The all-star cast of Warner Bros Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure Ocean’s 8, including Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Anne Hathaway, and Helena Bonham Carter, feature in an exclusive trailer as part of the pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ campaign. In […]
Matt LeBlanc has confirmed he will be leaving his Top Gear presenting duties after the next series. The Friends actor began presenting the BBC flagship show alongside Chris Evans in 2016. LeBlanc went on to front the show with Rory Reid and Chris Harris when Evans left after his first series. LeBlanc said that despite […]
GTT Communications, a global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Interoute, operator of one of Europe’s largest independent fibre networks. “The acquisition of Interoute represents a major milestone in delivering on our purpose of connecting people across organisations, around the world and to every application in the […]
Univision Communications has announced that Vincent Sadusky will be its next chief executive officer, taking over the Hispanic media giant as it grapples with difficult times. Sadusky is a veteran of the Hispanic-media world, having previously worked for Telemundo, Univision’s main rival. “Vince is distinctly qualified to lead UCI through the next phase of its […]
The European Commission has once more approved, with conditions under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Ziggo by Liberty Global. The merger was first approved in 2014. Following the annulment of this approval by the General Court in 2017, the Commission has reassessed the merger. Before the transaction, Ziggo and Liberty Global were separate […]
The recent Royal Wedding can teach us some valuable lessons about the future of television suggests Larry Gerbrandt. The US viewership numbers are in for the recent telecast of the wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle and they tell a fascinating story on how viewers are still using traditional linear […]
It is ‘all change’ at struggling satellite operator Avanti Communications. Technical director and co-founder Dave Bestwick steps down at the end of June. The CEO left the company last year. The company managed to convert $557 million of debt into equity last month, and new shares were issued on April 26th. A trading statement from […]
Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings is worth an estimated $3.68 billion, says Forbes list of global billionaires. Hastings, and co-founder Marc Randolph, established the business in 1997-8. Hastings, says Forbes, still owns 2.5 per cent of the business. The company itself is now neck and neck in terms of overall valuation with Disney and […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is considering entering into a £1 billion joint venture with the BBC by buying half of multichannel broadcaster UKTV, according to the Daily Telegraph. UKTV is currently jointly owned by the BBC and US broadcaster Discovery, which acquired the 50 per cent stake when it bought Scripps Interactive Networks for $14.6 […]
Discovery is the largest international broadcaster to ponder the future of its European broadcasting base in London and a possible move to the continent if UK Government fails to agree a broadcast licence passport deal with the EU. Discovery, the biggest international broadcaster in London, broadcasts over 100 TV channels across Europe from its hub […]