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Apple TV+ announces Abraham Lincoln docu-series

Apple TV+ has announced a new four-part documentary series “Lincoln’s Dilemma,” a fresh exploration of President Lincoln and the complex journey to end slavery. Narrated by Jeffrey Wright and featuring the voices of Bill Camp as Abraham Lincoln and Leslie Odom Jr. as Frederick Douglass, the series is a 21st century examination of a complicated […]

January 14, 2022

OneWeb sued by Trump business partner

A legal action has been commenced in the New York County Court by Giorgi Rtskhiladze, said to be a former business partner of former US president Donald Trump, against OneWeb. The action alleges that Rtskhiladze has not been paid by OneWeb for the role he played in getting approvals for the OneWeb constellation to be […]

January 12, 2022By Chris Forrester

Datonics Partners with Simpli.fi

Digital data pioneer Datonics has partnered with Simpli.fi, a specialist in programmatic advertising and agency management software, to launch a new CTV data offering within the Simpli.fi platform. Datonics is providing Simpli.fi segment data mapped to a continually updated household IP, providing advertisers with enhanced accuracy and scale, as well as breadth and depth of segments available […]

January 11, 2022

QXC Communications launches advanced sreaming service

NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that QXC Communications, a Florida-based service provider serving Home Owners Associations (HOAs), Condo Owners Associations (COAs) and residential communities, selected NAGRA’s US Streaming Solution to enable the replacement of its legacy video offering with a new fully-featured streaming […]

January 11, 2022

SpaceX adds another 49 Starlinks

January 6th saw Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch an extra 49 satellites into his broadband fleet and the first launch of 2022 for the business. The launch, from the Kennedy Space Center at 16.49pm ET, went flawlessly – as did the landing of the rocket’s booster some nine minutes after launch. Falcon 9’s first stage booster […]

January 7, 2022By Chris Forrester

Research: US cord-cutting rolls on

MoffettNathanson research shows that, while in Q3 2021 the absolute number of US subscribers cutting the cord began to moderate, the percentage decline rose to 8.8 per cent. The analyst calculated that total traditional subscribers fell by 1.61 million in Q3. The company also noted that fewer subscribers churning out were recaptured by virtual MVPDs, […]

January 6, 2022

AMC Networks acquires Sentai

AMC Networks has completed the acquisition of Houston-based Sentai, a global supplier of anime content and merchandise, with brands including the anime-focused HIDIVE direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service. The acquisition includes all of the member interests from Cool Japan Fund, a public-private Japanese investment fund. With access to key content creators in Japan, Sentai distributes and […]

January 6, 2022

RTL sells VideoAmp stake

RTL Group has completed the sale of its entire shareholding in VideoAmp, a US software and data company for media measurement, for $104 million (€92 million) in cash. The transaction was carried out as a share buyback by VideoAmp and became effective on January 4th 2022. RTL Group’s shareholders will benefit from the transaction in […]

January 6, 2022

Peacock to stream 2022 Winter Olympics in US

Peacock will be the streaming home of the 2022 Winter Olympics in the US, offering viewers the ability to live stream all of NBCUniversal’s coverage of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games from Beijing, China, available on the service’s premium tier, from February 2nd to 20th. Peacock will present live streaming coverage of every event of […]

January 6, 2022

Bank: “SES C-band cashflows imminent”

A report from investment bank Berenberg says SES is “on track” to receive post-tax C-band proceeds of over 80 per cent of its market capitalisation in just over the next two years. The bank says: “This creates significant optionality for shareholder returns, balance sheet repair and disciplined investment. As phase one C-band proceeds are received […]

January 6, 2022By Chris Forrester