African pay-TV giant MultiChoice is creating an Innovation Fund with the intention of investing in small businesses within the video entertainment and technology areas. MultiChoice says that this fund is a further development of its existing Enterprise Development Trust (EDT) and will “address the gender gap and youth unemployment, as well as ensuring increased and […]
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin (LM), disclosing the numbers in a filing to the USA’s Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), said that it has lost millions of dollars in building three communications satellites. LM said that the three satellites, including Japan’s JCSAT-17 launched earlier this week on an Arianespace rocket, represented cumulative losses of about $410 […]
Despite the continuing challenges being faced by Intelsat, one analyst says he senses a “more optimistic tone” from the company. Giles Thorne, an analyst at investment bank Jefferies, said that Intelsat is guiding overall revenues for this full year at $1.93-$1.98 billion which would represent a 5 per cent fall over 2019. The segment showing […]
Torchwood, the Bafta award-winning sci-fi series created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman, has returned to the BBC iPlayer. Its first season broke viewing records on BBC Three when it debuted back in 2006. Now all 4 season are available on the streaming platform, giving fans the chance to re-visit the Doctor Who […]
Global advertising technology player The Trade Desk has announced the appointment of Patrick Morrell as Director of Strategic Publisher and TV Development. He is based in the London office and reports to Dave Castell, General Manager Inventory EMEA at The Trade Desk. Morrell joins The Trade Desk following eight years at Channel 4, where, as […]
According to research from Strategy Analytics, global 5G smartphone shipments will reach 199 million units in 2020. Disruption caused by the coronavirus scare and global economic slowdown will put a cap on 5G smartphone sales this year. Ken Hyers, Director at Strategy Analytics, said: “Global 5G smartphone shipments will grow more than tenfold from 19 […]
BBC One’s consumer rights brand, Watchdog, is to be given a year-round presence on The One Show – the channel’s flagship live, nightly magazine show. Matt Allwright and Nikki Fox will continue to be the faces of Watchdog and will investigate and expose the companies, institutions and fraudsters who are accused of ripping viewers off. […]
Aerospace giant Airbus Defence & Space is to lose jobs in the UK at its Stevenage satellite-building division. Germany is bearing the brunt of the overall 2,362 job losses, with nearly 830 positions cut. In Spain 630 jobs are going and in France 400 workers are being cut. Some 350 jobs will go in the […]
Cairo-based satellite operator is proposing to pay shareholders a dividend of 50 cents per share held for the year ending December 31st. The proposal will be referred to the ordinary general meeting (OGM), scheduled to be held on March 14th, for approval, the company said in a statement to the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) on […]
DVEO, a TV/OTT equipment supplier, has announced their partnership with Bridge Technologies, a creator of monitoring and analytics products for digital media service delivery in production, cable, broadcast, terrestrial, telecoms and OTT applications, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Bridge Technologies products have been utilised in a large number of networks worldwide. It was founded by a […]