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Viasat serves 1,800 aircraft with SuperBowl

More than 1,800 Viasat-enabled flights around the world took to the skies on February 11th, and passengers on board had the best seats in the house – streaming the SuperBowl LVIII game live to their seats at 35,000 feet in the air. While the total number of passengers might only be measured as a few […]

February 14, 2024By Chris Forrester

Paramount cuts 800 staff

Paramount has commenced layoffs with US-based employees affected by the cutbacks set to be notified immediately. A memo from CEO Bob Bakish did not disclose numbers, but Deadline reports an estimated 800 staff will be axed. Bakish had confirmed the planned cutbacks at a Bob Live town hall event in January. At the end of […]

February 13, 2024

Paramount end game?

It seems like we’ve been waiting for ‘the other shoe to drop’ and someone to buy Paramount for a long time. Even the group’s own CEO holds staff ‘town halls’ openly discussing likely bids while enjoining them to concentrate on their jobs and his own growth plans. That will be a good trick, if they […]

February 1, 2024

Bitmovin to deliver Grammys live stream

Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming infrastructure, has announced that the Recording Academy will once again use the Bitmovin Player to deploy and launch content to its global community of music fans for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. The Bitmovin Player will be integrated with Nomad Media’s CMS to live stream one of the music […]

January 16, 2024

Fire Country to launch on Sky Witness and NOW on Jan 24

Sky has announced that hit US drama Fire Country Season 1 is set to launch on Sky Witness and NOW on January 24th. Starring and executive produced by Max Thieriot (SEAL Team), Fire Country tells the story of a young convict, Bode Donovan, who seeks redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison-release […]

January 10, 2024

Bakish: Strikes haven’t ‘saved Paramount+’

Bob Bakish, head of Paramount, told an audience at MIPCOM that suggestions the Hollywood strikes had saved his company was ‘wildly overstated’. Bakish allowed that “the strike is accretive to cash in 2023 and that is true for the industry [as a whole]… We are playing the hand we were dealt,” he said at a […]

October 18, 2023Nick Snow @ MIPCOM

Clear-Com makes key appointments

As Clear-Com continues to grow, the company has announced the appointments of several key members to its US team: Jeremy Thelen and Greg Wolf join as Applications Engineers and JP Torres joins as Senior Product Training Specialist. Torres assumes the role formerly occupied by Frank Linton, who has accepted a new position within Clear-Com as […]

August 15, 2023

Coalition launches to preserve viewer choice in streaming era

Advocacy group Preserve Viewer Choice Coalition has been launched with support from founding members comprised of leading US media companies and streaming content providers including ABC, CBS, FOX, Fubo, NBC, Roku, Telemundo, Univision, and Warner Bros Discovery. The group will aim to protect consumer streaming choices and preserve a competitive online video marketplace. Large station […]

July 28, 2023By Colin Mann

Rowden leads AMCNI-UK Content Group

AMC Networks International UK (AMCNI-UK) has announced that Sam Rowden has been promoted to the newly-created position of Vice President, Content Group, overseeing AMCNI-UK’s overall content strategy. Rowden, who currently oversees the company’s programming strategy for the CBS channel portfolio consisting of six entertainment channels owned by joint ventures between AMCNI-UK and Paramount Global, will […]

July 5, 2023

Tony Awards back on TV

The upcoming 2023 Tony Awards will now be televised on June 11th. Previous announcements said the telecast would be cancelled because of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. The WGA has confirmed it will not now picket the Awards. The news comes after the Broadway League and American Theatre Wing, which jointly present the […]

May 17, 2023By Chris Forrester