United Media, part of United Group – the Southeastern European telco – has received unconditional approval from the European Commission for the acquisition of a 50 per cent equity stake in Alpha TV, a FTA TV station in Greece, from Primos Media. The remaining 50 per cent of Alpha TV is owned by Motor Oil […]
AST SpaceMobile will pay around $550 million (€474.9m) to Ligado for its L-band spectrum over North America. The news was confirmed late on June 13th. The payment will allow Ligado itself to pay the $535 million it owes to Viasat/Inmarsat. The Viasat payment will then see the end of its objections it has over Ligado’s Chapter […]
Amazon Ads and Roku have announced a new integration that gives advertisers access to what they claim is the largest authenticated CTV footprint in the US, exclusively through Amazon DSP. The new collaboration delivers logged-in reach to an estimated 80 million Connected TV (CTV) households, representing more than 80 per cent of US CTV households […]
Netflix has announced that it is expanding its global programmatic offering for its advertising business by partnering with Yahoo DSP. This will enable clients to buy Netflix advertising through Yahoo programmatically, and will be available later this year in all 12 of the streaming service’s ad-supported countries. “Integrating Yahoo DSP is all about driving performance […]
The 2025 Spring General Assembly of the FTTH Council Europe brought together industry leaders and stakeholders from its pan-European membership to set strategic priorities and renew the organisation’s leadership. The General Assembly resulted in the composition of a new Board of Directors, including a new President, and the election of new Committee Chairs. The newly […]
Zen Internet, the independent internet service provider, has entered into a strategic agreement with ITS, the UK’s largest pure-business full fibre network operator. The collaboration sees Zen leveraging ITS’s full fibre footprint to offer business-grade connectivity in new geographies further enhancing Zen’s footprint, providing access to a broader range of business-grade connectivity solutions. The agreement […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) is expected to ask its 23 member governments to fund a new constellation of high-resolution satellites and budgeted at some €1.5 billion. This sum is over and above the normal budget requests which will be discussed at the upcoming November 26th-27th meeting between Ministers and ESA, and where ESA’s budget […]
El Reino Infantil – The Children’s Kingdom, a multi-channel network for children’s content in Spanish with a YouTube subscriber count of over 260 million, has announced a strategic partnership with HappyKids, a digital content platform renowned for children. Viewers can can now access a curated selection of El Reino Infantil – The Children’s Kingdom’s content […]
Royal Ascot, taking place from June 17th to 21st, will be broadcast in over 180 territories through 30 broadcasters, ensuring the event reaches audiences across every corner of the globe. A jewel in the crown of international horse racing, it continues to attract significant broadcaster interest, with HBA Media delivering widespread coverage on behalf of […]
Avid has announced an extended agreement with Amazon MGM Studios to integrate Avid’s creative tools, Media Composer and Avid NEXIS, on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The new integration enables the studio’s customers to deploy Avid’s editing and storage solutions via the cloud to fit their specific production needs. The collaboration is part of Amazon MGM […]