US telco giant AT&T will run its DirecTV pay-TV arm as a separate division following on from its $85 billion (€74bn) acquisition of Time Warner’s media assets. According to reports. The Time Warner purchase has not yet formally closed, but is expected to wrap by the end of the year. Part of the package being […]
Middle East & North Africa OTT TV episodes and movies will generate revenues of $1.75 billion (€1.53bn) by 2022; more than quadruple the $428 million recorded in 2016, according to a report from Digital TV Research. According to the Middle East and North Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts report, SVoD’s dominance
In a week where the pay-TV operator has instigated a revamp of its premium sports channels, executives at Sky have revealed a commissioning strategy that will see Sky 1 feature what they describe as “new, ambitious and action-packed entertainment shows”. At a Broadcasting Press Guild briefing in Sky’s west London HQ, Phil Edgar Jones, Head […]
TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, and international television and broadband company Liberty Global are launching a global television production and distribution studio – Platform One Media. TPG Growth will fund its investment through Evolution Media, an investment partnership with CAA and Participant Media. Liberty Global will initially […]
Pan-European broadcaster Sky and technology giant Cisco have extended their collaboration to include a multi-year digital security agreement to support the expansion of Sky video services across any screen. Co-operation between the pair dates back to the early days of Sky and its predecessor and successor companies in the UK, when the former News Corporation […]
Telenor Group says it is aiming for significant savings across all functional cost areas between now and 2020. At its half-year results the Norwegian telco giant said it was looking for 27 per cent reduction in head office support functions starting next year and reaching their full effect in 2019. Additionally, a 20 per cent […]
Twitter is in talks to stream the US PGA Championship after Sky lost its exclusive broadcast for the golf tournament, according to a report in the FT. It comes as the social media service looks to grow its user base through live sports. Recently Twitter has partnered with the All England Lawn Tennis Club to […]
A complaint has been lodged at the European Court of Justice by Eutelsat, ViaSat of California and Panasonic Aviation alleging that Inmarsat is violating is abusing its licence by passing off a terrestrial network as a satellite system. The Inmarsat system itself will provide connectivity for passengers on aircraft and as part of Inmarsat’s European […]
UK Internet users will have to prove they are 18 before being allowed to access adult websites from next year, following a new government ruling. Websites will be legally required to install age verification controls come April 2018 as part of a move to make the Internet safer for children. Users may be asked to […]
AsiaSat of Hong Kong has refinanced $220 million (€192m) of long-term loans and revolving credit. The new facility replaces a $240 million borrowing already in place. The borrowing has a 5-year term, which is the same as the previous borrowing negotiated in June 2015. The new terms were negotiated with Cathay United Bank Co., Ltd., […]