The outlook for TV ad revenues in Spain this year and next paints a gloomy picture. A report from Zenith Media reveals that TV advertising on commercial TV channels will fall by 2.5 per cent this year, and by another 2.8 per cent in 2020. TV ads in pay TV, however, will grow by 3.5 […]
MásMóvil has announced a new fibre and mobile network agreement with Orange Spain that is says will allow the Company to improve its competitive position and increase its profitability in a relevant way. Thanks to this agreement, MásMóvil has guaranteed it access to the new 5G technology under favorable conditions, significantly increases its fibre optic […]
Netflix has, somewhat unsurprisingly, renewed the global hit series Stranger Things for a fourth season – and has also signed series creators The Duffer Brothers to a multi-year film and series overall deal. “The Duffer Brothers have captivated viewers around the world with Stranger Things and we’re thrilled to expand our relationship with them to […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we look at the dawning of the era of D2C. It is, I suppose, the natural evolution of the stunning success of the era of SVoD as exemplified by the ‘world domination’ of Netflix. Netflix has achieved much: it has disintermediated traditional gatekeepers, it has changed viewing habits and […]
ITV Studios has unveiled the reorganisation of its international distribution and commercial business. The new structure will be operational from January 2020 and focuses on “three centres of excellence” which will work closely together and with ITV Studios’ international production business. The three centres are the Creative Network, which will boost creativity across unscripted format […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has announced the appointment of Maria Kyriacou to head its pan-regional operations managed out of the UK. As President for VIMN UK, Northern and Eastern Europe, she will have oversight of all its media networks and related businesses in 33 European countries, including Channel 5 in the UK. Kyriacou, who […]
The Supervisory Board of KPN has announced the appointment of Joost Farwerck as the next CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management of KPN, subject to Works Council advice. The news follows the announcement that the Dutch telco would be cancelling the appointment of Dominique Leroy due to a police investigation into shares sales. […]
Sky Vision – the former sales and distribution arm of Sky – has officially transitioned into part of the NBCUniversal Global Distribution team. The move, initially announced in April, comes after NBCUniversal’s parent Comcast acquired pay-TV giant Sky last year for $40 billion. It subsequently chose to close down its sales arm – which first […]
Elon Musk has unveiled his Starship Mk 1 ‘Big Falcon Rocket’ at its South Texas assembly facility. Musk said that test flight will start in a month or two, and be ready to reach orbit within 6 months. The prototype rocket is a beast, standing some 50 metres high, and was in the background as […]
Last week, it was reported that an inspection of the two satellites aboard an International Launch Services (ILS) rocket found that the satellites had not been correctly installed. Our source was from Russian news agency TASS, which claimed that one of the rocket’s satellites “was incorrectly attached” within the rocket’s fairing. It seems the reports […]