Vivendi issued a statement on August 26th saying that following the decision by the Mediaset Board of Directors to refuse to allow it to vote at its latest Shareholders’ Meeting on April 18th 2019. Vivendi said “it has filed a request with the Court of Milan to issue an urgent order aimed at preserving its […]
French President Emmanuel Macron told the G7 summit that a deal has been reached for companies liable for the country’s new tax on digital sales, while work at the OECD continues to find an international consensus on new tax rules. France will commit to pay a rebate if the amount due based on future rules […]
The space agencies of India and France have signed an agreement to develop a constellation of broadband satellites. The constellation will carry telecommunications, radar, and optical remote-sensing instruments, which are supposed to be the world’s first space-based system that can track ships continuously. The agreement was signed by France’s CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and […]
Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, has reignited the row over who should fund free TV licences for the over-75s, urging the BBC to “cough up”. The PM has signalled that his government will not reverse policy by stepping in to subsidise the benefit, despite the Conservatives’ promise in the 2017 manifesto that it would […]
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) general counsel Stephen Fabrizio has been fired after being arrested on charges of blackmail and sexual abuse, according to multiple reports. MPAA confirmed to B&C that Fabrizio was out. “This is to inform you that Steve Fabrizio’s employment with the MPAA has ended for violating certain terms of employment,” […]
Synamedia has boosted its senior team with the appointment of Scott Kewley as VP Advanced Advertising and Data Products. Kewley will lead Synamedia’s addressable advertising and data monetisation business, building on the firm’s heritage as an industry pioneer through its collaboration with Sky on the development of the AdSmart personalised ad targeting platform. Kewley joins […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, is expanding its partnership with Eutelsat Communications to create a new HOTBIRD platform in order to satisfy the growing move from SD to HD in the market. Samuel Lemercier, Strategic Projects Director, said: “We’ve seen increasing demand for capacity across Europe from west to east as the migration […]
La Liga Norteamerica, La Liga’s subsidiary, and Relevent, the US entertainment giant, have signed an agreement with ThinkFoodGrup, owned by the well-known chef Jose Andres, to set up a new La Liga headquarters in New York. The new office will be located Mercado Little Spain – a Spanish gastronomic space in the city. With the […]
Over the Bank Holiday weekend, Netflix confirmed long circulated rumours that it will indeed be launching a movie to serve as a follow-up to the celebrated Breaking Bad TV series – and it will be landing on the streaming platform very soon. The movie, entitled El Camino (which is the Chevrolet model that lead character […]
The Zimbabwe economic crisis looks like claiming a major victim. African telco giant Econet Wireless is putting its Econet Media broadcasting and news unit up for sale. One of the outlets is Kwese TV. Earlier in August the company said it would be closed because the shortage of foreign ‘hard’ currency in Zimbabwe. Ernst & […]