A report in Infrastructural Journal & Project Finance says that UK broadcasting, media and facilities company Arqiva, and up for sale, expects to see indicative bids to buy the company to be submitted “before August”. It has been reported that bankers for Arqiva will issue a Prospectus shortly. Arqiva is responsible for transmitting much of […]
Alex Mahon, currently CEO of Foundry, a global technology business delivering visual effects and virtual reality for the entertainment industry, has been appointed as the next Chief Executive of UK public service broadcaster Channel 4. She was previously CEO of Shine Group until 2015. The announcement by the Channel 4 Board follows the news revealed […]
Most experts praise the end result of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays, and being made popular by South Korea’s LG Electronics. Samsung Electronics, also based in South Korea, backs a rival technology, Quantum-dot Emitting Diode (QLED) and is about to release a new range of displays at more than 80” in size, and is […]
Tech companies are planning a day of action on net neutrality under attack by the Trump administration. Amazon, Etsy, Kickstarter, Mozilla, and Vimeo all intend to protest on July 12th in opposition to plans by Ajit Pai, new head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Evan Greer, campaign director of Fight for the Future, said: […]
Sky News has turned to video-over-cellular company LiveU to provide all-embracing live coverage of the UK General Election, which will be held on June 8th. Crucial to the order is the company’s ability to supply a very high volume of portable transmission units at short notice. LiveU’s UK partner Garland Partners is again overseeing this […]
Apple has unveiled its all-new App Store, designed from the ground up to make discovering apps and games as easy as possible. The company says the redesigned App Store is “packed with original stories and editorial, updated daily in a new Today tab, as well as new Games and Apps tabs. Compelling stories, in-depth interviews, […]
ZDF Enterprises is to acquire a 32.5 per cent minority stake in UK content production company World Media Rights via the holding company European Media Rights Ltd. It is ZDF Enterprises’ first investment in a UK production company. The new investment coincides with a board restructure at World Media Rights. Existing World Media Rights board […]
India’s federal Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is reportedly examining the founders of New Delhi-based news channel NDTV over alleged fraud. A case has formally been registered, alleging that Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy caused a loss of some $7.45 million due to a bank. The broadcaster firmly denies the allegations, and said […]
Interoute, owner-operator of a global cloud services platform, and UEFA’s ICT provider, has revealed there were 4,117,620 million visits to UEFA.com over the weekend as Juventus took on Real Madrid in the Champions League Final. Major spikes in web traffic occurred at 10pm, when game statistics, highlights, player interviews and celebration footage were displayed. Viewers […]
Last Thursday’s launch of two giant satellites by an Arianespace rocket was a success in more ways than one. The launch saw a flawless deployment of two important satellites, including Eutelsat 172B and the massive ViaSat-2 craft for broadband-by-satellite operator ViaSat of Carlsberg, California, and the heaviest-ever satellite (at 6,418 kgs) built by Boeing. The […]