NBCUniversal has announced that Pearlena Igbokwe has been promoted to Chairman, Universal Studio Group and Bonnie Hammer is taking on a new role as Vice Chairman, NBCUniversal. Igbokwe will lead the company’s growing global television studio business including Universal Television, Universal Content Productions (UCP) and NBCUniversal International Studios. She will report directly to Jeff Shell, […]
Digital advertising brand safety body Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) has launched the TAG Brand Safety Certified Program, which it says is the ad industry’s largest and broadest global brand safety certification programme. At launch, 112 companies have been certified through the programme, including 31 that are certifying their global operations. Among the TAG Brand Safety […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has shared with his colleagues a draft proposal which would take steps toward making the 3.45-3.55 GHz band available for commercial use throughout the contiguous United States. This item will be on the agenda of the FCC’s September 30th Open Meeting and, if adopted, would position this 100 megahertz […]
Bela Bajaria has been put in charge of global television at Netflix, whilst the streamer has confirmed that Cindy Holland, an architect of the streamer’s original-content strategy, is leaving. In her new role, Bajaria will oversee all original series for Netflix. She joined Netflix in 2016, and had previously been in charge of unscripted programming […]
Paul Kagan, whose approach to cable research transformed the way analysts, and the media industry looked at the cable business, died in August aged 82, his family has announced. Kagan is best remembered for his Carmel, California research company, Paul Kagan Associates, started in 1969. Kagan decided to value cable companies based on multiples of […]
With the start of the delayed 2020/21 season days away, the English Premier League has launched anti-piracy media campaigns in Hong Kong and Malaysia. The ‘Boot Out Piracy’ advertising campaign aims to raise awareness of the compromised viewing quality and risks faced by fans watching matches via illegal streams. It will highlight the dangers illegal […]
The Climate Action Working Group, led by UK trade body the Advertising Association in partnership with ISBA and the IPA, has launched AdGreen, an initiative to unite the advertising industry to eliminate the negative environmental impacts of production. AdGreen is backed at launch by adam&eveDDB, APR (Advertising Production Resources), Havas, MullenLowe Group as part of […]
Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of French broadcaster M6 (backed by RTL Grp), has reiterated his view that a major change of European regulation is needed regarding broadcaster consolidation as he believes the headlines will be dominated by the theme over the next years. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, de Tavernost put forward […]
From the start of the 2020/21 football season, all Premier League and EFL matches shown live on Sky Sports will be certified 3-star albert sustainable productions. The certification is awarded to productions that meet the sustainable credentials of albert, the BAFTA and industry-backed consortium set-up to tackle the environmental impact of broadcasting and inspire audiences […]
Keith Kupferschmid, CEO of pro-copyright lobbying body Copyright Alliance, has called on the US Congress to lead the way on tackling commercial streaming piracy. Writing an Opinion piece in political website The Hill, Kupferschmid notes that nowadays, three-quarters of American households subscribe to one of the major video streaming services, but when technologies grow this […]