Sky is warning UK competition regulators that it could shut down Sky News if 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of the broadcaster is not approved. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is undertaking a six-month investigation into 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky. Karen Bradley, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media […]
There is an old English saying derived from hunting: ‘You’ve shot my fox’. It means one’s whole plan, or whole story, has been undercut by one or more unexpected action. The Murdochs, as owners of 21st Century Fox, have been busy shooting everyone’s foxes this week. The narrative was that after exhaustive tracking, and several […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset ended the first nine months of 2017 with a net profit of €35.9 million, a turnaround on the loss of €118 million a year earlier. The positive performance was achieved thanks to both the increase in the advertising market share and the fall in operating costs. Net revenues amounted to €2.53 […]
More than 90 per cent of MPs in a new poll believe the UK creative industries are vitally important to the future of the UK’s economy, job creation and positive perceptions of Brand Britain. The poll by Dods Research for the industry members of the Creative Industries Council (CIC) also found that MPs’ support to […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is launching a new campaign – Keep Media Good (KMG) – which demonstrates the positive impact public service media (PSM) has on societies. This is the first time PSM organisations across Europe have come together with one unified voice to champion PSM, in the face of a proliferation of fake […]
The Walt Disney Company has announced the appointment of Abhishek Maheshwari as country head for India. Maheshwari joined Disney in 2012 as VP and head of corporate strategy and business development. In 2014, he was put in charge of the consumer products business and earlier this year was also given charge of the company’s Integrated […]
Reports have emerged that 21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Walt Disney Co. Any such deal would not involve all of Fox’s assets, according to people with knowledge of the talks. It is understood that Fox believes that a more tightly-focused group of properties around news and […]
The semiconductor sector looks set for further consolidation with the confirmation that Broadcom, a leading semiconductor device supplier to the wired, wireless, enterprise storage, and industrial end markets, proposes to acquire all of the outstanding shares of technology company Qualcomm for per share consideration of $70.00 in cash and stock in a transaction valued at […]
The golden age of television is just getting started, according to Gary Davey, Managing Director, Content at Sky. Writing an Opinion piece in The Daily Telegraph, Davey says there has never been a better time for it. “But not according to the BBC. In a speech last week, Tony Hall, the BBC director-general, said the […]
Ofcom has ruled that the Fox News shows Hannity and Tucker Carlson Tonight breached British broadcasting impartiality rules. The rulings referred to the Manchester Arena bombing in May and Donald Trump’s executive order in January that restricted travel to the US from seven majority-Muslim countries. Sky pulled Fox News from its platform in Britain in […]