Discovery has announced the appointment of Mike Rich as Head of Sports Marketing Solutions, with particular oversight of Eurosport advertising sales. In this newly created role, Rich will lead Eurosport’s commercial sales organisation and help execute a strategy that leverages Discovery’s premium sports portfolio, to create unique solutions for marketers and advertisers around the world. […]
Airlines that have successfully installed connected cabins have an immediate opportunity to win $33 billion (€29.88bn) in market share from competitors. That is the conclusion of new economic modelling from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in association with global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat. The report, Sky High Economics – Chapter […]
The BBC is making thousands of memorable clips from its archive available to watch on a new website. More than 1,700 newly published videos are being made available for viewers to watch and enjoy, many of which help paint a rich social history of Britain in the television era. The new Archive site will help […]
LeoSat wants to place between 78-108 satellites into Low Earth orbit at 1400 kms and use laser beams to move huge quantities of data extremely quickly around the globe. It has secured initial modest investment from Hispasat and Japan’s Sky Perfect/JSAT. It says it has booked $2 billion of advance orders. However, it reportedly is […]
Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has signed a strategic deal with UK’s public service broadcaster, Channel 4 for managing media processing and centralised content operations using its product, CLEAR Media ERP. PFT will manage the following for Channel 4: – Media processing activities including ingest, content re-mediation, media management, content aggregation, quality assurance and processing functions […]
The answer to the question is: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), stupid! Which technically is correct except to say that the FCC tries to act according to a set of rules, key to which is its ‘priority’ system. The rules are straightforward enough. If a satellite operator gets its craft to a position where it […]
Dominik Müller, the present Head of Network, IT & Operations at Swisscom Broadcast, is to take over as CEO following the retirement of Jean-Paul de Weck, who has been at the helm of Swisscom Broadcast for twelve years. Müller will commence his new role on November 15th. Müller has been part of Swisscom Broadcast for […]
Ad-funded streaming platform Pluto TV Europe, has announced the launches of Comedy Central Pluto TV and Comedy Central – Made in Germany as new destinations featuring classic comedy series, stand-up shows and adult-oriented animation. Comedy Central Pluto TV highlights some of the best of Comedy Central’s library of iconic international and local German series while Comedy Central […]
In Flight Entertainment and connectivity operator Gogo has signed a contract with Shenzhen-based APT’s Apstar-6D for coverage over China and the Asia-Pacific region. Gogo is partnering with APT’s Mobile Satcom division to provide inflight connectivity (IFC) service for Chinese airlines with Gogo’s 2Ku connectivity solution. Apstar-6D will be launched later this year. Gogo says it […]
The National Basketball Association (NBA), the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a national free-to-air broadcaster in Australia, have announced a multiyear partnership to broadcast live NBA and WNBA games to a nationwide audience. Beginning with the 2019-20 NBA season, SBS will broadcast two live, regular-season NBA games per week […]