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Facebook hires Deputy PM Clegg

Facebook has hired Sir Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister, as its head of global policy and communications. Clegg will join Facebook as it struggles with mounting political pressure over fake news, data protection and the threat of government regulation. Clegg will move to Silicon Valley in January. He will succeed Elliot Schrage, […]

October 19, 2018

Harmonic appoints Clifford to board of directors

Harmonic has expanded the company’s board of directors with the appointment of Deborah Clifford. Clifford currently serves as the vice president of financial planning and analysis at Autodesk, a 3D design, engineering and entertainment software company. Most recently, she has been a lead architect of Autodesk’s transformation from selling perpetual licences to becoming a SaaS […]

October 19, 2018

US broadcast majors commit to ATSC 3.0

At the 2018 NAB Show New York, executives from FOX Television Stations; NBC and Telemundo Owned Stations Group; Univision; TEGNA (for Pearl TV), and Nexstar Media Group (for SpectrumCo) announced their collaborative effort and support for the introduction of next-generation broadcast TV standard ATSC 3.0, designed to enhance greatly over-the-air services for viewers while bringing […]

October 18, 2018By Colin Mann

Eleven Sports halts La Liga 3pm broadcasts

Eleven Sports, the OTT sports broadcaster, has confirmed it will abandon its controversial decision to stream La Liga football matches on Saturday afternoons during the traditional UK blackout period for live football. However, the company signalled it is ready to challenge the decades old ruling, and pointed to the fact that the blackout would seem […]

October 18, 2018

Vodafone complains over Movistar fibre fees

The dominant position of Movistar in Spain’s fibre market is again under fire. Vodafone Spain has filed a complaint before the regulatory body CNMC against Movistar on the grounds that it is using its dominant position in the market to the benefit of its newly-launched O2 brand. Movistar’s O2 is distributing its convergent offer at […]

October 18, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Australian creatives welcome copyright amendments

Creative Content Australia (CCA), an industry organisation committed to raising awareness about the value of copyright and the impact of content theft on the screen industries, has welcomed the introduction of copyright legislation amendments that protect the work of local and global screen content creators. The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018, introduced in the […]

October 18, 2018By Colin Mann

Com Hem Q3 revenue dips

Swedish multi-play operator Com Hem has reported that Q3 revenue declined by 0.2 per cent to SEK 1,777 million (€172.1m), driven by a 7 per cent decline in Boxer revenue. The Com Hem Segment grew 1.9 per cent with good growth in Com Hem Consumer of 3.7 per cent, slightly offset by a 7.5 per […]

October 18, 2018

Samsung buys Spanish AI firm Zhilabs

Samsung has acquired Spanish AI and analytics firm Zhilabs. The tech giant says the takeover will boost its automation and analytics capabilities, central to developing 5G services. Zhilabs will continue to operate under its own management and independently from Samsung. Youngky Kim, President and Head of Networks Business at Samsung Electronics, said: “5G will enable […]

October 18, 2018

V-Nova secures investment from Novator Partners

V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions, has secured a multi-million pound investment to drive further growth across the business. The innovation-lead firm will expand its research and development teams to further strengthen its PERSEUS video codec for applicability across multiple industry sectors and expand its commercial functions internationally to further accelerate its market penetration. […]

October 18, 2018

Opeka named President of Cinedigm

Chris McGurk, Cinedigm Chairman and CEO, has announced that Erick Opeka has been named President of Digital Networks, effective immediately. In this role, Opeka will helm the strategy, development, launch, and operations of the Company’s growing roster of premium digital-first channels and products which includes the factual network Docurama; fandom lifestyle network CONtv; gaming and […]

October 18, 2018