The Board of Directors of Edgeware AB (publ) has appointed Karl Thedéen as the new Managing Director and CEO of Edgeware, which will be effective from February 2018. He will replace Joachim Roos, who has requested to step aside from the position. Thedéen is the former CEO of Transmode and is currently a board member […]
An international joint operation against online piracy criminal groups supported by Eurojust – the EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit which supports judicial coordination and cooperation between national authorities – has resulted in two arrests, one of which was based on a European Arrest Warrant, 73 searches and the seizure of several websites, servers, computers and electronic […]
German free-to-air broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 has issued its third profits warning of the year, and the market has all but abandoned the company’s stock. A note to investors from investment bank Berenberg says that management changes could be the consequence. Just two years ago (on November 20th 2015) Pro7/Sat1 share price topped €50. The decline […]
TiVo’s Board of Directors has unanimously elected Enrique Rodriguez to the position of president and CEO effective immediately. Rodriguez also joins the company’s Board of Directors. “Enrique is an exceptional leader and strategist who has the energy and passion that will position TiVo for success,” said Jim Meyer, chairman of the Board of Directors, TiVo. […]
Seven people have been arrested across Spain for the illegal broadcasting of football matches, offering the pirated content in different formats: direct download, streaming and P2P distribution. The arrests were carried out in an operation undertaken by Spain’s Policía Nacional (National Police) in Madrid, Alicante, Albacete, Antequera (Málaga) and in the Valencian cities of Gandía […]
Just over 12 months from now, on November 18th 2018, it will be Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday. Christine McCarthy, CFO at The Walt Disney Company, speaking during the company’s results conference call last week, told analysts that they had better mark their calendars for the date. “Mickey’s 90th is something that the entire company’s going […]
CASBAA, Asia’s largest non-profit media association serving the multi-channel audio-visual content creation and distribution industry, has announced the election of several new Directors to its Board, and the return of a number of long-serving Directors. Following its AGM on November 8th, first-time Directors elected were James Ross (Lightning International), Belinda Lui (Time Warner), and Desmond […]
Altice is reorganising its group management and governance in the wake of the resignation of CEO Michel Combes following a bad week on the stock market. The French media group says its new management and governance structure is designed better to implement its strategy, create clearer accountability amongst management and improve the operational and financial […]
The transmission and broadcasting unit of Italian public broadcater RAI has confirmed its interest in the assets of DTT multiplex operator Persidera. During a conference call with analysts, RaiWay managing director, Aldo Mancino, said that this would be “an interesting opportunity to evaluate” and would be consistent with the company’s business plan, “without creating regulatory […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported that Q3 operating income for its media networks segment dropped 12 per cent to $1.5 billion (€1.29bn) as multiple factors impacted earnings. The entertainment giant blamed the decline on contractual rate increases for sports programming, lower advertising revenue and higher losses from equity investments in BAMTech and Hulu, all […]