Following the rapid expansion of UKTV’s technology division and the team responsible for VoD service UKTV Play, the broadcaster has unveiled plans to open a regional office in Leeds. The technology innovation hub will initially house a team of up to 10 specialists, tasked with enhancing the broadcaster’s content distribution capabilities. News of the Leeds […]
Net Insight has announced that Henrik Sund has been appointed CEO of Net Insight. Sund has been interim CEO since June 1st 2018 and will assume the permanent CEO position as of December 1st. “As interim CEO Henrik has in short period of time taken several important steps towards increased growth rate,” commented Gunilla Fransson, […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has exercised its put option to sell R2, the technology and infrastructure platform for its Premium pay-TV unit, to rival Sky Italia. According to Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore, R2 consists of about 130 subordinate employment contracts; the contract with NAGRA for the encryption software and hardware; and the operation part […]
Sports and entertainment group beIN Media Group, owner of beIN Sports and Miramax, has appointed Yousef Al-Obaidly to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the previous CEO & Chairman, will remain in the position of Chairman of the group. Over many years at beIN Media Group, Al-Obaidly has held a number of […]
To deliver new best-in-class customer experiences and to ensure first-to-market leadership in the 5G era, US telco Verizon Communications has announced a new operating structure focused on three customer-facing areas: Consumer, Business and Verizon Media Group / Oath. These groups will be supported by a network and IT organisation, and corporate-wide staff functions. The changes […]
Advanced network solutions specialist Lindsay Broadband has appointed seasoned industry executive Ruth Lee as Vice President of Marketing. Most recently as Vice President of Marketing for ATX Networks, Lee oversaw and led all marketing and communication strategies, planning, and execution for the global operations. Over her 18 years there, Lee transformed ATX from a small, […]
Haymi Behar has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer for SPI/FilmBox. In this newly created role, Behar will lead SPI’s International brand marketing efforts. Behar will be responsible for advancing SPI’s brand reputation across all platforms, strategic communications, media planning and buying, media relations and publicity. Berk Uziyel, SPI CEO, said: “SPI continues to invest in […]
Telekom Srbija has announced the acquisition of Serbia’s second-ranked cable TV and broadband services provider which has more than 200,000 TV and Internet subscribers in 60 cities across the country. Kopernikus Technology, which also provides Internet and fixed telephony services, has been majority-owned by Central European investment fund Abris Capital Partners since 2016. The operator […]
Satellite builder Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), owned by Maxar Technologies and its CEO Howard Lance, has confirmed that he has “a number of prospective buyers” in discussion to acquire SS/L’s Palo Alto, California production facility. Lance was speaking during Maxar’s quarterly earnings statement where he reported that overall combined earnings for Maxar’s Space Division were down […]
ViaSat of Carlsbad, California, has agreed a $188 million (€165.3m) insurance claim as compensation for antenna failures on its ViaSat-2 satellite. Some $44.4 million has already been banked. ViaSat operates high-speed fixed and mobile broadband services to North American consumers as well as government and large commercial users. The operator is expanding over Europe and […]