EnSilica, an ASIC and mixed signal chip maker, has announced a contract to develop a new chip to address the next generation of mass market satellite broadband user terminals. The contract has been awarded through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems Core Competitiveness programme, through the support of the UK Space […]
February 17th should see a launch of 51 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Launch time, subject to the usual weather risks, is set for 11.12am California time. There is a back-up opportunity in case of delay on February 18th at 10.58am (18.58pm UTC). The Falcon 9 rocket’s booster has flown eight […]
Vevo has shared viewership lift stats around Rihanna’s music videos following her Super Bowl performance on February 12th. On Super Bowl Sunday, the halftime performer’s overall catalogue on Vevo saw a 348 per cent lift in viewership (or 4x the average views) compared to the prior 10 Sundays. The following day, she still had a […]
Sky has announced that Rebecca Miller’s modern romantic comedy, She Came To Me, will air on Sky Cinema in the UK and Ireland. The news comes as the film opens the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. The movie stars BAFTA and Academy Award-winner Anne Hathaway, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Peter Dinklage, Academy Award-winner […]
IMG, a specialist in sports, events and media, has announced a multi-year partnership to manage and distribute Combate Global’s worldwide media rights, excluding the US. Combate Global is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, known for underscoring its fighters’ nationalities, and matching fighters from different countries against one another. This emphasis on […]
Viaplay has commissioned the eight-part Polish dramatic comedy ‘Stroke’, starring Jacek Poniedziałek (the major films ‘A Heart of Love’ and ‘The Reverse’) as a Warsaw bon vivant and popular TV host whose life is suddenly turned upside down. Created by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Paweł Demirski (‘Artysci’), ‘Stroke’ will premiere exclusively on Viaplay in 2023 […]
Channel 4 has announced Habitat as the new partner of Friday nights in on 4, in what is the furniture retailer’s first ever TV partnership. The multi-platform deal will feature a series of specially-created 10-second idents that run throughout Channel 4’s Friday night schedule from 8pm-midnight and will appear effective immediately for a year. The […]
Electric Entertainment, the LA-based production and distribution company, has expanded its production arm ramping up its capacity for 2023. The expansion includes the promotion of Mark Franco to Head of Production, who joined Electric Entertainment in 2004 on its maiden project “The Librarians,” as Visual FX Supervisor/Producer. In his new role, Mark will oversee Production […]
French public service broadcasters France Télévisions, M6 and TF1 have decided to close the Salto streaming service. After a number of delays, finally launching in October 2020, Salto currently claims some one million subscribers, who have signed up for an offer that “combines the best of French drama with iconic daily shows and exclusive all-new […]
Paramount Global disappointed Wall Street estimates on quarterly revenue as a slump in the advertising market hit CBS. TV advertising revenue fell 7 per cent in the three months to December, despite a lift from political advertising on the back of US mid-term elections in November. Meanwhile, Paramount+ added a record 9.9 million subscribers, partly […]