Liberty Global’s investment arm is working with Hemisphere Media Group on a bid for Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications, according to Bloomberg. “This is a small investment that Liberty Global Ventures is exploring,” commented Liberty Global spokesman Matt Beake. Univision rejected a takeover offer in 2017 from Discovery that had valued the company at more […]
A new NBC Sky World News channel will go live this summer across global TV networks, as well as on the Peacock streaming service. The channel will mark Comcast’s first effort to unite its brands since its $30 billion acquisition of Sky in 2018. Andy Lack, chairman of NBC News, told the FT that the […]
Despite the continued competitive onslaught from tech firms and over-the-top (OTT) providers, telco communication and data services will still command 50 per cent of the overall digital consumer services industry by 2023, according to data, research and consulting business Ovum’s Consumer Digital Revenue Opportunity Model. However, the telcos’ share is in steep decline, with a […]
UTECA, the private TV Association in Spain, has urged the Administration to approve a new law to impose the same TV obligations on OTT services to put an end to a discriminatory situation. Under the new legislation to be approved by the Government, OTT players like Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Sky, DAZN or Filmin, among […]
Spain’s largest telco operator, Movistar, is finalising an agreement with Disney to integrate Disney+ into its offer when the streaming service goes live in the country on March 24th. Movistar has informed the regulatory body CNMC about the integration negotiations with the service following the same strategy as it did with Netflix. Other operators in […]
Hallmark’s television CEO Bill Abbott is leaving the company weeks after the Hallmark Channel suffered a withering backlash when it pulled commercials that featured a same-sex wedding. Abbott had been chief of Crown Media for 11 years. In December, after pressure from a conservative group, the Hallmark Channel removed four commercials that showed brides kissing […]
The EU Commission, via the European Investment Bank, is making a €100 million investment into Arianespace. The funding is good for 10 years and the cash is designed to help Europe maintain its strong place in supplying launch facilities to commercial, government and scientific missions. Repayment is tied into the anticipated commercial success of Arianespace’s […]
The PGA Tour has announced an expansive agreement with Facebook to distribute daily highlight packages globally on Facebook Watch in 2020 starting at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open. The PGA Tour will publish daily round recaps and player-specific highlights from more than 30 events, including The Players Championship and FedExCup Playoffs. These expanded highlights will […]
US pay-TV operator DirecTV, now part of AT&T, has a potentially catastrophic problem with its Spaceway-1 satellite. The broadcaster has told the FCC that the satellite has a major battery thermal problem with its on-board satellite. The filing was made on January 19th with the satellite’s manufacturer Boeing saying that the batteries damaged cells cannot […]
Amazon has announced three new Italian Amazon Original shows at its Prime Video Presents Italy showcase event, hosted at Hotel de la Ville in Rome by Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke, Head of International Originals, James Farrell, Director of European Amazon Originals Georgia Brown and Head of Unscripted Originals series in Italy, Nicole Morganti. […]