Imagine Communications has appointed Stephan Heimbecher as its new international director of consulting services, based out of Munich, Germany. Heimbecher joins Imagine Communications from Sky Deutschland, where he spent the last 16 years at the helm of innovation and standards for the German media company. In his new role at Imagine Communications, Heimbecher will lead […]
Greek journalists working on TV and radio programmes went on strike for 24 hours on November 27th in support for a national general walk-out. Newspapers will not be published today, November 28th, the day of the general strike. Greek labour unions are demanding an end to Greece’s long-running austerity programme. Union demands include pension increases, […]
GolfTV, the upcoming streaming service from Discovery, has signed up Tiger Woods to a multi-year global relationship. A statement from Discovery said the two will collaborate on a “wide range of programming, content creation and storytelling opportunities” that will help fill out the library for the on-demand and live gold matches. Discovery earlier this year […]
LG Electronics has announced key changes to its organisation in an effort to enhance its strengths and more vigorously address the challenges ahead. In addition to leadership changes, LG is also focusing on structural changes. Brian Kwon, currently president of LG’s Home Entertainment Company, will also assume leadership of the Mobile Communications (MC) Company. Mr. […]
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 […]