French commercial broadcaster M6’s stock market price jumped by 11.85 per cent to €12.84 this week, as buyout rumours were rekindled by a story in daily Le Parisien. The group, majority owned by the German RTL Group, is said to have renewed talks with competitor TF1 for a potential merger. Although both groups had abandoned […]
Accedo, Humans not Robots, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) have announced the launch of Ecoflow X. Formerly an IBC Accelerator project, Ecoflow, the initiative has launched as an independent entity to function as an experimentation arm for sustainability, branded as Ecoflow X. Ecoflow X focuses on technical validation and operational insights across […]
AI platforms are becoming part of everyday work, not just optional productivity software. Employees use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot for writing, research, code, analysis and customer support, while IT teams are beginning to connect AI tools into more structured enterprise workflows. While that growth is the opportunity, it is also what makes reliability more […]
Telenor has agreed to acquire Enivest, a fibre operator in Western Norway, in a transaction valued at NOK 2.5 billion (€0.23bn). The acquisition includes Enivest’s fibre network and approximately 28,000 customers, as well as a 34 per cent stake in Årdalsnett, which has around 3,000 customers. This strengthens Telenor’s position in a regional market and […]
The markets will soon know the precise results of the SpaceX Initial Public Offering (IPO). Multiple reports state that the offer has drawn in more than $250 billion (€216.3bn) of investor demand for shares, confirming that the event will be the largest-ever offering. According to Reuters, the IPO has been oversubscribed 3.3-fold. SpaceX is looking […]
LBG Media, the social media business has reported its half-year results (to March 31st) on June 9, showing group revenues grew 19 per cent (22 per cent at constant currency) to £52.4 million (€60.7m), driven by Direct revenues, which grew 95 per cent to £37.6 million. The company said it ended the half-year with net […]
ITV has reported that the debut of its thirteenth season of Love Island attracted a consolidated 2.1 million viewers, up on the most recent Love Island All Stars series. Love Island, the popular reality dating series, continues to generate ITV’s biggest 16-34 audience of the year, currently averaging 0.7 million viewers in this demographic. Meanwhile […]
Channel 4 Sales has named the B Corp businesses which have won the second iteration of its B Corp competition. The competition, in partnership with B Lab UK, enables five more B Corps to deploy TV advertising and fuel positive consumer behaviour change. The five winners will win a share of TV advertising airtime worth […]
Ahead of the World Cup, Swisscom is expanding blue TV with new replay functions to help customers find desired content even faster. A new chapter navigation option is available for selected SRG SSR programmes such as Tagesschau. Football fans will also be able to find FIFA World Cup highlights, including goals and near misses, at […]
HBA Media has announced a four-year extension of its media rights and representation agreement with France Galop – securing the partnership through to 2029. Under the renewed agreement, HBA Media will continue to represent and distribute France Galop’s full suite of racing content, along with non-exclusive access to its extensive archive library for both promotional […]
Sandbox Group, a specialist in learning-focused entertainment, has partnered with Digital Virgo to launch its cognitive training app, Focus, in Canada, Romania and Spain. This expansion enables users in these countries to access Focus’ science-backed mini-games via seamless Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) integration through the interconnection with telecom operators’ ecosystems. The launches follow the partnership’s […]
Roth Capital Partners, a privately-held investment banking business, in a report on would-be satellite-to-cellular operator AST SpaceMobile, says it has roughly a two-year head start in the D2D market versus Starlink. Roth Capital analyst Scott Searle says that while SpaceX’s (SPCX) space and satellite operations offer attractive economics and “validation of various communications opportunities,” the […]
The world is getting very anxious about AI, and who can blame them? What can AI really do, what will it be able to do, can we trust those in charge of it, can we stop them, can we stop it? Not surprising then that politicians seem to circle the problem and then put it […]