Eleven Sports has appointed Jorge Pavão de Sousa as Managing Director for Portugal. He begins the role on September 17th. In his role, de Sousa will be responsible for further expanding Eleven’s growth in Portugal, including increasing revenues, developing strategic partnerships, and overseeing the platforms day to day operations. Next to that he will be […]
Vewd, the smart TV OTT software provider, has announced that Sascha Prüter has joined the company as Chief Product Officer. Previously, Prüter led Google’s product and engineering efforts for Android TV and worked directly with leading smart TV OEMs, OTT providers and pay-TV operators to establish the platform as one of the leading smart TV […]
Sky has announced plans to increase the reach and scale of its start-up investment and commercial partnership activity with the opening of a new office in Berlin as well as a $4 million (€3.4m) commitment to Israeli venture capital fund, Remagine Ventures. Sky says the the office will give them a local presence in Berlin’s […]
During the 75th Venice International Film Festival, some 165 screenwriters and directors across Europe have come together in the “Venice Declaration” to call on the European Parliament to adopt legislation that puts authors at the heart of copyright and of the European cultural and creative industries, including online. On September 12th, the members of the […]
European broadcaster RTL Group has withdrawn its interest in acquiring Dutch production company Endemol Shine, saying it will instead focus on developing its own scripted shows and expanding its new VoD platforms. “On Endemol Shine, we stepped out of the process,” CEO Bert Habets said in an interview. “At Fremantle, we focus on expanding our […]
SpotX, the video advertising and monetisation platform, has confirmed Edward Wale as its new Managing Director, Spain and the UK. The move follows the promotion of Léon Siotis to be General Manager of Supply in Europe with the creation of a new European management team. Wale has ovr eight years of advertising experience having previously […]
Freedom of the press is often cited as a basic requirement of a genuinely free and democratic society. And it is true that a universal early symptom of advancing authoritarianism is curbs on a free press: look at Russia, look at Turkey, look at any historical example of a totalitarian takeover of any previously free […]
Earlier in August Nigeria’s Federal High Court ordered MultiChoice Nigeria to stop an increase in pay-TV subscription rates that it had imposed on its DStv service. The price hikes averaged some 7.5 per cent. MultiChoice ignored the ruling, brought in an action by the nation’s Consumer Protection Council (CPC). The Court’s interim ruling was made […]
President Donald Trump has called on Twitter for the firing of CNN’s president Jeff Zucker. Trump said CNN’s “hatred and extreme bias” towards him made the media organisation “unable to function”. “Little Jeff Z has done a terrible job, his ratings suck, & AT&T should fire him to save credibility!” he tweeted. Zucker is currently […]
RTL’s Q2 results issued August 29th reported group revenues up 3.6 per cent (and 2.3 per cent for the first half-year) and which permitted the broadcasting giant to say that its first half-year revenues had grown for the “fourth year running” and despite the challenges from rival transmissions of the Winter Olympics and 2018 World […]