Paramount Pictures has announced the promotion of Dan Cohen to president of Worldwide Home Entertainment & Television Distribution. Cohen, previously President of Worldwide Television Licensing, assumes the role previously held by Mary Daily, who had overseen International Theatrical Marketing and Home Entertainment for the studio since 2017, but earlier this month was promoted to co-president, […]
The Kudelski Group, a specialist in digital security, has announced its 2018 annual results. Total revenues and other operating income decreased from $1,012.1 million to $919.7 million, mainly driven by the Digital TV segment, which posted a $72.1 million net revenue decline. The Group reported it implemented a comprehensive restructuring programme resulting in a $74.9 […]
IMAX, in revealing its 2018 revenues, reported that it had topped $1 billion in global box office takings for the year, and had enjoyed its best-ever year in China where box office revenues were up 61 per cent y-o-y (at $78 million). Overall revenues for Q4/2018 were $109 million, with a gross profit of $54.6 […]
Broadband innovation, standards, and ecosystem development body Broadband Forum has released the industry’s first Wi-Fi performance test standard – Technical Report 398 Indoor Wi-Fi Performance Test Standard (TR-398) – during Mobile World Congress 2019. TR-398 is the first standard that systematically and quantitatively evaluates home Wi-Fi device performance across six dimensions: receiver sensitivity, throughput, coverage, […]
Discovery, the US media giant, has reported financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31st 2018. Full year revenues increased 54 per cent to $10.6 billion (€9.3bn) on a reported basis compared with the prior year. Excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations and the Scripps Networks Interactive, MotorTrend Group and Oprah […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, North Valley Pubs Limited (the Tenant) and Debra Tait (the Designated Premises Manager (DPM) of The Melody Bar , and Samantha MacKay (the DPM) of Stirrup Stane , both in Scotland, have each been ordered to pay £10,000 (€8,800) in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky […]
The so-called YouTube/Netflix video tax, imposed upon French OTT platforms since January 1st 2018, will bring a relatively small €10 million to film and TV funding body CNC. Talking to daily Le Figaro, CNC president Frédérique Bredin said that compared to “movie theatres that will pay €140 million and TV broadcasters €290 million.” the contribution […]
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr has suggested that policy decisions it has adopted have helped the early development of 5G in the US. Delivering a speech on ‘A Modern Regulatory Approach to 5G’ during the Transatlantic Policy Dialogue at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Carr noted that although the benefits of 5G are […]
With closure of the December 2018 deal for security solutions specialist Inside Secure to acquire content security specialist Verimatrix for an estimated $125 million set to close within days, Tom Munro, long-time and well-respected Verimatrix CEO has revealed that he is to leave the company. In a brief note shared with industry contacts, Munro said […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV unveils its latest set of results on February 27th but some analysts are expecting ITV to ‘sound the alert’ about ad revenues because of concerns over Brexit. Carolyn McCall, ITV’s CEO, warned in November last year that ad-income for the fourth quarter (to December 31st) could fall by 3 per cent […]