Following successful legal action taken by Sky, three licensees in the Republic of Ireland have been found guilty for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming in their premises without a commercial contract with Sky. Aaron Sharkey, licensee of The Moylurg Inn, Bridge Street in Boyle. Eamon Cliffe, licensee of The Railway Bar, Mill […]
Disney has upped its offer for 21st Century Fox to $71.3 billion (€61.6bn) in cash and shares, up from an earlier $52 billion offer, as it goes head to head with Comcast. The move values Fox at $38 a share, some $10 higher than Disney’s first offer in December. Comcast’s current offer is $65 billion […]
Disney has committed itself to a series of undertakings in respect of Sky News as part of the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox and Sky. In a Statement in the UK’s House of Commons, Matt Hancock, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, noted that having considered a report from the Competition and Markets Authority, […]
Satellite operator SES and Intelsat have written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington DC, asking for a 60-day extension to the deadline for their clients – mostly US cable and IP operators – to register their C-band headend dishes. The move is needed as the two satellite operators gear up to discuss freeing […]
Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance and testing services, has acquired Insite Security, a specialist in information security services, to reinforce its portfolio of cybersecurity services offered to companies around the globe. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Insite Security provides insights into the security level of IT systems […]
Andy Quested, Lead, BBC Production Standards, has warned that any further reduction of the spectrum available for terrestrial broadcasting could seriously hinder the ability of broadcasters such as the BBC to deliver programmes in higher broadcast quality standards in the future. Speaking at the SES Ultra HD Conference in London, Quested noted that countries such […]
Bloomberg is reporting that Denver-based EchoStar is discussing putting financing in place in order to improve its bid to acquire London-based satellite operator Inmarsat. Quoting people who are familiar with the bid, Bloomberg says that an improved offer could come in the next few days. Inmarsat rejected EchoStar’s initial bid on June 8th. Inmarsat is […]
Investment bank Berenberg held its London satellite conference last week and in a comprehensive report stated that the event presented “an upbeat outlook for the industry”. “The emphasis at our satellites conference was on data, rather than on video, with all participants in agreement that the demand for bytes is huge, and that the satellite […]
A year ago in August 2017 London-based satellite operator Avanti Communications filed an action with the London Court of Arbitration for $16.8 million owed to it by Indonesia’s Defense Minsitry. Earlier this month, on June 6th, Avanti won its claim, plus interest, and the Indonesians were ordered by the court to pay Avanti $20.075 million, […]
The European Commission has approved unconditionally under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Sky by Comcast, concluding that the transaction would raise no competition concerns in Europe. Comcast and Sky are mainly active in different markets in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the UK and Spain. They compete with each other only to a […]