European broadcasters, through the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT), the Association of European Radios (AER) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which represent both commercial and public service broadcasters as well as video-on-services operators, have called on the Member States of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced that it intends to add Anton Levy as an independent director to the Company’s Board of Directors in connection with the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. His addition follows a comprehensive search process led by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Levy is currently an Advisory Director at General […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG) has appointed Xavier Leclercq, Vice President of Business Development at Broadpeak, as the new Chair of its national Distribution Working Group. The group plays a pivotal role in exploring and championing innovative approaches to UK digital media distribution – whether via broadcast, IP, mobile or hybrid delivery. As audiences increasingly […]
ITV Studios has acquired a majority stake in Moonage Pictures, the UK independent producers of drama including global hits The Gentlemen and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Moonage Pictures was established in 2018 by Will Gould, Matthew Read and Frith Tiplady and produces original content for UK and international markets. The Gentlemen (pictured), directed by […]
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has hired Dawn Barriteau as Vice President of Content Protection for the APAC region. She joins the MPA after more than two decades with the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division, where she most recently served as Regional Attaché in the US Embassy in Singapore. Barriteau starts the role immediately […]
The DPP, the international network for media and technology, has appointed Margaret Craig, veteran tech CEO and international business leader, as its newest board member. Craig brings with her a wealth of C-Suite and board experience from a variety of global technology and service providers. She has a broad and deep understanding of the Media […]
Bell Media has appointed Matt McGowan to the newly created position of Senior Vice-President, Business Solutions, Bell Media effective immediately. In this role, McGowan is set to lead the go-to-market team and oversee the strategy and execution of advertising sales and partnerships at Bell Media, Canada’s largest media and entertainment company. With almost three decades […]
French media giant Vivendi has signed an agreement which will see the sale of the majority of its shares in Poste Italiane’s TIM equal to 15 per cent of the company, for €684 million. Vivendi will hold onto a small stake in TIM, of 2.51 per cent of the telco’s ordinary shares which come with […]
A federal judge in New York has thwarted the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the US international broadcaster Voice of America (VoA), calling the move a “classic case of arbitrary and capricious decision making.” Judge James Paul Oetken blocked the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which runs Voice of America, from axing some 1,300 […]
Airbus, Thales Alenia and Leonardo, three giants in terms of satellite manufacture, are in “preliminary talks” to merge their operations. Rumours of a potential merger have been reported for some months. The talks would not involve the Airbus aircraft manufacturing business. French newspaper La Tribune reports that the trio are also in discussion with the […]