Most leading airlines are now offering, or plan to offer, WiFi and broadband connectivity onto their aircraft. Intelsat, along with the world’s other major satellite operators, are already benefitting from supplying bandwidth to the likes of Gogo, Panasonic Aviation, Thales’ InFlyt, Global Eagle and others. Intelsat’s CEO Steve Spengler specifically addressed the demand for aircraft […]
The Euskaltel Group’s Board of Directors have unanimously appointed Xabier Iturbe Otaegi to the position of non-executive chairperson of the Group, as proposed by the Appointments and Remunerations Committee. He takes over from Alberto García Erauzkin, who has been in the role since 2011. Iturbe has held management positions in leading companies in both the […]
HBO has given the green light for a prequel series to the hit fantasy show Game of Thrones. Entitled House of the Dragon, the new series will be set some 300 years before events in the original show, which ended its eight-season in unspectacular fashion earlier this year. The announcement came hours after news surfaced […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT), the Nordic streaming company, and Norwegian TV operator RiksTV have agreed an extended long-term distribution deal that brings NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service and TV channels to more viewers in Norway. Starting this autumn, Viaplay will be available as part of RiksTV’s Strim streaming offering, which will also include NENT Group’s […]
Viaccess-Orca (VO) has announced the appointment of Guillaume Forbin as Chief Security Officer. Forbin will ensure that VO’s content protection solutions — including CAS, DRM, and secure video player — and associated services address current and future TV piracy threats. Under Forbin’s strategic vision, content owners and providers around the world will be able to […]
WWE hasannounced at a press conference at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh that the first-ever WWE women’s match in Saudi Arabia will take place on October 31st as part of Riyadh Season, which includes more than 100 events over a two-month span featuring world-class entertainment and sports properties. WWE Superstars Natalya and Lacey Evans […]
Intergalactic, a Sky original drama which imagines life off earth, has broken ground on filming. The emotionally-charged sci-fi series is produced by Moonage Pictures and Motion Content Group, in association with Tiger Aspect and bound for Sky One and TV Streaming service NOW TV in 2021. Savannah Steyn (The Tunnel, Wannabe) heads up a galaxy […]
Summoners War World Arena Championship 2019, held by mobile game company Com2uS and presented by Google Play, has ended successfully with its best performing finale ever. On October 26th the SWC 2019 World Finals took place in Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France. Filling the venue were 1,500 spectators from France and Europe ready […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has published its Q3 2019 financial results. The company said it “continues to deliver on its strategic direction, reporting seasonally robust operational development for the quarter”. eSports accounted for 1.52 billion SEK (€140 million) of the firm’s 4.02 billion SEK net sales for the three months ended September 30th. “The third […]
The C-Band Alliance (CBA) has moved decisively towards the FCC preferred release of 300 MHz of spectrum over the US. The CBA had previously insisted that it could only manage to clear 200 MHz (180 MHz + a 20 MHz ‘guard band’). The spectrum is being cleared to help the deployment of 5G cellular technology […]