Time Warner’s Turner Animation president and COO Stu Snyder will leave his position at the end of the month. Snyder has overseen Cartoon Network and Time Warner’s animation division for six years. Snyder said: “It is with mixed emotions that I share with you the news that I will be leaving the company at the […]
Israel-based RRsat Global Communications is expanding its sports and live events coverage. It recently bought a London facilities house (JCA TV) in order to boost its European contacts, and RRsat’s CEO Avi Cohen, talking to analysts on his company’s earnings call, said that the JCA deal “positioned us in the heart of content creators in […]
Eutelsat Communicationshas announced that Satmex, a provider of fixed satellites services in the Americas, that joined the group in January this year has been renamed Eutelsat Americas. With headquarters in Mexico City and satellite control facilities in Hermosillo and Mexico City, Eutelsat Americas is a key platform for growth across the region. As part of […]
Telefonica is close to finalising a deal to buy Prisa’s controlling 56 per cent stake in pay-TV platform Canal Plus for around €800 million. Telefonica would become the largest pay-TV group in Spain with almost 2.3 million subscribers between Canal Plus (1.62 million) and Movistar TV (650,000). Telefonica would control a 78 per cent stake […]
UK free-to-air DTH satellite platform Freesat is to build on recent innovations such as its launch of a mobile companion app and the September 2012 launch of its <Free Time> smart EPG by launching on Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) sets. Addressing a Westminster Forum Keynote Seminar on the prospects for the UK television market, Emma […]
French construction and telecommunications group Bouygues, has offered €10.5 billion cash for Vivendi’s SFR unit, setting up a bidding war with billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice group and potentially creating a phone carrier to rival Orange. Bouygues said its offer, which includes assets at the Bouygues Telecom unit and is fully backed by financing from HSBC, […]
The BBC has confirmed plans, subject to the approval of the BBC Trust, to close BBC Three as a broadcast TV channel in autumn 2015. If the plans go ahead, BBC Three would then be reinvented as a new online service, and the freed-up spectrum would be used to extend CBBC by an hour a night […]
Verizon Digital Media Services has attempted to answer two key questions by undertaking a two-part research project about the entertainment habits of the millennial generation: What do millennials want when it comes to online viewing, and what should broadcasters know to improve their chances in this market? Among the findings: Millennials are extremely sensitive to […]
Portuguese telco Zon Optimus has decided to drop a lawsuit against the tender process to operate the fifth free-to-air DTT channel in Portugal. The court action was filed in 2009 against the decision of the Regulatory Authority for the Media (ERC) to reject all bids submitted on the tender. At the time, the ERC ruled […]
RTL Group has reported net profits up 45.7 per cent to €870 million for 2013. Europe’s largest broadcast network saw revenue drop 1.8 per cent to €5.89 billion as higher revenues from RTL Netherlands and RTL Germany were offset by lower revenue from FremantleMedia – its production arm which distributes talent shows including “Idol” and […]