Media technology specialist Amino has named seasoned industry executive Steve Oetegenn as a Non-Executive Director of the Group. Oetegenn is an industry leader in the online video, pay-TV and digital security sectors, with over 30 years’ experience, who brings deep expertise of the interplay between software and media. Across his career, Oetegenn has worked with […]
The UK government has removed TV and film production from its list of jobs that qualify for exemptions from overseas travel restrictions. Previously, cast and production talent were exempt from self-isolating upon arrival from a different country as long as they stayed within a bubble. Now, all talent will not be able to begin work […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has appointed Roberta Alenius, SVP and Head of Corporate Communications, and My Perrone, SVP, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, to its Group Executive Management (GEM) team. Both appointments are effective immediately and Roberta and My will report to Anders Jensen, NENT Group President and CEO. […]
A+E Networks has promoted Liz Soriano to Senior Vice President, International Programming. In her new role, Soriano oversees all of A+E’s global programming services to its linear and digital channel brands and content sales clients in more than 250 territories around the world. This includes activities related to product knowledge advisement, programming and scheduling strategies, […]
Viasat, the California-based international broadband-by-satellite supplier, and Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar satellite business have both suffered a downgrade by analysts at investment bank Jefferies. In essence, the bank’s report says that Viasat’s revenues are likely to be impacted by the Covid pandemic and the bank has downgraded its revenue forecasts for this trading year. The bank […]
Media Distillery, a provider of AI technology to understand what’s inside video, has appointed Chris Tooke as Director of Sales, responsible for global new business sales and partner relations. Tooke joins after 19 years with content discovery company ThinkAnalytics, where he was part of the founding team and as Senior Vice President and was also […]
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of Fistnet, the Croatian-based company that engineered the digital audience measurement platform Dotmetrics. This acquisition seals a longstanding collaboration between Ipsos and Fistnet in the Adria region, where Dotmetrics has seen great success in measuring and reporting digital audiences. With new enhancements, the platform has been deployed by Ipsos for […]
Intelsat has been hit with another claim of insider dealing over the reallocation of C-band spectrum and the collapse of Intelsat share values. This time the allegation concerns its current chairman and former CEO Dave McGlade. Intelsat is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reconstruction. McGlade is specifically alleged to have sold a significant package of Intelsat […]
The FCC has wrapped the main phase of bidding in its Auction 107 for C-band frequencies over the US which will be used for 5G telephony. Winners will now take the next stage and bidding for frequency-specific licences during the ‘assignment phase’ of the auction. The end-result even exceeds the most optimistic guesstimates from the […]
MPs on the UK House of Commons, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee have confirmed the appointment of Richard Sharp as the new Chair of the BBC Board following his appearance before the Committee. In a Report, Committee members say they were impressed by Sharp’s understanding of the business, the need to deliver on public […]