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SES H1: Video revenue decline continues

SES highlighted its “improving trajectory” of Video revenues for the six months to June 30th which were 3.9 per cent down y-o-y at €526 million. SES’s argument is that last year, its lost revenue position for H1 trading was at -8 per cent down. Its Networks division’s underlying revenue of €349 million was flat compared […]

August 4, 2021By Chris Forrester

Intelsat Q2: Media revenue down

Intelsat’s Q2 numbers saw revenues for the quarter-year to June 30th at $507.86 million (€428m), up 5.4 per cent over last year’s $482.03 million same period. Intelsat is trading as a ‘debtor in possession’ (DIP) while it moves through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reconstruction. Intelsat’s Media division revenue was $184.2 million (or 36 per cent […]

August 4, 2021By Chris Forrester

Sky names winners of Sky Zero Footprint Fund

Sky has announced the five winners of its Sky Zero Footprint Fund, a £2 million advertising fund set-up to accelerate and amplify business initiatives which are driving positive behavioural change for a more sustainable world. Sky said that each of five winning brands each displayed both the desire and creative capacity to inspire change, along […]

August 3, 2021

Telstra opens London broadcast centre

Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS) is expanding on its investments in the dynamic European market with the opening of the new Telstra UK Broadcast Operations Centre (BOC), situated in London’s Docklands. Located in Telstra’s London Hosting Centre, the BOC will host a Master Control Room, office space, and lab/workshop area designed to facilitate tests and builds. […]

August 2, 2021

Sky hits 100% renewable electricity target

Sky has announced that it has met its target to source 100 per cent renewable electricity across its entire business, as it continues towards its ambition to be net zero carbon by 2030. Sky’s offices, retail stores and journalism hubs across the world are now powered by renewable electricity which has in turn contributed to […]

July 30, 2021

Virgin Media O2 online tool maps iconic TV locations

Virgin Media O2 is launching an interactive online map revealing the iconic locations featured in many of the UK’s most popular TV shows. The new online tool, TV Mapper, allows users to search by show, genre or region; plan the ultimate fan route; and follow in the footsteps of their favourite characters, virtually or in […]

July 29, 2021

Nielsen unveils cookieless approach

Nielsen announced its approach to eliminate its reliance on digital identifiers and ensure that advertisers and publishers can continue to measure confidently in a privacy-first media environment. Third-party cookie deprecation is fundamentally changing the advertising ecosystem. Combined with the deterioration of other digital identifiers, there’s greater emphasis on first party data, which provides a good […]

July 28, 2021

Samba TV launches Real-time TV Viewership Dashboard

Samba TV, a global player in omniscreen advertising and analytics, has announced the launch of its global Real-time TV Viewership Dashboard, an interactive TV analytics dashboard featuring geographic and demographic analysis of viewership in real-time across the world, starting with four of the largest media markets: the US, UK, Germany and Australia. “The Olympics this […]

July 23, 2021

Sky, NBCUniversal launch Co-Lab

NBCUniversal and Sky unveiled Co-Lab with NBCUniversal + Sky, a new global consultancy and research arm centred around culture. Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sky sit at the intersection of media and technology. Now, the company is evolving its relationship with marketers around the world, collaborating at the earliest stages of the investment process and expanding its […]

July 21, 2021

Spectrum Reach transitioning to Comscore

Comscore, a partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, and Spectrum Reach, the advertising sales business of Charter Communications, have announced Spectrum Reach is transitioning to the use of Comscore as its preferred source for US local audience measurement currency, beginning in its Southeast region. “The industry is ripe to move past traditional […]

July 21, 2021