Spanish TV company Mediapro is set to cut up to 169 jobs due to production-related reasons following the loss of its La Liga TV production rights, now held by the Swiss company HSB. The job redundancy plan will affect employees mainly involved in match coverage, commentary, highlights and other related services which will no longer […]
The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media have welcomed the partial public acquisition offer made by PPF, an indirect subsidiary of PPF Group, but say they consider the offer price “inadequate from a financial point of view”. The boards have thus decided not to make a recommendation regarding the acceptance of the […]
The BBC has appointed Kate Phillips as its new Chief Content Officer following a competitive recruitment process. Phillips was appointed interim Chief Content Officer, after Charlotte Moore announced in February that she was leaving the BBC to join Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television. Phillips has spent 12 years at the BBC. Most recently, […]
HarbourView Equity Partners, a multi-strategy investment firm focused on investment opportunities in the music, sports, media and entertainment space, is leading a $85 million (€73.8m) investment in Animaj, alongside Bpifrance, the French national investment fund and a key player in the French tech and AI ecosystem. Animaj is a digital-first AI-empowered media company transforming kids […]
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has expressed optimism that current discussions with Thales and Leonardo would end in an agreement for the three businesses’ space divisions. He said he anticipated regulatory approval will take two years. Faury was speaking at a conference session at the Paris Air Show. He specifically addressed the proposed merger, saying the […]
Broadband service providers (BSPs) can more easily buy certified and tested equipment for their cloud networks as Broadband Forum and Linux Foundation (LF) Broadband join forces. The two organisations have been aligning their respective work to ensure open-source software solutions from LF Broadband comply with the relevant carrier grade requirements and technical reports (TRs) from […]
Law&Crime, the true crime and legal content studio, has announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the hiring of Marco Bresaz as Executive Vice President of Current Series & Documentaries and Debasish Mishra as Chief Technology Officer. Bresaz, formerly Head of Nonfiction & Alternative Programming at AMC Networks, brings decades of experience crafting award-winning documentary […]
Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment, has announced the appointment of Lottie Wilson as VP Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Wilson will be responsible for executing Banijay Rights’ sales strategy across Australia and New Zealand, where she will represent the distributor’s 205,000+ hour-strong catalogue with a focus on finished […]
Eutelsat’s newly appointed CEO, Jean-François Fallacher, speaking at the Paris Air Show, firmly denied that the satellite operator was in financial difficulties. “Let me correct a misimpression: Eutelsat does not have financial difficulties: No. Eutelsat has a need for financing. There’s a difference,” Fallacher asserted. “We need financing to develop the constellation and continue our […]
Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar share price rocketed 43 per cent on June 13th on news that Donald Trump has intervened with FCC chair Brendan Carr over the dispute between the FCC and EchoStar. June 16th saw EchoStar’s share price (Nasdaq:SATS) finish the day at $25.11 (€21.72). A week ago they were $15.99. In a nutshell, the […]