South Africa’s department of communications & digital technologies has stepped in with an effort to solve the long-running dispute between public broadcaster SAB and transmission company Sentech. The move has seen the government publish a tender document in an attempt to solve the dilemma between two state-backed entities. “There has been an ongoing tariffs dispute […]
Gaurav Banerjee, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI)’s Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed as Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India’s new Chairman with immediate effect. He takes over from Shashi Sinha, Executive Chairman of IPG Mediabrands India, who served as BARC India’s chairman for over three years. Banerjee has over two decades […]
Fox Corporation has acquired a one-third interest in Penske Entertainment, related to IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The move comes with the intention of having high-profile racing and entertainment events, prioritising quality digital content and having more promotion of the NTT IndyCar Series and its drivers. “This partnership is built on long-standing trust and a […]
Qbeast, the next-generation data optimisation platform, has announced a $7.6 million (€6.5bn) seed round to fix that. The seed round was led by Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia Capital India), with participation from HWK Tech Investment and Elaia Partners. The new capital will fund team expansion, broaden product support across more analytics use cases, and […]
Paramount’s chief content licensing officer and president of its Republic Pictures label, Dan Cohen, has confirmed he is leaving the studio as it prepares to close its merger with Skydance next week. Cohen joined the company in 2017 after spending 20 years working at Disney. In an internal memo to staff, Cohen said: “This has […]
In July, the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed all 10 counts filed by Roku against clients of lawyers Sullivan & Cromwell (S&C) including Access Advance, Dolby Laboratories, and other Dolby entities (Dolby), and Sun Patent Trust (SPT), in a lawsuit seeking to set a global royalty (FRAND) rate for the HEVC […]
July 25th saw new rules from the Online Safety Act come into place, requiring adult websites and others that might contain adult content to verify that users are over the age of 18. A YouGov polling shows that, in the six days since the rules came into force, one in four Brits (26 per cent) […]
North American pay-radio operator SiriusXM has reported $2.14 billion (€1.8bn) in Q2 revenue; a 2 per cent decrease compared to the same period in 2024. Net income for the quarter was $205 million. Subscribers grew by 68,000 (net) and a year-on-year improvement of 32,000. Total subscribers are about 33 million. “Our renewed strategic focus continued […]
Dolby Laboratories has impressed analysts and investors with a “stand-out” quarter – beating profit and revenue expectations helped by more music, sports broadcasters and the creative industries tapping into its technologies. Dolby generated $316 million (€277.1m) of revenue in its Q3, up 9 per cent from last year and topping analysts’ forecasts. The company said […]
SES says that it is aware that the FCC is looking for a further release of satellite C-band spectrum. Adel Al-Saleh, CEO, told analysts that SES expected the FCC “to move quite fast” in its move to secure more 5G spectrum. He said that 100 MHz was a possibility and that SES was prepared to […]