A spin-off business from France’s national space agency (CNES) has raised €100 million in funding in order to launch a constellation of 25 ‘nano-satellites’ to serve the growing Internet of Things market. Kinéis was created last July with the support of CNES and CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites) and it aims to become a major player […]
On the heels of the release of Murder Mystery, Adam Sandler’s most popular Netflix film to date, the streaming service has extended its deal with the Hollywood actor and Happy Madison Productions to make four more exclusive films. Netflix has revealed that over two billion hours have been spent by its members watching Sandler’s movies […]
ViacomCBS has announced that George Cheeks has been appointed President and CEO of CBS Entertainment Group, effective March 23rd. He succeeds Joe Ianniello, Chairman and CEO of CBS, who will be leaving the US commercial broadcaster after 22 years. Ianniello will work with the Company to ensure a smooth transition. Cheeks joins ViacomCBS from NBCUniversal, […]
Sky Studios has signed a first-look script deal with a comedy and entertainment indie Ranga Bee. Founded by RTS-winner and BAFTA-nominated comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Emmy-winning exec producer and director Benjamin Green, Ranga Bee will work directly with Sky Studios to develop new projects for viewers across Europe and beyond. Co-developed projects will be Exec […]
BT has hired over 900 apprentices and graduates over the past 12 months and has revealed it will hire a further 700+ for its September 2020 intake. BT has committed to creating many more digital roles in 2020 and is offering a range of apprenticeships which will develop into the cyber security experts, software developers, […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has extended its content partnership with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) in a multi-year deal. Viewers of NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service and Viasat pay-TV channels will remain the first in the Nordic region to see the latest films and series from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), while […]
Maxar Technologies has won the contract to build Intelsat’s next satellite I-40e, one of its next-generation craft and set to be launched in 2020. The satellite will also carry an important NASA payload (‘Tempo’) which will monitor pollution in the troposphere. “When it’s launched, Intelsat 40e will be the newest addition to our next-generation Intelsat […]
Henrik Clausen has been named CEO of Danish telco TDC. Clausen comes with extensive experience from the telecommunications industry. From 2005 to 2010, he was CEO of Telenor’s Danish business. From 2010 to 2014, he was chief executive of the listed Malaysian company DiGi and from 2014 to 2016 he was director of strategy and […]
Northrop Grumman’s ‘Mission Extension Vehicle’ the robotic MEV-1 has arrived on station. Launched in October 2019 it is now resting, in orbit, a few hundred kilometres away from its target satellite to be rescued, the 18-years-old Intelsat’s I-901 which is running out of fuel. MEV-1’s task is to rescue the Intelsat craft, and extend the […]
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced that it is providing Ku-band capacity from its AMOS-17 communication satellite to PanAccess, a German broadcast services company, for broadcasting to Nigeria. PanAccess’ growing broadcast bouquet, originating in Germany, consists of dozens of channels and is broadcast free-to-air from the satellite located at the 17°E orbital […]