The Mediapro studio, through Mediapro Argentina, and América TV, which belongs to Grupo América – a media company conglomerate in Argentina – have announced a partnership agreement to develop, produce and commercialise original content. The agreement between the two companies is for a three-year term and establishes the development of three TV series for distribution […]
3Lettronica Industriale and Prima TV have teamed up to jointly manage a network of nearly 1,000 DTT transmitters in Italy. The two partners will offer interested broadcasters the possibility of transmitting their TV channels in the new DVB-T2 standard. Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development has already given its approval and assigned to the consortium one […]
BritBox, the SVoD service created by UK PSBs the BBC and ITV, has agreed distribution deals bringing the service to Samsung TVs, Freeview Play and YouView, reaching millions of homes across the UK. A partnership has been confirmed with Samsung, which will see the BritBox app hosted on Samsung Tizen TVs from launch onwards. “We […]
An extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of Italian broadcaster Mediaset has approved the merger with Mediaset España into holding company MediaForEurope (MFE). The transaction should be approved today, September 5th, by shareholders of Mediaset España. All the Mediaset and Mediaset España shares will be cancelled and the shareholders will receive MFE ordinary shares. Netherlands-based MFE will bring […]
In support of the Malaysian Government’s National Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan to drive higher adoption of broadband nationwide, two of the country’s leading brands, Astro and Maxis, have announced a strategic marketing partnership between both parties to offer bundled broadband with content. Astro will be launching new bundles of 30 Mbps and 100 Mbps broadband […]
Following the confirmation in late February 2019 that they were in the concluding phase of talks to establish a strategic partnership, ITV and the BBC have now signed an agreement to launch BritBox in the UK in the fourth quarter of this year, describing it as “a bold, new step” as they seek to work […]
BBC Studios, the Corporation’s commercial subsidiary, and multichannel programmer Discovery have confirmed the close of the UKTV transaction, announced on April 1st, 2019. Discovery formally takes over control of lifestyle channels Really, Home and Good Food and BBC Studios takes over entertainment channels Alibi, Dave, Drama, Eden, Gold, W and Yesterday, the UKTV brand, as […]
Turkish Aerospace and Argentina’s INVAP have formed a strategic alliance to develop a new geostationary satellite. INVAP is a well-regarded business with some 1300 staff. IT was the first company in Latin America to achieve certification from NASA. It constructs satellite payloads and ground stations. The pair’s statement said that INVAP has been working to […]
Iliad has entered into a series of agreements with Cellnex to form a strategic partnership with respect to the Group’s passive mobile telecom infrastructure in France and Italy. In France, Iliad has entered into exclusive negotiations for the sale of 70 per cent of the company that manages its mobile telecom infrastructure equivalent to 5,700 […]
Barco and IMAX, already long-term partners in beaming laser projection giant screen cinema experiences, have announced the expansion of their international partnership to continue providing audiences with the next level of what they describe as “awe-inspiring, immersive cinematic experiences”. The two companies collaborated to launch IMAX’s new ground-breaking laser experience for commercial multiplexes, IMAX with […]