One commentator, on the September 6th news that owners Maxar Technologies is looking at “strategic alternatives” as far as its satellite building Space Systems/Loral’s Palo Alto facility is concerned, said “merge it, sell it or scrap it”. Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) is not wholly exiting the satellite business, but there are major question marks over its […]
The increasingly bitter dispute between sports rights broadcaster beIN and the pirate organisation beoutQ has seen the Wall Street Journal report that payments in Saudi Arabia for access to the pirated services from beoutQ allegedly go to a business controlled by Raed Khusheim. Khusheim is CEO at Selevision. Selevision is a UAE-based DTH and VoD […]
OneWeb, which is planning for a global communications network with a constellation of Low Earth Orbiting satellites, has made some major changes to its executive team. Eric Berenger, formerly CEO, is moved to President and COO. OneWeb says that Berenger has grown five-fold and developed the technical foundation to launch its system. “In his new […]
According to a report in South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, pay-TV operator DStv is laying off up to 200 staffers in a move to save cash amidst increased competition. A DStv spokesperson said the move was in order to create a leaner and more agile business. Existing staff are being asked to reapply for their […]
CI Plus LLP, the trust authority for CI Plus, has announced the launch of a new CI Plus Enhanced Content Protection (ECP) Security Level designed to protect the next generation of premium content and UHD TV. The new CI Plus ECP Security Level is based upon the recent DVB v1.4 specification and is designed to […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA and Portuguese premium sports network SPORT TV, are joining forces in the fight against streaming piracy of live sports content. SPORT TV, which owns the exclusive rights to Portugal’s football league, leverages NAGRA Anti-Piracy Services to protect the premium sports network from illegal live streaming of soccer […]
TF1’s production and distribution subsidiary Newen is consolidating its expansion in the international market after taking shares in Dutch production company Pupkin and Denmark’s Nimbus. Newen has acquired a majority 60 per cent share of Pupkin through Tuvalu Media Group, the other Dutch production company it owns, and that will further strengthen in its domestic […]
Could the end be in sight for some of the giant online players? While few doubt the might of the Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google names, some critics are beginning to see the ‘beginning of the end’ for these players. One name not usually associated with the FAANG grouping is Microsoft, a once-upon-a-time giant, […]
Two licensees from Skelmersdale in the northwest of England have been found guilty of ten offices of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Sara Jones and Karl Jones of the Old Toby Inn in Skelmersdale have been ordered to pay £10,908 (€12,156) after […]
21st Century Fox (21CF) and Caffeine, the next-generation social broadcasting platform for gaming, entertainment, and other creative content, have announced that 21CF led a round of funding, which also included participation from existing Caffeine investors Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock Partners, and other undisclosed partners. Caffeine has additionally announced a content agreement with Live Nation to bring […]