CuriosityStream has named media, entertainment and digital education veteran Bill Goodwyn to the newly created role of Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy, Business Development & Partnerships. CuriosityStream President and CEO Clint Stinchcomb, to whom Goodwyn will report, made the announcement. Stinchcomb said: “Imagine if Bill’s fellow Tarheel Michael Jordan returned to […]
Nick Shave is set to take over as Chair of UKspace, the trade association of the UK space industry. Shave described space as a “critical strategic asset for the nation” and called for “even greater collaboration between the space industry and Government as a new National Space Strategy is developed.” Shave, who is Vice President […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is calling on the government to introduce a new pro-competition regulatory regime to tackle Google and Facebook’s market power. The dynamic nature of digital advertising markets and the types of concerns identified by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in its market study are such that existing laws […]
The Spanish Administration is looking into DTT signal interference in Asturias, north of Spain, from a French DTT network. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has reported the problem to the French Government. While the problems are being solved, the Asturias Administration has proposed to increase signal strength, change the polarity and even […]
Describing the €37.5 million deal as the foundation for the long-term development and implementation of its business strategy, Austrian technology group S&T is to acquire the Iskratel Group, one of the leading European ICT providers for the digital transformation of the telecommunications, transport, public safety and energy industries. Both companies recognise synergies for their future […]
Ottawa-based Telesat has reportedly entered a bid for OneWeb’s satellite assets. But it isn’t alone. There will be an auction process on July 2nd in New York. The UK is widely reported to have committed to a $500 million (£405m) participation for a 20 per cent stake in OneWeb. The UK bid is said to […]
Video playback solutions specialist THEO Technologies, creator of the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) and video software provider Synamedia have launched the HESP Alliance to accelerate the roll-out of sub-second latency, bandwidth-efficient streaming solutions. Streaming video vendors and media companies are invited to join the alliance. The goal is to fast-track the roll-out of cost-effective, […]
The top six executives at Intelsat have won the bankruptcy court’s approval to receive salaries and bonus payments despite protests from the Department of Justice. The payments – worth $17 million (€15.1m) overall – are based on Intelsat’s key employee incentive (KEIP) agreements with the executives. The bankruptcy court’s Judge Keith Phillips confirmed his judgement […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has agreed a deal to take a majority stake in production company Eleven – maker of the hit Netflix show Sex Education. The company was founded in 2006 by Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, and has also delivered series including Glue on E4 and The Enfield Haunting on Sky. Future projects […]
Ethiopian police have arrested Jawar Mohammed, owner of the locally powerful Oromia Media Network (OMN). The TV channel has been shut down. The move reportedly comes after unrest locally following the shooting and killing of popular singer, Hachalu Hundessa, on June 29th in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Jawar was reportedly arrested along with Bekele […]