ViacomCBS has unveiled a management restructure of its international networks division, which is intended to leverage the company’s expanded operations post-merger to drive new growth opportunities across brands in key international markets. The reorganization will simplify ViacomCBS Networks International into two brand groups and three pan-regional management hubs, reporting to David Lynn, President, CEO of […]
Nigeria’s Communications Commission says the overall sum to be invested into the nation’s broadband infrastructure will top Naira 265 billion (about €65.7 billion). The Commission will put N65 billion into 6 private companies under public/private partnership deals, said Umar Danbatta, the CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission. The aim is to boost connectivity for the […]
In its latest analysis of satellite manufacturing and launch services, Euroconsult projects that the satellite market will experience a radical transformation in the quantity, value and mass of the satellites to be built and launched with a four-fold increase in the number of satellites at a yearly average of 990 satellites to be launched,
ESPN+, the direct-to-consumer sports streaming service, will expand the number of live sports events that are available with the option of Spanish-language commentary, adding dozens more events every month starting this Janaury. The growth in Spanish-language commentary will initially be focused on several sports, in particular the lineup of soccer (including the newly-acquired Spanish Copa […]
India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its commercial arm, Antrix, have had a tough few years with legal actions, and allegations of fraud and malpractice which resulted in criminal convictions for some key individuals. Those problems seem now to be in the past. ISRO saw overall revenues last year (financial year 2018-2019) of some $255 […]
Tech4home, a provider of innovative wireless remote control solutions for the home environment, has launched the first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) voice remote control solutions for RDK and Metrological enabled set-top boxes. Operators opting for the RDK platform will now be able to choose from Tech4home’s wide range of remote control units and benefit from […]
PwC has completed an audit of Finecast’s delivery and reporting of omnichannel addressable TV campaigns in the UK. WPP’s GroupM launched Finecast in the UK in September 2017 to deliver precision and accountability to advanced television, helping marketers to continue reaching high-value TV audiences as viewing behaviours rapidly evolve. Finecast is the first addressable TV […]
Greavsie, the tale of the rise, fall and re-birth of one of England’s greatest sporting icons, Jimmy Greaves, and the latest in the acclaimed BT Sport Films series, will premiere on BT Sport 2 on February 18th at 10.30pm, with additional broadcasts over the following week including February 22nd at 7.30pm on BT Sport 2. […]
StarzPlay, the SVoD service, has partnered with Finyal Media, the MENA Arabic production business specialised in podcast creation, to produce an Arabic podcast Series. The announcement follows StarzPlay’s increasing focus on Arabic content production on multiple digital mediums, having also announced its first original content series earlier this month. StarzPlay will collaborate with Finyal to […]
Hulu I. Japan — the business of the premium streaming service owned by HJ Holdings — in collaboration with local online video platform, PLAY, has selected NPAW (Nice People At Work) — the global video intelligence and analytics company helping online video services grow — to improve its platform performance and user engagement to drive […]