Mark Thompson, President/CEO New York Times, has suggested that the BBC, where he was Director General between 2004 and 2012, has suffered at the hands of British policy makers over the last decade or so, limiting its potential to bring British talent and British ideas to the world’s audiences, calling for a fundamental change in […]
Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera says its investigative TV programme What Lies Beneath has revealed that TV piracy organisation beoutQ is operating from Saudi Arabia. Al Jazeera claims that two Saudi-based organisations were the alleged source of the piracy operation. The two service providers alleged to be involved were Selevision and Shammas. Selevision is usually a […]
Cloud services for video provider Brightcove has published the Q2 Brightcove Global Video Index, a report that analyses hundreds of millions of recent data points to provide insights into how viewers are watching video content, which devices they are using, and what types of content they are consuming across these various devices. Mobile consumption surges […]
French PSB groups France Télévisions, Radio France, France Medias Monde and INA are set to be overseen by a newly-created holding group, France Médias. Arte France and TV5 Monde, which are owned by international shareholders, won’t be included, but will “participate in the new dynamics”. Youth and family channel France 4, as well as overseas […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has set out a range of measures to help ensure out-of-contract broadband customers pay fairer prices, and providers offer better protection to vulnerable customers. It has been concerned about some broadband customers who pay high prices when their introductory offer has ended, meaning they are ‘out of contract’. Many of these […]
FCC chairman Ajit Pai is optimistic that there will be “results to show” this autumn on the issue of the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) plan to auction some of its spectrum over the US for 5G repurposing. Pai was addressing delegates at America’s Spectrum Management Conference in Washington DC on September 24th. He said: ˜We’re also […]
Amazon Studios has signed an overall deal with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator and star of the Emmy Award-winning series, Fleabag. Waller-Bridge will create and produce new television content for Amazon Studios that will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories. Fleabag won six 2019 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, with […]
Euroconsult, an expert on space and satellite-based applications, has released its flagship research, which predicts the satellite communications market will grow to $19.4 billion (€17.6bn) by 2028. Following a decline that began in 2014, the research forecasts a return to revenue growth beginning in 2020, driven by demand for broadband applications, including rural connectivity, in-flight […]
A quarter of UK children aged seven to 17 are free to use their devices exactly how and when they want – totally free from any restrictions imposed by their mum and dad, according to new, independent research from CHILDWISE, a market research agency specialising in projects involving children and young people. Overall, most parents […]
Rupert Murdoch, in his position as Chairman of 21st Century Fox, ‘only’ received $42 million (€38.1m) in pay and bonus compensation last year, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing. This is down on the overall $49.2 million he received in 2018 (although better than the $29.3 million paid in 2017). Rupert’s compensation package […]