Tens of thousands more new-build homes could be in line for a broadband boost after Openreach, the UK’s digital network business, is to reduce the price it charges developers for its future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology by more than three quarters. The new pricing means UK house builders will pay just a fraction of the current […]
A one per cent drop in revenue to €747.6 million resulting from the advertising crisis has meant Atresmedia, one of the largest TV operators in the country, has seen its profit drop by 16.8 per cent to €86 million to September. TV revenues dropped by 0.9 per cent to €696 million. EBITDA amounted to €124 […]
In the wake of the controversy around Eleven Sports’ intentional breach of the English Football Association’s (FA) longstanding blackout restriction on UK broadcasters, which was subsequently rescinded, geolocation-based security and digital content protection specialist GeoGuard has put the blackout to the test in terms of seeing how easy (or hard) it would be to circumvent […]
The Isle of Media – the public, private partnership launched to market globally the Isle of Man’s media cluster and guide media ventures locating on the Isle of Man – is adding three world-class media professionals to its Advisory Panel. The Panel drives the direction and strategy of the Isle of Man media hub and helps […]
Telecommunications and cable equipment vendor CommScope is in talks to acquire entertainment and communications and CPE specialist ARRIS International, according to a Reuters report, which suggests that negotiations are ongoing and there is no certainty a deal will be reached. ARRIS itself has been active in sector consolidation, acquiring set-top box maker Pace, Motorola’s CPE […]
BT Group has announced the appointment of Philip Jansen as Chief Executive. He will join the Company and be appointed to the Board as an Executive Director on January 1st 2019 and following a handover period will take over from Gavin Patterson as Chief Executive on February 1st 2019. Jansen joins from Worldpay, the global […]
On a day where a group of British MPs has described the BBC’s pay decision-making as “opaque”, broadcast regulator Ofcom has suggested that the Corporation is generally delivering its remit for audiences, but it must go further in areas such as transparency, taking creative risks and attracting young people, according to the watchdog’s annual report […]
The UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published its Report into the BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2017/18: Equal Pay at the BBC. It finds that: BBC is failing to live up to its duty under the Equality Act to advance equal opportunity for women Evidence suggests women working at the BBC […]
LG Electronics has reported consolidated sales of KRW 15.43 trillion (€12.06 billion) and operating profit of KRW 748.8 billion for the third quarter of 2018. Revenues were the highest among the three quarters this year, increasing 2.7 per cent from the second quarter with operating income up 45 per cent from the same period the previous […]
LG makes the best panels for OLED manufacturers, and there is no doubt that their ‘best of breed’ quality is appealing for their own branded displays as well as those of its retail rivals. But according to analysis by Bob Raikes of Display Daily the South Korean electronics giant is some way off from making […]