Guild Esports and Gaming, the gaming-focused media platform, has completed the acquisition of Encore, a Los Angeles-based fan engagement, analytics protocol utilised by some of the largest leagues, teams, and brands in the world to capture zero-party and first-party data. Guild will immediately integrate Encore’s data-gathering capabilities, including its flagship Fan ID protocol, into its […]
Satellite operator SES launched the first four of its important O3b mPOWER satellites back in December 2022. The satellites, built by Boeing, suffered problems in use which resulted in SES making an insurance claim for $472 million (€436.9m). The problems were said to be electrical and, in October 2023, SES said they were worse than […]
A United States Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has been in discussion for some time. However, recent comments suggest that it is now almost a certainty. It is discussed in the article below. On Sunday 2nd of March renewed interest was sparked regarding a Bitcoin reserve by the US administration. It was announced a new plan will […]
At the start of this week Eutelsat’s share were stuck in the doldrums, and valued at just €1.23 per share. By close of business on March 5th they were trading at a spectacular €7.84 (and had reached €8.74 at one point). This is a 119.7 per cent rise on the day and 550 per cent […]
The Disney Company is to let go of around six per cent of staff at its ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks units. The layoffs will effect some 200 employees and is being made to save costs on divisions that now aren’t seen as important in the ongoing shift to streaming. As part of […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has filed two separate federal lawsuits against individuals in California and Pennsylvania, each accused of operating illegal internet protocol television (IPTV) services. The first lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, targets Zachary DeBarr of Murrieta, California, the alleged operator […]
The BBC Board has appointed Caroline Thomson as a non-executive director. She will serve for four years on the Board, from April 3rd. Thomson was previously Chief Operating Officer at the BBC, and has extensive experience in arts, culture, digital and media, having held a number of significant non-executive and executive roles. As a non-executive […]
SWISSto12, the satellite company and a specialist in RF communications solutions, today announced that former SES and O3b Networks CEO, Steve Collar, is joining the Board of Directors of SWISSto12 and will serve as Chairman. Collar brings more than 30 years of satellite industry experience including five years at the helm of SES and more […]
Everything is all about AI. Even a lot of TV and film dramas feature it somewhere in the plot. But they will be in trouble if they have actually used it in production; see the fall from grace of The Brutalist, the Oscar favourite until it was found to have used an AI app to […]
Creative Access, the UK’s diversity, equity & inclusion social enterprise, has announced that 49 creatives will receive vital funding to cover equipment, training, travel, and other career-critical costs. A record-breaking surge in demand for financial support has exposed the growing crisis facing talent from under-represented groups in the UK’s creative industries. Now in its fourth […]