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Report: US cellular industry major economic contributor

The US wireless [celluar] industry contributes $475 billion (€387bn) annually to America’s economy and supports 4.7 million jobs, according to a new report commissioned by US wireless communications industry trade body the CTIA. The analysis, developed by professional services company Accenture, finds that the US wireless industry accounts for 2.6 per cent of total US […]

April 5, 2018

SES Q1: Not pretty reading

SES is due to report its Q1 numbers on April 27th and will have paid out its much-reduced Dividend payment on the April 26th.  The reduced dividend, announced February 12th at the same time as the satellite operator replaced its CEO and CFO, didn’t help the company’s share price which, in the words of a […]

April 4, 2018

BBC Studios officially launches

The newly-created BBC Studios has officially launched, which the corporation heralding it as a new chapter in its content creation and exploitation activities. In an environment of increasing competition for viewers, the merger of BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios aims to bring the BBC Group into line with the rest of the industry and ensure […]

April 4, 2018

Mediaset, Sky Italia deal “good news” for both

The agreement between Sky Italia and Mediaset, where a batch of Mediaset’s premium channels (5 cinema and 4 series/entertainment) will shortly be carried on Sky Italia’s satellite service, is seemingly good for both organisations. A bank reports: “While complex, the deal could have a similar effect as an outright sale of the pay-TV platform (a […]

April 4, 2018By Chris Forrester

IDB’s Spacecom acquisition nears closure

Israeli satellite operator Spacecom, which owns the AMOS fleet of satellites and has been up for sale for well over a year, is in the process of being acquired by IDB Development, a local investment company. At first glance the deal is being made at a ‘bargain’ price. Israeli reports say that IDB made an […]

April 4, 2018By Chris Forrester

IAB Tech Lab releases OTT ad guidelines

The IAB Technology Laboratory has released new Guidelines for Identifier for Advertising on OTT Platforms with recommendations on how to maintain a high-quality advertising experience within OTT environments advocating that stakeholders manage advertising-related activities through an identifier for advertising (IFA). Available for public comment through May 3rd, the technical guidelines provide instructions on best practices […]

April 4, 2018

Eurofins acquires Edge Testing Solutions

In a further consolidation of the digital media test, monitoring and QA sector, and following acquisitions it made in 2016 and 2017, end-to-end quality assurance and testing services provider Eurofins Digital Testing has acquired Edge Testing Solutions, an independent pure-play software testing provider in the UK, to extend its software testing capabilities including managed, functional, […]

April 4, 2018

Licensees fined for illegal Sky Sports

Two bar licensees from Wembley in North London have been found guilty in their absence of a collective eleven offences each of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Rakesh Patel (Manager of Diu Bar) and Mineshkumer Valgi (Designated Premises Supervisor) were each found […]

April 4, 2018By Colin Mann

ContentArmor confirms Dolby Vision compatability

Content protection technology specialist ContentArmor has confirmed that its video watermarking solution is compatible with Dolby Vision HDR. ContentArmor and Dolby have collaborated to enable interoperability between both technologies, from content distribution workflows to end users’ visual experience. Forensic watermarking applications improve the ability of content owners and distributors to detect and mitigate the misuse […]

April 4, 2018By Colin Mann

Murdoch will ‘ring-fence’ Sky News for 15 years

21st Century Fox has said it would sell off Sky News to Disney or ring-fence it to allay regulatory concerns over its proposed acquisition of the part of Sky it doesn’t already own. It faces regulatory problems after the Competition and Markets Authority found the £11.7bn (€13.4bn) deal was not in the public interest. Fox […]

April 3, 2018