UK local TV licensee That’s Media Group has expressed interest in setting up a national TV channel on the Isle of Man. The announcement was made by Kent Walwin, Owner and Director of that’s Media Group, during the Celtic Media Festival at a panel – The Rock that Rocks – about building a new broadcast […]
Dee Forbes, Director General of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the national public service broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland, has delivered a strong defence of public service broadcasting, in particular those broadcasters whose roles include safeguarding national tongues and identities. Delivering a Keynote Speech at the Celtic Media Festival in Douglas, the Isle of Man, […]
Netflix has raised its senior notes offering to €1.3 billion, upsizing the debt offering from a previously announced €1 billion. The streaming giant is offering the notes to investors outside of the US and said that it expects the sale to close on May 2nd. The notes will mature on May 15th 2027, unless earlier […]
The top TV moments from shows most valued by licence fee payers have been revealed by TV Licensing, the collection of companies contracted by the BBC to administer the collection of television licence fees and enforcement of the television licensing system. Dancing bears from Planet Earth II topped the list of memorable TV moments Twitter […]
Netflix has announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other considerations, €1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes through an offering outside the United States to non-US persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the […]
Multi-channel broadcaster UKTV has reported a record year for revenue, profit and viewership, with results for the year ending December 31st 2016 showing EBITDA growth of 11.3 per cent to £91.3 million (€108.9m), and revenue growth of 8 per cent to £344.8 million. “UKTV is delivering well against its strategy, with record profit, revenue, and […]
HBO and Sky have developed reputations as homes for the most highly-acclaimed television series. They have now joined forces to oversee a development slate of world class drama series. The focus of the arrangement will be on high end productions that feature engaging stories with international points of view and casting. A panel of executives […]
MIPTV in Cannes was the scene of the launch of Atrium TV, a new business specifically established to create premium, high profile drama content for delivery by regional OTT players and telcos. Positioning itself as a ‘commissioning club, Atrium TV is the brainchild of some of the biggest names in the media business: Sir Howard […]
Banking group Barclays has launched a £100 million (€116m) fund to provide UK TV production companies improved access to finance and enhance their ability to compete internationally. The fund, the first of its kind from a major UK bank, has been established with new financing products that have been designed to meet the evolving needs […]
Public radio and television broadcasters are nervous of their future after the administration proposed a drastic cutback with the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The potential elimination of about $445 million in annual funding, which helps local TV and radio stations subscribe to NPR and Public Broadcasting Service programming, could be devastating for […]