Last week, Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer met with the FCC’s Chairman Ajit Pai. Belmer said that satellite operators should receive an upfront ‘stage’ payment for handing over their spectrum. A report from analyst Sami Kassab at Exane/BNPP gives a detailed background to the event, saying that Belmer discussed the principles that should govern the transition, […]
Korean telco KT Corp has confirmed that its satellite-operating subsidiary, KT SAT, has successfully conducted the world’s first 5G data transmission with a satellite connection. Technicians successfully conducted the transmission with a satellite connection from Seoul, South Korea. The test aimed to expand the fifth-generation technology linked to KT’s 5G network and KT SAT’s KOREASAT […]
US advertisers will pump more than $57 billion (€51.7bn) into programmatic digital display advertising this year, and more than half of that investment will go to digital display ads on social networks. Programmatic advertising, defined as the use of automation in the buying, selling or fulfilling of digital ads, will account for 83.5 per cent […]
Huawei has agreed a deal to add the Filmin, the Spanish movies and TV series on-demand service to Huawei Video – becoming the first Spanish SVoD service to be available through the platform. Subscribers to Huawei Video are now able to add Filmin for €7.99 a month. Huawei Video is been available in Spain and […]
Eleven Sports has secured live and exclusive coverage of the Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr rematch in Belgium, Portugal and Taiwan. Joshua will be fighting to reclaim the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles from ‘The Destroyer’ in Saudi Arabia on December 7th. Eleven Sports viewers will be able to experience every moment […]
Netflix entered into a multi-year content distribution agreement with JTBC Content Hub, the content arm of South Korean media company JTBC. Starting in 2020, the partnership will allow Netflix to stream JTBC’s prime-time TV dramas across more than 190 countries. With the new deal, JTBC and Netflix will co-develop and showcase JTBC’s prime-time TV drama […]
Discovery has pulled a couple of its channels from the MENA region’s My-HD pay-TV operation citing non-payment of carriage fees. BroadcastPro ME reports that Discovery Science and its Animal Plant channel were pulled on November 21st. Amanda Turnbull, Discovery’s VP for the MENA region, is quoted as saying that it was with great reluctance that […]
Frame.io, a video review and collaboration platform used by over one million filmmakers and media professionals, has raised a $50 million (€45.4m) Series C round to help support its next big push into cloud-enabled motion picture workflows. Frame.io said it will also use this round of financing to continue its deep investment into airtight security, […]
The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) – an independent not-for-profit organisation which establishes and enforces responsible privacy practices for relevant digital advertising – has announced cross-industry tools for publishers, brands, agencies and adtech in the digital advertising supply chain to provide consumers a clear and recognisable mechanism to opt out under the California Consumer Privacy Act […]
AMC Networks has announced that Noel Manzano has joined the company as its vice president of international programming. In this role, he will identify and develop original content with creative talent around the world, and work within the AMC Networks Entertainment Group to move existing projects forward. He will report to Kristin Jones, executive vice […]