Israeli multiplay operator Partner Communications has revealed what it describes as a first of its kind collaboration agreement between Amazon Prime Video and its Partner TV unit. Partner TV customers now have direct access to the Amazon Prime Video service on their Partner TV set-top box, which offers access to view a broad selection of […]
The two largest economies in the world, the US and China, are trading insults and levying tariff barriers. The US is proposing a 25 per cent import levy on a wide number of China-built products. A major report from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), and examined in detail in Large Display Monitor (LDM) says that […]
Viacom Italia closed 2017 with total revenues of €67.9 million (+20.6% on 2016) and profits of €4.7 million (€2.5 million in 2016). Contributing to the positive result were the broadcaster’s free-to-air channels, and Paramount Channel in particular, distributed via DTT in Italy, reports daily Italia Oggi. In fact, during the financial year 2017 (which ended […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has published the final outcome of its auction to release more airwaves for 4G mobile and future 5G services. On April 5th, Ofcom announced which companies had won the right to use spectrum in two bands through the ‘principal’ stage of the auction, and the amounts they would pay. It has […]
The Board of Directors of cloud services for video specialist Brightcove has appointed Hugh Jefferson (Jeff) Ray III to serve as the Company’s next Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Ray succeeds Acting CEO Andy Feinberg, who has held the executive position since 2017, while a search was undertaken for a permanent replacement. Feinberg will resume […]
Streaming music service Spotify has acquired music licensing body Loudr. The company was founded in 2013 to build products and services that make it easy for content creators, aggregators and digital music services to identify, track and pay royalties to music publishers. No financial terms were revealed. The Loudr team of publishing specialists and technologists […]
The UK’s Panel on Takeovers and Mergers has informed each of Disney, Fox and Sky of its ruling that, following completion of the acquisition by Disney of Fox (after a spin-off of certain businesses), Disney will be required to make a mandatory offer to the holders of ordinary shares in Sky pursuant to Note 8 […]
Italy’s Competition and Market Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) has given its go-ahead for plans by TIM and Fastweb to build a FTTH fibre-optic network covering 29 biggest Italian cities via the joint company Flash Fiber. In a statement, the antitrust body said it accepted the binding commitments presented by the two […]
In the past, India’s broadcasters could depend on rules issued by the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) which, in the event of a dispute between programmers and the main DTH broadcast platforms, could permit transmissions to continue without disconnection as an interim measure while negotiations continued. The protections have been applied in the […]
Digital Colony, a global investment firm focused on enabling the next generation of mobile and Internet infrastructure, has confirmed that a Digital Colony affiliate is to acquire 100 per cent of the capital in Finnish broadcast infrastructure provider Digita from asset management business First State Investments. Founded in 1999 as a spin-off from national broadcaster […]