China Digital TV, which manufactures and distributes cable TV and gaming conditional access ‘smart’ cards in China, which last year had its appeal to stay listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) denied, is in more trouble. The de-listing of the company came about because its overall value, in terms of market capitalisation, had […]
OTT technology and service specialist NeuLion and sports and entertainment licensing company Endeavor have entered into a definitive agreement by which Endeavor will acquire NeuLion in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $250 million (€200m). Under the terms of the agreement, Endeavor will acquire each share of outstanding common stock of NeuLion for $0.84. Upon […]
MTG has named Filippa Wallestam as the new CEO of MTG Sweden. Wallestam has worked at the company since 2014 in a range of roles, most recently as Head of Nordic Entertainment Operations. As CEO of MTG Sweden, she will continue to develop MTG’s position as a fully integrated broadcasting, digital communication and content production […]
Discovery has announced an update to the senior management team of Eurosport, its premium sports brand, as it looks to capitalise on a record-breaking Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 for the company. The developments will see: Emir Osmanbegovic appointed Senior Vice President, Sports Content and Production. Dave Schafer assume the role of Senior Vice President, […]
Marco Tinnirello has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Eurovision Media Services (EMS), the business arm of the EBU. Tinnirello has a strong technical and commercial background having worked in the broadcasting service sector for over 20 years. Most recently, he worked as Managing Director for Encompass Digital Media in the APAC […]
VICE Media has announced that Dominique Delport has been named Chief Revenue Officer and President of International. Delport was previously serving as Global Managing Director of Havas Group. As Chief Revenue Officer and President of International, Delport will spearhead the generation of revenue across linear, mobile and digital, and oversee the youth media brand’s ongoing […]
QYOU Media, a curator of premium ‘best-of-web’ video for multiscreen distribution, has announced that industry veteran and former Co-COO and Co-Motion Picture President of Lionsgate, Steve Beeks, has joined QYOU Media’s Board of Directors. A twenty-year veteran of Lionsgate Entertainment, and a key strategist in the growth of its motion picture and home entertainment divisions, […]
UPC, Liberty Global’s Polish unit, has pulled out of a $876 million deal to acquire Polish counterpart Multimedia Polska. The preliminary takeover deal was first announced in October 2016. “We have withdrawn from the transaction to acquire Multimedia Polska after failing to agree on revised commercial terms with the sellers that take into account current […]
India now has a giant DTH operator following the merger of Dish TV India and Videocon d2h. The merged business now has about 29 million DTH subscribers, and makes the combined company the second-largest DTH company in the world (after the overall DTH numbers of DirecTV). Dish TV India CMD Jawahar Goel said: “We are […]
Nigeria’s Communications Satellite organisation (NigComSat) is reportedly in talks with Turkey’s Turksat about potential cooperation. The talks began at the recent Washington Satellite 2018 show and where NigSatCom said the parties were looking at how the two organisations could expand their respective footprints. Also discussed was potential access to the other’s bandwidth, as well as […]