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SWISSto12’s NEASTAR-1 completes PDR

SWISSto12, the aerospace company and a manufacturer of advanced satellite systems and radio frequency products, together with Astrum Mobile, Asia Pacific’s only Satellite-to-Device (S2D) company, have announced a milestone in the development of the NEASTAR-1 geostationary satellite: the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). This marks a key step forward following the programme’s […]

September 15, 2025

CNBC expands audio footprint on TuneIn

CNBC, the business news network, has announced the expansion of its partnership with TuneIn, ​​a specialist in live audio​​, to ensure listeners around the world can stay connected to market-moving insights. Already available to US listeners, this extension ensures global investors and business professionals can tap into real-time market coverage, breaking news and exclusive interviews […]

September 15, 2025

NHK’s 8K doc wins IBC Innovation Award

A spectacular marine documentary, captured in 8K UHD by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, has won an IBC Innovation Award at the 2025 event. NHK’s Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth, which successfully filmed the world’s-first video images of a group of coelacanths and their behaviour indicative of reproduction using 8K HDR and 22.2 multichannel surround […]

September 15, 2025By Chris Forrester

HBO bags 30 Emmy awards

HBO and HBO Max received 30 Emmy awards across 12 original programmes at the 77th annual Emmy Awards which took place in Los Angeles on September 14th, hosted by Nate Bargatze. The Penguin was the biggest winner for HBO, with the DC Comics series – a spin-off of The Batman movie featuring Colin Farrell in […]

September 15, 2025By Nik Roseveare

TikTok’s Jordan joins Little Dot Studios

Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company), has appointed Erik Jordan as its new VP, Content Strategy, US. Based in Los Angeles and reporting to Ben Arnold, SVP, Commercial Operations, Jordan will lead and scale the Little Dot Studios US Content Strategy team. In this senior role, he will drive the creative vision for the agency […]

September 15, 2025

Paramount Skydance eyes WBD

Paramount Skydance is considering making a takeover offer for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), reports The WSJ. The news comes just weeks after Skydance closed its merger deal with Paramount valued at over $8 billion. Paramount, led by chairman and CEO David Ellison, is reportedly preparing a majority cash bid for WBD that would be backed […]

September 12, 2025

Data: Portugal sees slowest pay-TV growth in 19 years

Portugal experienced the slowest annual growth in pay-TV subscribers since 2006, adding only 40,000 new subscribers (+0.9 per cent) in the second quarter of 2025, reaching a total of 4.7 million. According to data published by the National Communications Authority (Anacom), fibre optic connections continue to dominate the market, accounting for 68.2 per cent of […]

September 12, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

SES unveils rebrand

The newly merged SES has unveiled new branding. Central to this rebranding, says the satellite operator, is the purpose statement: “Space to Make a Difference”, which it says highlights the company’s mission and the transformative impact it aims to achieve in the industry. Accompanying the launch is the new corporate tagline: Solve. Empower. Soar. “Through […]

September 12, 2025

BBC launches new radio stations on DAB+

The BBC has launched its first DAB+ music stations. The three new station extensions from Radio 1 and Radio 3 are the first to be added to the BBC’s music portfolio since 2002 – when the BBC launched 6 Music, 1Xtra and Asian Network. Radio 1 Anthems, Radio 1 Dance and Radio 3 Unwind launched […]

September 12, 2025

WBD, Nielsen sign measurement and analytics deal

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and Nielsen, the specialist in audience measurement, data and analytics, have signed a new, long-term, multi-year deal, effective immediately. The pact covers measurement for all WBD platforms across linear and streaming. As part of the new deal, WBD will expand its partnership with Nielsen, taking on new services in 2026 that […]

September 12, 2025