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Data: Live TV driving ad viewership

The FreeWheel Video Marketplace Report (VMR) – based on aggregated data from FreeWheel, the advertising technology platform in Europe – highlights the changing dynamics of how enterprise-class content owners and distributors are monetising premium digital video content. With FreeWheel’s coverage and capabilities in Europe and the US, the company says the data set is one […]

March 27, 2024

Fox Entertainment restructures

Fox Entertainment CEO, Rob Wade, has announced a new structure that he explains will shape the company’s creative and business operations as it sets to deliver on global growth strategies across its three key pillars of studio entertainment, television and streaming platforms, and worldwide sales and licensing. The new Fox Entertainment will consist of three […]

March 28, 2024

FCC denies SpaceX access to extra spectrum

SpaceX has been asking the FCC for permission to share spectrum already allocated to Globalstar and Dish Network AWS-4 spectrum. The FCC has dismissed SpaceX’s application. The SpaceX application had included deployment of 7,500 Starlink ‘second-generation’ satellites with equipment operating in the 1610-1617.775 MHz (Earth to space), 2483.5-1500 MHz (space to Earth, and in the […]

March 28, 2024By Chris Forrester

Extreme E sees record audiences

Racing series Extreme E delivered significant audience growth in 2023, rising to a global audience of more than 144 million viewers, according to an analytics report from YouGov. The increase in the series’ audience figures stems from a thrilling third season, where a record five-teams competed for the 2023 Extreme E championship at the final […]

March 28, 2024

Forecast: India fixed comm services revenue at $13.2bn in 2028

The total fixed communication services revenue in India is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.9 per cent from $11.5 billion (€10.5bn) in 2023 to $13.2 billion in 2028, mainly driven by the healthy growth in the fixed broadband segment, forecasts GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s India Fixed […]

March 28, 2024

Channel 4 expands commissioning team

Channel 4’s Chief Content Officer Ian Katz has announced the appointments of three key roles in his senior commissioning team. Each of the Heads of Department will be tasked to deliver against the broadcaster’s recently announced Fast Forward strategy. The strategy, announced by the publicly owned broadcaster in January, aims to reshape the organisation as […]

March 28, 2024

Ligado close to bankruptcy

Ligado Networks is in trouble. It is suing various US government Agencies for $40 billion (€37.1bn) of compensation and claiming that the Agencies “roadblocked” Legado’s FCC-licensed L-band frequencies and spectrum because the US government wanted the spectrum itself. The L-band spectrum was granted to Ligado by the FCC in 2020 with permission to roll out […]

March 28, 2024By Chris Forrester

ESA secures IRIS2 investment

The European Space Agency (ESA) has secured €900 million in funding for the European Commission’s (EC) IRIS2 proposed mega-constellation (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite). ESA is the multi-orbit project’s technical manager. ESA delivered a briefing on March 27 and its director of telecommunications and navigation, Javier Benedicto, explained that the final bid […]

March 28, 2024By Chris Forrester

QYOU, Toonz Media launch Q Toonz FAST channel

QYOU Media India has collaborated with Toonz Media, the animation creator, producer and distributor, to  launch Q Toonz, a FAST animation channel, in India. Currently live, across the Q Play+ app and over 130 smart TV brands, the channel aims to be the ultimate destination for premium animation entertainment. Q Toonz boasts a content slate […]

March 28, 2024

YahSat, Bayanat merger moves closer

Abu Dhabi-based businesses, YahSat and Bayanat, announced their merger last December. The final stage in the plan which is to create a new holding company called Space42 is close. Both companies in the merger have announced special General Assembly meetings to be held simultaneously on April 25th in order to vote on the scheme. The […]

March 28, 2024By Chris Forrester

Tinder sponsors E4

Dating app Tinder and Channel 4 are teaming up for a new sponsorship deal with E4, which will see a range of idents airing 25 times per day across popular E4 titles from April 1st to June 30th. The new sponsorship highlights the power of connecting over a mutual passion for TV and film, particularly […]

March 28, 2024

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Fitch anxious over Eutelsat debt

Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat has successfully raised €600 million in fresh debt. The notes are due for repayment in 2029 and bear an interest rate of 9.75 per cent. Eutelsat says it intends to use the gross proceeds together with cash on hand, to fund the repurchase of its €800 million 2 per cent bonds […]

March 28, 2024 Chris Forrester
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Here isn’t the news

Strange times in the UK news market. GB News continues to generate its own headlines by setting new records for Ofcom breaches, while Talk TV announces it is shutting down its broadcast version. News UK has decided its niche news channel was a bit too niche – the fact star turn Piers Morgan had already […]

March 5, 2024 Nick Snow

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