Group for personal reasons. Martin Taylor, currently Vice Chairman of the Group, has been appointed as Chairman and James Singh […]