Kim Dotcom has proposed a scheme to bring free broadband to New Zealand, funded by his potential lawsuits against Hollywood studios and the US government. The Megaupload co-founder is currently battling extradition to the US, where he stands accused of crimes including piracy and racketeering. However, a New Zealand court has since ruled that the […]
Globecomm Systems, a communications solutions provider, has announced the hiring of Brian Morris as Senior Vice President of their Media and Entertainment market channel, reporting to Keith Hall, president and chief operating officer. In this newly created role Mr. Morris will be responsible for Globecomm’s strategic direction and businesses initiatives focused on serving Content Providers […]
James Murdoch’s seat on the board of pay-TV group BSkyB was opposed by just 5 per cent of voting shareholders at the company’s annual investor meeting in London. There was no repeat of the rebellion at last year’s meeting in reaction to his handling of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Making his first […]
Kim Dotcom has confirmed plans for Mega, a service to replace his shut down file-sharing website Megaupload. Mega is expected to use encryption methods which will mean only users will know what they are uploading. Dotcom is awaiting a decision in March whether Dotcom should be extradited from New Zealand to the US to face […]
As it seeks to strengthen its BT Sport channel, BT has signed the rights to show live top tier football matches from Italy, France, Brazil and the US, wresting the rights from ESPN. BT has bought the live games to bolster its new sports channel, which will be founded upon 38 live games a season […]
Pay-radio service Sirius-XM Radio has announced that CEO Mel Karmazin will be leaving the company on February 1, 2013, following the expiration of his current employment agreement and after a transition period. Karmazin will also leave the Board of Directors at that time. The move comes as John Malone’s Liberty Media is looking to take […]
Joanna Shields, for many years a leading executive at a range of global new media companies, is to leave Facebook, where she is Vice-President and Managing Director Europe, Middle East and Africa, to take up the role of Chief Executive of the Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO), set up in April 2011 as part of […]
UK PM David Cameron joined the chorus of criticism of the BBC saying the corporation had “serious questions to answer” about why it in effect changed its story on the reasons why it dropped a Newsnight investigation into Jimmy Savile abuse allegations. “The developments today are concerning because the BBC has effectively changed its story […]
Cable Europe has confirmed the arrival of Matthias Kurth who is joining its team as Executive Chairman. Kurth will sit on Cable Europe’s Executive Committee which has oversight of the cable industry’s main representational duties in Europe. Kurth recently held the position of President of the German Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA), the authority for […]
Rodolphe Belmer has been promoted to managing director of Vivendi-owned Canal Plus Group, putting him in charge of editorial, distribution, commercial and technical activities. Belmer will pilot the company’s pay TV operations, notably paybox Canal Plus, and its newly-launched free DTT nets, D8 and D17. Belmer joined Vivendi in 2001 as head of strategy and […]