The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office (Staatsanwaltschaft München) and the Munich District Court (Amtsgericht München) have imposed corporate fines totaling €3.9 million on German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and two of its subsidiaries for violations of the German Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG). ProSiebenSat.1 Media has been ordered to pay a fine of €10,000, Jochen Schweizer a fine […]
Industry welfare monitoring body the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) is launching its industry consultation of ‘The CIISA Standards’, a set of expectations that set out the minimum standards of behaviour expected across the UK’s creative industries to enable safe and inclusive working environments. This includes preventing and tackling of all forms of bullying […]
Sky Deutschland has reportedly lost the broadcast rights to Bundesliga Konferenz – a flagship show which takes German football fans through all the Saturday 15:30 kickoffs. From the 2025/26 season, Bundesliga Konferenz will move to DAZN. Sky Deutschland will, however, retain rights to broadcast individual Bundesliga matches during game weeks. The news has been reported […]
Samsung TV Plus – Samsung’s free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service – has launched a selection of US content from the library of A+E Media Group for viewers across the UK and European regions. The 12 new channels feature many fan-favourite programmes from across the library of A+E Networks’ global brands, including A&E, The History […]
England Hockey has confirmed a new partnership with Channel 4, unveiling the broadcaster as the Official Broadcast Partner for the FIH Hockey Pro League. This three-year deal, running until 2027, will make top-tier international hockey action free and accessible to audiences across the UK. From this December 2024, Channel 4 will become the home of […]
WISI Communications, the German communications tech provider, has announced that, on November 27th, the Pforzheim District Court decided to terminate the insolvency proceedings against the assets of the company. The decision came into effect at midnight on November 30th, following the legally binding confirmation of the insolvency plan. WISI said it initiated the insolvency proceedings […]
EE has announced that the Paramount+ app is now available for EE TV Box Pro and EE TV Box Mini customers to access via the Apps rail on their device. Paramount+ offers hit movies, exclusive originals and iconic series across all genres from Paramount’s iconic brands and production studios, including CBS, Comedy Central, MTV Entertainment […]
China already has a total of 44 GPS satellites in orbit (at the end of 2023), known as the Beidou constellation. The country’s China Satellite Navigation System Management Office (CNSO) has explained how this existing system will be augmented. According to Xinhua News Agency, CNSO says that by the end of 2025 it will have […]
Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer has officially taken up the role as CEO of Telenor. Until recently, Fasmer has been CEO of Sparebank1 Sør-Norge, and she has spent the last few weeks meeting new colleagues in Telenor. “Telenor has a strong footprint in both the Nordics and Asia. I will now use some time to listen, learn […]
Some 24 years ago Telesat’s Anik F1 was launched. It has now been retired to a safe ‘graveyard’ orbit a few hundred kilometres above the normal geostationary arc. When Canada’s Anik F1 was sent into space in November 2000, it was the most powerful communications satellite ever built. Now this satellite is in its final […]
IMG has renewed its partnership with the National Hockey League (NHL) to manage its international social media strategy. The extended agreement will see IMG continue to manage and deliver end-to-end content production, publishing and reporting for the NHL’s 28 international social media channels across eight markets. These include dedicated channels for audiences in Australia, Czech […]
Investment bank JP Morgan has lowered its Eutelsat share price target from €3 to just €2.80 (and ‘SELL/Underweight’ advice to clients). The move prompted a share sell-off and a rapid collapse and its already extremely low share price fell back from about €3 on Nov 28, to a low point of €2.84 on the 29th […]
How did he do that? A question asked many times about Donald Trump, now to be the 47th President of the US, having already been the 45th. It turns out he’s better at politics than business. When that question is asked about him in the business world, it usually relates to how did he lose […]