The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK’s House of Commons has published a short report in reaction to the BBC’s formal response to the Committee’s report on equal pay at the BBC. That report also considered the use of Personal Service Companies, licence-fee funding for people over 75, and the future of […]
Wales is in danger of being left behind in the delivery of the next generation mobile network unless the Welsh Government steps up its efforts. The National Assembly’s Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee has been reviewing the Welsh Government’s Mobile Action Plan which sets out what ministers will do to ensure better coverage in Wales. […]
Following on from the announcement by Naspers that it will spin off its MultiChoice pay-TV division next month, Naspers has now issued the ‘pre-listing’ prospectus for investors and shareholders. As is usual the document lists all the elements that could go wrong, as well as providing detailed reports of the media division’s recent trading history. […]
Beeswax, the extensible programmatic buying platform, has secured $15 million (€13.2bn) in Series B Funding led by RRE, Foundry, and Amasia along with participation from You & Mr Jones. Having raised $28 million to date, Beeswax says its continued growth across North America, Europe, and APAC is fueled by the company’s alignment with major industry shifts including the rise of […]
George Hillier has joined the Alticast Americas team as VP of Business Development. He will be overseeing the business development group with a key focus on operational and customer growth, and ensuring Alticast and its customers’ continued success and innovation by exploring new opportunities for growth, market expansion and revenue streams. Hillier is a well-known […]
Parts of central London, Stroud, Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury were among the more surprising areas suffering from the worst broadband in the UK, according to Which? analysis of customer speed tests. The consumer champion found that while rural Scotland and Wales still have Britain’s slowest average connection speeds, many local authority areas including in the […]
Digital Catapult, a technology innovation centre that unlocks digital growth in the UK economy, and national development body Arts Council England, have announced an Open Call for a new cohort of content creators to join CreativeXR, a programme aimed at supporting the development of new virtual, augmented and mixed reality experiences within the creative industries. […]
Media giant Naspers will spin off its MultiChoice pay-TV division and with a stock market listing on the Johannesburg exchange on February 27th. It will list in the ‘broadcasting and entertainment’ section. MultiChoice is a media conglomerate in its own right and owns the DStv, M-Net, SuperSport and Showmax brands and divisions. MultiChoice, in a […]
EU reforms to copyright rules stalled this week as a meeting of Euro MPs and officials was called off, with publishers blaming Google and other tech giants for lobbying against the changes. The European Commission says the overhaul is necessary to protect Europe’s cultural heritage and level the playing field between big online platforms and […]
Futuresource Consulting has unveiled what it believes are “seismic shifts” in the US entertainment space in two reports. The USA report from the global Video Insights series goes some way to address the questions of how people might consume premium content in the future. In addition, Futuresource has published its latest Perspectives piece, The Battle […]