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Deltatre acquires Endeavor Streaming

Deltatre, a provider of streaming, digital, data, and graphics solutions for the sports, media, and entertainment industries, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Endeavor Streaming from Endeavor Group Holdings. In bringing together these digital and OTT providers, Deltatre is joining its product suite – D3 VOLT, FORGE, AXIS, and DIVA, which delivers multi-functional […]

July 15, 2025

FCC approves Intelsat sale to SES

July 11th saw the clearest indication that the long wait for SES to receive its permissions to acquire rival Intelsat is coming to an end, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) giving its approval to the transfer “of the control of licenses from Intelsat to SES”. This, in effect, ends the FCC’s oversight of the […]

July 14, 2025By Chris Forrester

SES, Intelsat deal clears Federal permissions

The acquisition of Intelsat by SES has been cleared by Federal law enforcement officials. However, this clearance does not yet apply to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The clearance comes from Team Telecom – which comprises officials from the Departments of Defence, Justice and Homeland Security, plus other US agencies. The decision comes with some […]

July 10, 2025By Chris Forrester

Sport1 Medien sells Plazamedia to DMC Production

Sport1 Medien, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Highlight Communications AG, has successfully completed the sale of its subsidiary Plazamedia to DMC Production. As part of the transaction, DMC Production has acquired 100 per cent of the company’s shares. Plazamedia is a provider of content solutions for the sports and entertainment industry. The company delivers full-service offerings […]

July 10, 2025

MBS acquires SES’s media services in UK, Germany

MBS, a service integrator and managed gateway operator, has announced an agreement with SES to acquire a part of its media services in Germany and the UK. Rebranded as ‘full season’, the new business will offer content management, playout, IP, VoD Delivery and OTT distribution services, expanding the MBS value chain to further establish it […]

July 8, 2025

Telenor acquires GlobalConnect’s consumer business in Norway

Telenor has announced the acquisition of GlobalConnect’s consumer business in Norway in a transaction valued at NOK 6 billion (€0.51bn). “This marks a strategic step forward – for our customers and for Telenor. By integrating the consumer part of GlobalConnect’s fibre network into our own, we will extend our reliable and high-performing services to even […]

July 8, 2025

Could Amazon buy into AST SpaceMobile?

An intriguing idea been floated around by Defence news expert Larry Ramer, suggesting that Amazon should buy – or make a considerable investment – in AST SpaceMobile. Ramer explained: “In light of the tremendous potential of AST’s technology, I also would not be surprised if AMZN eventually decides to buy AST for as much as […]

July 7, 2025

TPG completes acquisition of AT&T’s stake in DirecTV

TPG, an alternative asset management firm, has announced the completion of its acquisition from AT&T of the remaining 70 per cent stake in DirecTV it did not already own. With the completion of this transaction, DirecTV is now a wholly owned portfolio company of TPG Capital, the firm’s US and European private equity platform. This […]

July 4, 2025

Hewlett Packard closes Juniper Networks acquisition

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Juniper Networks, a specialist in AI-native networks. The transaction, valued at $14 billion, doubles the size of HPE’s networking business and provides customers with a  portfolio of networking solutions. “Today begins a new era for HPE – we are now at […]

July 3, 2025

FilmRise, Shout! merge to form Radial Entertainment

Oaktree Capital Management has acquired FilmRise, the US digital streaming content distributor, and merged it with existing portfolio company Shout! Studios, an independent film and television distributors. The combined company, Radial Entertainment, will serve as a global content distribution platform boasting a library of around 70,000 movies and TV episodes. Garson Foos, CEO and Co-founder […]

July 2, 2025