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French Riviera Film Festival partners with Sparq for 2022 hybrid event

The fourth annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) that celebrates short film and short-form content will once again be held live and in person on the Riviera, during the time period of the Festival de Cannes, the announcement was made today by FRFF founders Nicole Muj and Gotham Chandna. FRFF 2022 will be held at the Eden Hotel and […]

January 6, 2022

Pixellot captures THE Spring Games College Softball Tournament with FloSport

Pixellot, a provider of AI-Automated sports video and analytics solutions, and FloSports, a sports streaming service, are stepping up to the plate for THE Spring Games, the world’s largest collegiate softball event company. When the first pitch is thrown in February 2022, Pixellot systems will be installed at a minimum of 10 fields, giving fans […]

January 6, 2022

BuzzShow Network adds ODMedia channels

BuzzShow Network has announced the integration of two ODMedia channels on the BuzzShow platform. BuzzShow Network welcomes ODMedia’s popular Expoza Travel channel on its platform, which showcases exciting travel adventures from all over the world. Expoza Travel is followed by over 235k travel enthusiasts on YouTube and more than 12.5 million hours have been watched […]

January 6, 2022

Bank: “Eutelsat in the balance”

Paris-based Eutelsat is in a period of significant change. Rodolphe Belmer has left and the satellite operator has appointed Eva Berneke to run the business. There’s also the small matter of a recent bid from Patrick Drahi to take a controlling stake in the business. All this has helped propel investment bank Berenberg to take […]

January 5, 2022

Data: Record year for UK home entertainment

Figures released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) spotlight the renaissance of UK Home Entertainment, as its value rose to £3.7 billion (€3.1bn) in 2021. Based on data from the Official Charts Company, Futuresource Consulting, Omdia, and Kantar, this demonstrates 13.3 per cent growth Year on Year (YoY), finishing 2021 on a high […]

January 5, 2022

France: Media regulator Arcom launches  

Born out of a merger between TV regulatory body the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) and online anti-piracy authority Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur internet (Hadopi), the new French media regulator Arcom came into being on January 1st. The new watchdog is overseen by Roch-Olivier Maistre, former […]

January 5, 2022From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

United Group’s Solak acquires Southampton FC

Dragan Solak, Serbian billionaire and founder of cable-TV operator United Group, has acquired a controlling stake in Southampton FC – the Premier League football club that currently sits 14th in the table. Southampton have confirmed the deal which sees Sport Republic, a London-based investment firm in the sports and entertainment industry, take an 80 per […]

January 5, 2022

Sony “well-positioned as creative entertainment company”

Sony’s Chairman & CEO Kenichiro Yoshida opened the company’s Press Conference at CES in Las Vegas on January 4th by stressing Sony’s continuing thrust to get ever-closer to people and “fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology”. He touched on Sony’s work with artists such as Adele on her latest […]

January 5, 2022By Chris Forrester

Telkom challenges ICASA spectrum auction

South Africa’s Telkom has thrown the regulator ICASA’s planned spectrum auction into considerable confusion. Telkom has filed a formal objection with the country’s high court over ICASA’s planned auction saying that it is not satisfied with the way ICASA is managing the process. The auction was due to open in March. According to the filing, […]

January 5, 2022By Chris Forrester

India: Starlink must refund deposits

Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband by satellite service is to return deposits paid by would-be subscribers in India. The satellite operator has been directed by India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) to refund these pre-order deposits until such time as the company is permitted to operate in India. At the moment, while it has applied for an […]

January 5, 2022By Chris Forrester