Arqiva, the UK broadcast transmission and cellular mast operator, is reportedly planning to lay off about a third of its employees according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. The report says the company, which is in the end-stages of selling its cellular mast division, is planning a radical restructuring that would see more than […]
The transition from DVB-T to DVB-T2/HEVC in Croatia will start on October 27th and last until November 12th. The information has been announced by DTT network operator Odasiljaci i Veze (OiV) which has also published a timetable for the switchover for the country’s nine digital regions. The DVB-T2/HEVC signal will cover 97 per cent of […]
At a recent summit chaired by the BBC’s Director-General, Tony Hall, the TNI agreed to a shared early warning system of rapid alerts to combat the spread of disinformation during the US presidential election. The TNI is an industry collaboration of major news and global tech organisations working together to stop the spread of disinformation […]
Comtech’s plan to buy Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks for $532 million (€470m) has hit a snag. The deal (70 per cent in cash and 30 per cent in Comtech Telecommunications common stock) was first announced by the pair in January. The obstacle is fairly fundamental and sees Comtech filing a formal complaint against Gilat (in […]
In a deal that it says will combine the US leading audio entertainment company with a pioneer in podcast production, distribution, and ad sales, creating the premier full-service platform for podcast creators, publishers, and advertisers, audio entertainment specialist SiriusXM is to acquire Stitcher from The E.W. Scripps Company. The $265 million (€234m) transaction, predicted by […]
Mediaocean, a specialist system of record for the advertising world, and data science and marketing technology company 4C have struck a deal whereby Mediaocean will acquire 4C. Infusing 4C’s intelligence and optimisation into Mediaocean’s foundational platform for end-to-end media management will establish a modern system of record for omnichannel advertising, it says. “The COVID crisis […]
The European Union’s highest court has ruled that online platforms don’t have to disclose the personal data – email addresses, telephone numbers or IP addresses – of users who illegally upload movies and copyright material. German film distributor Constantin had requested that YouTube provide details of users who had uploaded their films Parker and Scary […]
Alok Sharma, the UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and the man about to be responsible for running the UK’s arm of OneWeb, told a House of Commons all-party BEIS scrutiny committee that utilising OneWeb as a replacement for Europe’s Galileo GPS system was not key to the acquisition. However, […]
The joint bid for OneWeb’s assets by the UK government and India telco giant Bharti should get outline approval from the New York Southern District Bankruptcy Court today, July 10th. There are still a few formal logistical steps to be negotiated and the purchase is not likely to be totally signed off until November 27th […]
French entertainment company Satisfaction Group, founded by producer and TV anchorman Arthur Essebag, has acquired Sony Pictures Television France’s unscripted activity as well as STP company Starling. Satisfaction Group now becomes the exclusive producer of SPT’s formats in France and, in parallel, Sony Pictures Television takes a 20 per cent of its stake in Satisfy. […]