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ESPN’s Monday Night Football sets viewing record

ESPN’s Monday Night Football presentation of San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings on October 23rd delivered more than 18.6 million viewers (ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, and NFL+) across the US, driving the television franchise to another weekly record during the 2023 season. The audience of 18,642,000 viewers is MNF’s best Week 7 audience in […]

October 25, 2023

Planet Labs lays off 10% of staff

Satellite imagery specialist Planet Labs is laying off 117 staff, about 10 per cent of its workforce. The company says the decision is made in order to “focus on its high priority growth opportunities and operational efficiency:” Planet Labs CEO Will Marshall, in a note to staff, said: “I want to be clear that I […]

August 3, 2023By Chris Forrester

Ingenio, adviqo merge

Ingenio, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors, and the owner of the North American online marketplace and media platform focused on spiritual and emotional wellness, has acquired its largest European peer, adviqo Group. The transaction creates a global leader in this fast-growing segment of the media and technology sector, combining Ingenio’s 12 brands, which include […]

May 3, 2022

Stranger Things: The Experience in New York

Netflix and experience discovery platform Fever have partnered to deliver a new immersive Stranger Things experience which launches at The Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on May 7th. The experience will see fans transported into the Stranger Things Universe – a world of supernatural mystery, enduring friendships, and 80s nostalgia in an atmospheric […]

April 12, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Riedel partners with Skyroads

Riedel Communications is collaborating with SailGP Technologies and Skyroads, a global player in the field of automated flight, to deliver new and more immersive imagery as well as a substantially reduced CO2 footprint at major public events. Announced during SailGP’s Season 2 Grand Final in San Francisco on March 26th and 27th in San Francisco, […]

March 29, 2022

Xytech acquired by Banneker Partners

Xytech, a specialist in facility management software for the broadcast and media industries, has been purchased by San Francisco-based Banneker Partners, a software-focused private equity firm. Xytech CEO Richard Gallagher commented: “When I created Xytech, my primary goal was to bring facility management into the next generation to help media facilities — both large and […]

January 6, 2022