Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has reportedly resumed talks with Walt Disney over a sale of “most” of its business, including its Sky stake. Talks between the two companies were believed to have ended last month but according to a report originating in the Wall Street Journal – in which the Murdoch family has a […]
The European cable industry continued to show resiliency and steady growth in 2016, increasing 4 per cent from the prior year, with gross revenue of €23.5 billion, according to the latest findings from the European Broadband Cable Yearbook – widely-recognised as the definitive guide to the European cable industry – from critical information, analytics and […]
As Telecoms Ministers meet in Brussels, trade body Cable Europe is renewing calls for a regulatory framework which fosters private investment in high-speed broadband networks and improves the competitive potential of operators vis-à-vis traditional and over-the-top players. Ministers will today December 4th discuss progress made under the Estonian presidency on issues which should realise the […]
Australia’s Federal Government has formally directed the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to commence an inquiry into digital platform providers such as Facebook and Google. The ACCC’s inquiry will look at the effect that digital search engines, social media platforms and other digital content aggregation platforms are having on competition in media and advertising […]
Facebook is opening a new London office that will allow it to create 800 new UK jobs in 2018. By the end of next year about 2,300 people will work for the social media giant in the UK. The office will be Facebook’s biggest engineering hub outside the US, and opens during its tenth year […]
UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky showed a hard-hitting sexually explicit movie at 21.00 immediately after having screened 5 back-to-back episodes of The Simpsons. Broadcasting regulator Ofcom, in its report on a complaint received regarding strong language and sex scenes within an 18-rated action-thriller movie ‘Wanted’, said: “The complainant said that her 11-year-old son was watching and […]
Insight TV, one of the world’s largest UHD broadcasters and producer of native UHD HDR content, has announced two key appointments in a continued effort of growth and expansion. Newly hired Robert Gold has been appointed Vice President of Distribution for the Americas and Jonathan Shrank, has been promoted to Vice President, Distribution, EMEA, effective […]
The European Commission has presented measures to ensure that intellectual property rights are well protected, thereby encouraging European companies, in particular SMEs and start-ups, to invest in innovation and creativity. The EC said the initiatives would make it easier to act efficiently against breaches of intellectual property rights, facilitate cross-border litigation, and tackle the fact […]
Discovery Communications is transforming the structure of its regional businesses across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). As a result, effective immediately, Kasia Kieli has been named President & Managing Director, EMEA. Discovery has made substantial investments across EMEA in recent years, from its acquisition of Eurosport and premium sporting rights, including the Olympic Games […]
Satellite operator EchoStar, controlled by Charlie Ergen, is sitting on a cash pile of a huge $2.8 billion (€2.36bn), plus another $500 million of marketable securities, and is currently not doing anything with this ‘war chest’. Equity analysts at investment bank Jefferies have carried out a study to examine whether a hypothetical bid for Inmarsat […]