BBC Radio 4 will air a major new series, fronted by Stanley Tucci, which explores the story of modern California by profiling some of its most influential citizens from the last 100 years. The Californian Century, which begins on Monday 24 February, will see actor-director Tucci assuming the role of a cynical, hard-nosed screenwriter to […]
Online viewing is gaining ground on traditional broadcast TV, according to research conducted by content delivery network specialist CenturyLink and Streaming Video Alliance. Over 80 per cent of consumers are streaming more video than three years ago and nearly half (45 per cent) of respondents define TV as being delivered
Liam Keelan, a former BBC executive, is set to join The Walt Disney Company as VP of original productions, television for Europe & Africa. Keelan will take up the London-based role, reporting to Diego Londono, EVP media networks and content, on March 2nd. Keelan will lead a team developing productions for Fox, Disney Channel and […]
UK phone, broadband and pay-TV customers must be warned when their current contract is ending, and what they could save by signing up to a new deal, under sector regulator Ofcom rules coming into force tomorrow (February 15th). Around 20 million customers are already out of contract – including 8.8 million broadband customers – and […]
Spain’s 5G auction to award licences to operators has been postponed until May as a result of delays in the formation of the country’s new Government. The auction was initially expected to take place in the first quarter of the year. Announcement of the delay, made by Minister of Economy Nadia Calviño, has raised concern […]
Warner is the third largest commissioner of new titles among US cable groups, behind only Discovery and Viacom CBS, and second in the US scripted space, according to a report by Ampere Analysis. But Warner is making significant strategic adjustments ahead of the launch of HBO Max this May, diverting resources from its cable networks […]
Liberty Global has reported its full year 2019 and Q4 2019 financial results. FY and Q4 revenue decreased 0.6 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. Q4 residential cable revenue decreased 0.9 per cent YoY to $1.9 billion. CEO Mike Fries stated: “2019 was a transformational year on many fronts. In July, we sold our […]
Paris-based Eutelsat has not enjoyed the best press comments this past few weeks with one investment bank downgrading its view on the satellite operator’s prospects. As if to counter that negativity Eutelsat delivered a robust response, stressing that that it is achieving “industry leading” level of profitability with an EBITDA margin of 78 per cent, […]
Caroline Dinenage MP and Nigel Huddleston MP have joined the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in junior ministerial roles as Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues his reshuffle of government. Dinenage becomes Minister of State, with Huddleston MP appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State. The changes see Nigel Adams MP, formerly Minister […]
The global smart speaker market reached a new high in 2019 with sales of 146.9 million units, an increase of 70 per cent on 2018, according to research from Strategy Analytics. Amazon remained the leading brand with a share of 26.2 per cent, down from 33.7 per cent in 2018. Google retained second place with […]