Advanced Television

Mexico: seeUplay launch football app with StreamAMG

Sports technology company seeUplay and OTT agency StreamAMG have announced a partnership to launch a new football streaming service. seeUplay PRO will offer fans in Mexico the opportunity to watch live Liga BBVA Mx Sub league matches that have not previously been available on any other platform, providing exposure to young players and strengthening the […]

June 18, 2021

Sunset+Vine, ICCTV deliver ICC World Test Championship

The UK independent TV sports production and media company, Sunset+Vine, will assist in providing host broadcast services in partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final 2021. India and New Zealand meet in a one-Test final at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton, England, starting June 18th. As the […]

June 18, 2021

ABC appoints Silver as General Counsel

ABC Managing Director David Anderson has announced the appointment of Ingrid Silver to the role of ABC General Counsel. SIlver joins the ABC with more than 25 years’ experience in the media and law, practised mainly in the UK and Europe. As a digital media, broadcast and communications transaction and regulatory expert, she has developed […]

June 18, 2021

Sky Original Life & Rhymes returns for a 2nd season on Sky Arts

BAFTA Award-winning spoken word series Life & Rhymes will return to Sky Arts, the UK’s only TV channel dedicated to arts and culture, later this year. The Sky Original series, hosted by acclaimed British writer and poet, Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, sees some of the country’s leading spoken word performers and select members of the audience […]

June 18, 2021

Survey: Brexit drives out 250 broadcast licences

The MAVISE Database shows that many of global channels that were based in the UK have now been compelled to move to the continent to maintain their in-EU origin status. In all 250 broadcast licences have, of necessity, been ‘deported’ since Brexit. Broadcasters moving international ops away from the UK include: Discovery, Disney, NENT, NBC, […]

June 17, 2021

CNMC OKs MásMóvil, Euskaltel merger

Spain’s competition regulator the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has given its first phase approval to the merger between telcos and Euskaltel. The €2 billion transaction consists of the acquisition by MásMóvil Ibercom S.A.U. of exclusive control of Euskatel, S.A. through a public offer to acquire shares representing the entire capital […]

June 17, 2021By Colin Mann

UK Government responds to PSB report

The UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published the Government’s response to its report on The future of public service broadcasting. In its response, the Government said it welcomed publication of the Committee’s report and “wholeheartedly” agreed with the Committee’s assessment that the need for public service broadcasting remains as […]

June 17, 2021By Colin Mann

Italy: Smart TV viewing up 39%

An estimated 22 million Italians watched content on a Smart TV in the period from October 1st 2020 to May 21st 2021 – a 39 per cent rise on the same period in 2019-2020. According to figures from the Studio Frasi Observatory, the overall audience dropped by 2.2 per cent, from 11.6 million to 11.3 […]

June 17, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

SES seeks Summary Judgement against Intelsat

An 80-page document from SES, filed on June 16th with Intelsat’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy court, lays out in historical detail why it wants the court to heavily penalise Intelsat for its alleged “wilful and intentional breaching of its fiduciary duties”. SES is asking the bankruptcy court to issue a Summary Judgement in favour of SES […]

June 17, 2021

Study: Illegal streaming widespread in Sweden

Mediavision’s latest study on piracy in the Nordics concludes that illegal streaming and downloading of films and TV series is widespread in the region. There are around 3 million who watch pirate TV content in the Nordics and most of them are Swedish. Sweden is not only the biggest country in the region, but also […]

June 17, 2021