The Premier League has confirmed that all fixtures until the end of October will continue to be made available for fans to watch live in the UK – but five games per game week will only be available to view on a pay-per-view basis. Under these new arrangements, the current live match selections will remain […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market for creative content, has confirmed that Apple TV+ is its newest member and will join its governing board. The addition of Apple’s streaming service further strengthens ACE’s collective approach to disrupting a piracy ecosystem that harms creators. According to […]
MediaKind has appointed Jennifer Yohe EVP of business affairs. Yohe has most recently served as the president and chief business officer of Xtreme Concepts Racing and was previously SVP at Comcast Cable managing the strategic procurement team and supplier ecosystem. At MediaKind Yohe will run all commercial activities, reporting directly to Matt McConnell, CEO. Yohe […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has made a request to the European Commission to refer the proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2 to the CMA for investigation. Liberty Global plc (Liberty) owns Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile in the UK, and Telefónica S.A. (Telefónica) owns O2. Liberty and Telefónica […]
A report from the Defence Committee of the UK House of Commons, The Security of 5G, finds that the development of 5G will increase the nation’s dependency on mobile connectivity, opening the UK up to security risks such as espionage, sabotage or system failure. The Committee launched an inquiry into the security of 5G on […]
Reports from the US say that pay-TV giant DirecTV, owned by telco AT&T, is definitely up for sale and that some bids are already being submitted. The New York Post said that “lowball bids” were actively being made and coming mostly from private equity interests. Goldman Sachs is handling the process. The newspaper says that […]
The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee has released the findings of its more than 16-month long investigation into the state of competition in the digital economy, especially the challenges presented by the dominance of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook and their business practices. The report, Investigation of Competition in the Digital Marketplace: […]
Uday Shankar will step down as president, The Walt Disney Company APAC and chairman, Star & Disney India, effective as of December 31st. Over the next three months, Shankar will work closely with Rebecca Campbell, chairman of Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment, to identify his successor to ensure a smooth transition. “I want to thank […]
fuboTV, the US sports-first live TV streaming platform, has announced the upsize and pricing of an underwritten public offering. The size of the offering has been increased from the previously announced 15,000,000 shares to 18,300,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $10.00 per share. In connection with the offering, fuboTV’s […]
Radio ‘shock jock’ Howard Stern looks set to sign a new contract with pay-radio operator SiriusXM. Such is his fame – and popularity with subscribing fans – that he looks like winning a reward of more than $2 million per week. However, on his morning show on October 7th he said the two sides are […]