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Itu named UPC DTH MD

Catalin Itu, formerly Vice President of Sales and Operations in UPC DTH, has been appointed to the role of Managing Director of UPC DTH. Itu has extensive operations, sales, marketing, brand development, distribution and management experience, gained both at Liberty Global and while holding positions in Orange Romania, Bosch Communications Romania and Astral Telecom. He […]

September 4, 2017

Freesat seeks next-gen product proposals

UK subscription-free satellite TV platform Freesat is seeking proposals from manufacturers to develop a set-top box for its next generation consumer product. The new product will give manufacturers a significant opportunity to develop a new range of innovative set-top-boxes at scale for subscription-free satellite TV customers across the UK. The product requirements will be based […]

September 1, 2017

Iliad H1 revenues up 7%

French telco Iliad has reported H1 revenues are up 7.3 per cent year-on-year to €2,464 million. The Group continued its FTTH rollout drive during the first six months of 2017, with 900,000 new connectible sockets installed, bringing the total to 5.3 million at June 30th 2017, and some 110,000 additional subscribers connected to fibre during […]

September 1, 2017

Hong Kong’s APT included in Hang Seng

APT Satellite will on September 4th be included in the Hong Kong stock exchange’s Hang Seng Global Composite Index. The news emerged along with the operator’s 6-month results to June 30th which showed flat revenues and a lowering of its all-important fill-rate.  Of its 181 available transponders in the fleet they were 68.4 per cent […]

September 1, 2017By Chris Forrester

ACT appoints Horak

The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) has announced the appointment of Agnieszka Horak as its new Director of Legal and Public Affairs, succeeding Emilie Anthonis who has accepted another position in Brussels. Horak brings extensive direct experience of the policy issues facing commercial broadcasters.  She joins ACT from the Permanent Representation of Poland […]

September 1, 2017

Hofmannn takes CEO role at UFA

FremantleMedia has announced that Nico Hofmann will take on the role of sole CEO of German film and television production company UFA Group with immediate effect. This move follows a two-year transition-period, announced back in September 2015, in which Wolf Bauer and Hofmann have headed UFA as Co-CEOs. Hofmann will assume overall management responsibilities for […]

September 1, 2017

SF Studios opens UK office

Nordic major SF Studios, with head offices in Stockholm and subsidiaries in Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki, has opened an international production office in London. Kate Myers will, in the role as VP Development UK and International Production, head SF Studios’ international film development out of the London office. Myers, who most recently served as co-founder […]

September 1, 2017

ND SatCom names Müller-Gastell CEO

Alexander Müller-Gastell has been appointed the new CEO of ND SatCom, effective September 1st. This strategic move is in line with the shareholder vision to further grow the market share of ND SatCom since its acquisition from AIRBUS in 2015. ND SatCom’s advanced technology of reliable meshed VSAT networks form the basis for commercial and […]

September 1, 2017

DirecTV “likely to win” $4bn FTC legal action

Judge Haywood Gilliam has “paused” a trial taking place in California between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and pay-TV operator DirecTV. The FTC is claiming that DirecTV made unjust gains in its subscriber promotions and alleged false advertising, and that some 33 million subscribers signed up for DirecTV services without being clearly aware of the […]

August 31, 2017By Chris Forrester

Poor summer hurts IMAX

Giant cinema screen specialists IMAX is having a tough time. It has missed two quarter-year revenue targets, and its share price is languishing down dramatically (at $18.25 on August 29th, compared to $34 back on March 31st) and a 5-year low. The main reason is its poor box office performance, which the rest of the […]

August 31, 2017By Chris Forrester