In a move that strengthens its Broadcast & Media business, signal strength specialist Rohde & Schwarz has acquired graphics, master control and integrated playout systems specialist Pixel Power. With this acquisition Rohde & Schwarz further expands its portfolio to complement existing product lines. “With the acquisition of Pixel Power we are significantly expanding our Broadcast […]
Tele2 has noted the media speculation about the merger between Tele2 and T-Mobile in the Netherlands, and confirmed that it remains optimistic the European Commission (EC) will approve the Dutch merger, without conditions. Tele2 has not yet received any decision from the EC, which has until November 30th to take its decision. On December 15th […]
The GSMA has raised concerns that the proposed terms of the upcoming 5G spectrum award in Germany from the Federal Network Agency contain unreasonable and unrealistic licence conditions that pose a substantial risk to the roll out of ultra-fast 5G networks across the country. While the GSMA has welcomed the German government’s decision to release […]
Streaming platform Rakuten TV, known in Spain as the Japanese Amazon, is changing its business model – with a massive capital injection – to compete head-on with the likes of Netflix and HBO. Rakuten TV will now rely on new movies and pay-per-view content to reverse its losses and try to gain market share. CEO […]
Patrick Tillieux has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Middle East pay-TV operator OSN, effective immediately. He replaces Martin Stewart, who is leaving to take up a similar role at SKY Television in New Zealand. Tillieux has been on OSN’s Board for two years and is the chairman of the executive committee of the […]
Supponor, a global player in sports virtual advertising technology, has announced two appointments to its senior leadership team. These key new hires will help scale the company to meet the increasing demands for virtual advertising, and deliver a raft of new solutions in the coming months. Ross Hair joins Supponor as Managing Director and will […]
Hulu, the US streaming service owned by Disney, Fox, Comcast and Time Warner, could be worth as much as $9.26 billion (€8.14bn) to the partners led by Walt Disney Co once it wraps the $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox early next year, and in which Disney will then hold a 60 per cent […]
Vodafone Spain plans to dismiss 1,000 staff from its current 5,000 workforce as it seeks to stay afloat in the country’s competitive pay-TV market. According to El Pais, the redundancy plan will be negotiated with the trade unions. To this end, the company will set a negotiation committee to implement the plan. The redundancy plan […]
Singapore’s High Court has ordered the city-state’s Internet Service Providers to block access to popular illegal applications that are frequently sold pre-loaded on Android TV boxes. Such TV boxes are also known as illicit streaming devices (ISDs). These apps, which flagrantly infringe copyright by acting as gateways to websites streaming pirated content, are preloaded on […]
Tthe Board of Telia Lietuva has elected Emil Nilsson as the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Telia Lietuva for the current term of the Board, i.e. till April 27th 2019. Nilsson is Senior Vice President & Head of cluster Lithuania, Estonia and Denmark (LED) and Region Eurasia at […]