MFE-MediaForEurope, the Italian TV group controlled by the Berlusconi family, has asked a group of banks for a €3.4 billion loan to cover any financing it may require related to a potential takeover of Germany’s ProSiebensat.1, according to a Reuters report. News first emerged in April that MFE was considering a move for ProSiebensat.1 MFE […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided Vodafone’s £16.5 billion (€19.9bn) merger with Three – creating the UK’s biggest mobile network with 27 million customers – should be allowed to proceed if both companies sign binding commitments to “invest billions” to roll out a combined 5G network across the UK. The network commitment would […]
A record 20.7 million UK homes can now access full-fibre broadband, according to regulator Ofcom’s annual report on the nation’s broadband and mobile networks. Ofcom’s Connected Nations report finds that 69 per cent (20.7 million) of UK homes now have access to full-fibre broadband, up from 57 per cent (17.1 million) in September 2023. Northern […]
Speaking at Content London, Graham Haigh, EVP Digital, Global Partnerships and COO of upcoming new label Zoo 55, announced that ITV Studios will launch The Graham Norton Show Channel on the Roku Channel in the US and Canada, along with three further new FAST channels. The Graham Norton Show channel – featuring running episodes of […]
Optimism around business in 2025 appears to be higher, with two out of three (65 per cent) of marketers expecting improved trading conditions, though marketing budget expectations aren’t quite as positive, according to The Voice of the Marketer 2025, a report by WARC released based on a survey of more than 1,000 marketers worldwide. Global […]
Freshwave, a UK mobile infrastructure provider, has secured a committed credit facility of up to £100 million (€120.8m) from Guggenheim Investments, on behalf of certain clients, to fund its continuing growth trajectory. Guggenheim Investments is the global asset management and investment advisory division of Guggenheim Partners. This funding builds on the investment made to date […]
DTS, a wholly owned subsidiary of entertainment technology company Xperi, has released its connected car report, Vehicle Ownership and its Role as a Third Space: Alive, Well and Enduring. The report confirmed the importance of personal vehicle ownership to today’s consumers and reveals that car owners continue to view their vehicle as an important third […]
Apple TV+ is now available via Prime Video in the UK as an add-on subscription for £8.99/month. Prime members who subscribe to Apple TV+ via Prime Video will have access to entertainment including Severance, Bad Sisters, Silo, Slow Horses, Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Presumed Innocent, Shrinking, Hijack, Loot, Palm Royale, as well as hit films such as […]
Ofcom has announced the appointment of Oliver Griffiths as its new Group Director, Online Safety. Griffiths joins from the Trade Remedies Authority, which defends UK economic interests against unfair international trade practices, where he has been Chief Executive since 2021. He was previously a Director in the Department of International Trade, responsible for UK-US trade […]
FreeWheel, the technology platform for the television advertising industry, has announced its new Contextual Marketplace that enables publishers to activate precise, contextual classification insights within streaming inventory so advertisers can target their media buys based on advanced, video-level insights. With this launch, KERV.ai, a leader in video analysis, performance and monetisation, joins the Contextual Marketplace, […]
Canal+ has unveiled Canal+ Signature, a programme unit focused on the development and production of new formats. Reporting to Lyes Boudechiche, Director of Programmes at Canal+, this unit will focus on creating innovative entertainment, new writing and identifying emerging talents. It has already produced a number of Créations décalées (‘offbeat creations’), as well as streaming […]
AT&T is a US telco giant with 241 million subscribers. It wants to serve those subscriber when the user is in a ‘not spot’ and will use AST SpaceMobile to cover most of the US (Alaska might be a challenge) with AST’s satellite coverage. AT&T CEO John Stankey explained his forward-looking strategy and how AST […]
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 […]