Independent distributor All3Media International is promoting Jennifer Askin – currently Senior Vice President, North America – to Executive Vice President, Americas, as Sally Habbershaw departs to relocate to the UK. As EVP, Americas, Askin will be responsible for managing the New York-based Americas team of All3Media International, maximising exploitation of the UK distributor’s portfolio across […]

Continuing its global legal efforts to combat illegal streaming operations, antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has confirmed that the US District Court for the Central District of California has issued a judgment against Zachary DeBarr, operator of the illegal streaming service Outer Limits IPTV. The ruling, issued by the Honorable Judge […]

Starz has posted its first quarter (ended June 30th) results since the separation with Lionsgate. “In the three months since becoming a standalone public company, we have made significant progress toward achieving our key financial and operating objectives,” said Starz President and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch. “Our content strategy continues to resonate with our audience as […]

The banking analysts have had time to chew over AST SpaceMobile’s half-year update. The advice given is – at best – mixed. Some analysts have increased their Price Targets while other have reduced or softened their Targets. Recent Analyst Price Target Changes for AST: · B Riley was $44, now $60 · Deutsche Bank was […]

UAE-based satellite and analytics business Space42 (the Yahsat satellite and Bayanat analytics company merged in 2024) has reported a 15 per cent decline in revenues to $226 million (€193.5m) in the half-year to June 30th, citing a slowdown in signing expected contracts. Space42 confirmed that it expects to make an announcement later this year as […]

Spain’s CNMC has approved the full deregulation of the country’s fixed residential broadband market, most of which relies on modern fibre-optic networks. Under the new framework, Telefónica will no longer be obliged to grant competitors regulated access to its network in certain municipalities. Instead, the company will be free to negotiate wholesale agreements on market […]

Saudi Arabia-based satellite operator Arabsat has appointed Dr Badr Alsuwaidan as President and CEO. Since 2020, Alsuwaidan has served as SVP and CTO, where he played a pivotal role in enhancing operational performance and driving technological advancement. His leadership has been instrumental in elevating Arabsat’s capabilities and reinforcing its position in the global satellite communications […]

OHB, the Germany-based space and technology company, says it expects record revenues and profits over the next few years as Europe increases its defence and space-related spending. This year it expects to report a 16.5 per cent increase in revenues, and another 25 per cent expected by 2027. OHB assumes that it will win a […]

US multiplay operator WideOpenWest (WOW!) has entered into a definitive agreement under which affiliated investment funds of DigitalBridge Investments, LLC and Crestview Partners will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of WOW! not already owned by Crestview and its affiliates for $5.20 (€4.48) per share in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise […]

AST SpaceMobile (AST), which is planning a global broadband-capable direct-to-device satellite service to ordinary smartphones, supplied some answers to analysts on its Q2 results statement late in the afternoon of August 11th. Top of the list concerned its much-delayed launch of its second-generation FM1 satellite. It will be delivered to the launch site in India […]