A number of potential suitors are eyeing US entertainment studio Lionsgate, according to reports originating in Deadline. Lionsgate is the producer of blockbuster franchises including The Hunger Games series as well as hit TV series including Mad Men and Orange is the New Black. Lionsgate purchased premium channel Starz in 2016 for $4.4 billion, a […]
Voice assistants dominated this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. But what really matters for media companies, says the DPP in its Survey Report: CES 2018, is that the show included televisions equipped with voice search for content. The DPP reports each year from CES – the world’s biggest trade show. The report […]
US pay-TV platform DISH has filed two lawsuits with the aim of ending distribution of Arabic channels and content for which it has the exclusive licences. The complaints against Spider-TV and Tiger Star are similar, alleging that the entities are capturing broadcasts of certain TV channels licensed exclusively to DISH, including MBC and Al Jazeera […]
MTG has signed an agreement to sell its 75 per cent shareholding in TRACE to TPG Growth. The transaction values 100 per cent of the business at an enterprise value of €40 million and closing is subject to regulatory approvals. TRACE is part of MTG’s International Entertainment operations. Jørgen Madsen Lindemann, MTG President & CEO […]
India’s Reliance Jio wireless telco is already massive and is imminently expected to report that it has been profitable for the quarter-year to December 31st. However, a timely report from Moody’s Investor Services says the cellular company could invest as much as $23 billion over the next three-to-four years to expand its ‘Voice over LTE’ […]
Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat has launched a new division, Arabsat Expand. The satellite operator is linking with Swedish broadband service provider Forsway and its Hybrid Router technology. The service covers the Middle East, Africa and Southern Europe, and offers extremely competitive access to broadband-by-satellite. The agreement will see Forsway’s router, ODIN, at a total kit cost […]
Premium subscription video programming provider Starz has filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling, Enforcement Order, and Further Relief on January 8th and an Emergency Petition for Injunctive Relief on January 17th with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in an effort to restore its channels to Altice customers in New York in compliance with FCC rules. […]
Popular Lebanese general entertainment channel ‘mtv’ has switched allegiance and will now broadcast exclusively from Arabsat’s BADR-4 satellite at 26 degrees East. The news confirms a contract between Arabsat and MTV Lebanon signed at the Dubai CabSat show earlier this week. In addition, the new musical channel One TV also started broadcasted over satellite for […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its content protection solution NAGRA Connect is securing Canal+ Group’s new 4K service. With this solution, NAGRA ensures content protection via satellite broadcast, OTT or within the home in addition to access control for user authorised by […]
BBC Worldwide content chief Helen Jackson is to leave the business as it merges with BBC Studios after 31 years in her role. Jackson will remain with the recently rebranded BBC Studios business through 2018 working with its production partners. BBC Studios Chief Executive Tim Davie commented: “Helen’s contribution to the BBC is hard to […]