Discovery Communications has reported financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31st 2017. “2017 was an historic year for Discovery. We took significant steps to position ourselves for success in a changing industry, while driving growth from our traditional linear business and accelerating our investments in new growth areas like digital and […]
Intelsat’s results are not that different from its two giant competitors, SES and Eutelsat. Each of the three are in for a tough year ahead with – at best – flat prospects, and bandwidth contract renewal prices under pressure. However, Intelsat’s stock price is always highly volatile and its February 26th results disappointed the market […]
TV manufacturer Sharp has been involved in a legal spat with Chinese TV set giant Hisense since August 2017, and grumbling that the Chinese-made sets were “shoddily made” and had brought the Sharp-branded products sold in the US into disrepute. According to a report in specialist publication Large Display Monitor, Sharp “took legal action to […]
With the family-favourite franchise finally hopping onto the big screen, Sony Pictures Entertainment has teamed up with pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s Moments Worth Paying For campaign to combat film piracy with an exclusive trailer for Peter Rabbit. The exclusive trailer features never-before-seen footage from the film and focuses on the […]
Ebiquity, an independent, tech-enabled marketing analytics consultancy, has announced the appointment of Rob Woodward as non-executive director and Chairman Designate, with effect from March 1st. He will succeed Michael Higgins who has been Chairman for the past 12 years and will step down from the Board following the AGM on May 9th 2018. Woodward was […]
Intelsat full-year 2017 revenues to December 31st showed $2.14 billion (€1.73bn). Its 4th Quarter revenues were $538 million. Overall loss for the full year was $179 million (and $90 million for Q4). The satellite operator said that its contracted backlog was down $100 million to $7.8 billion. “Our Q4 financial results, $538 million in revenue […]
Australia’s competition regulator the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking the views of consumers, media organisations, digital platforms, advertising agencies and advertisers after outlining the key issues it will be considering in its digital platforms inquiry. As part of its public inquiry into the impact of digital platforms on media and advertising markets […]
Arqiva, one of the UK’s leading communications infrastructure and media services providers with significant investments in essential communications infrastructure, has published its results for the half year to December 31st 2017. Highlights include: Revenue on a like-for-like basis is up 5 per cent, demonstrating excellent progress in 700MHz spectrum clearance, DAB radio rollout and smart-metering […]
Nokia has revealed plans to acquire Unium, a US-based software company that specialises in solving complex wireless networking problems for use in mission-critical and residential Wi-Fi applications. Unium’s software and intelligent mesh wireless technology complements and strengthens Nokia’s end-to-end, whole-home Wi-Fi solution and supports Nokia’s strategic objective of solving Wi-Fi problems in the home. Unium […]
GTT Communications, a global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, has announced a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Interoute, operator of one of Europe’s largest independent fibre networks and cloud networking platforms, for approximately €1.9 billion in cash. The strategic combination: Significantly augments scale, expanding GTT’s Tier 1 global IP network with one of Europe’s […]