In an interview for The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, hosted by Richard Osman and Marina Hyde, outgoing BBC Director-General Tim Davie argues that the BBC remains a vital public-service institution in a media landscape transformed by global streamers, political pressure and declining trust. He also shared his thoughts on the licence fee model, and the […]
A missile strike has destroyed a Teleport in Israel owned by SES of Luxembourg. The Emek Ha’Ela satellite Earth station is based in Beit Shemesh, central Israel and suffered what has been described locally as a “barrage” of long-range precision missiles. Hezbollah claimed the Teleport serves the “Communications and Cyber Defense Division of the Israeli […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has confirmed that the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas has entered an $18.75 million (€16.3m) default judgment against William Freemon, a longtime digital piracy operator leading multiple illegal IPTV services, including Streaming TV Now, Instant IPTV and TV Nitro. Freemon also operated […]
Canal+ is making some major changes to its new MultiChoice/DStv acquisition for African subscribers. Having recently announced it is closing its Showmax streaming service (“an expensive failure” said the company) and an intention to help boost cost savings overall by some €250 million this year alone, C+ is now targeting other cost centres, not least […]
Eutelsat has ended contracts it had in place on two Russian-owned satellites. Russia’s Express AT1 and AT2 satellites had contracted leases for capacity on these satellites to complement coverage provided by the Eutelsat 36C and 36D satellites located at 36° East. Eutelsat says AT1 has failed at its 56 degrees East position, and AT2 is […]
Sky Media has announced Cheez-It as the headline sponsor of Sky One, securing a 12-month partnership that will see the brand front and centre across the channel’s return. The partnership brokered by Sky Media, Carat and The Story Lab, gives Cheez-It year-round visibility through a high-impact sponsorship of Sky One’s post 9pm schedule. As part of […]
VeEX Inc., a global leader in innovative test and measurement solutions for next-generation networks, have introduced the MTX640, a compact, high-performance dual 100GE multi-service handheld test set. Built on VeEX’s proven Ethernet testing architecture, the MTX640 supports a wide range of Layer 2 through Layer 4 performance tests, including throughput, service activation, and advanced Ethernet analysis […]
The Media Coding Industry Forum (MC-IF) has announced that Huawei has joined the organisation as a member, signaling growing confidence in the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard. As a member of MC-IF, Huawei joins a collaborative industry forum focused on building the VVC ecosystem. MC-IF members work collectively to address interoperability challenges between next-generation codecs […]
Nielsen, the specialist audience measurement, data and marketing intelligence, has released The 2026 Upfront Planning Guide, which takes an in-depth look at ad supported TV viewership trends across key audience demographics and in sports. Nielsen has compiled the series to give advertisers and agencies the insights and applicable takeaways they need ahead of this year’s […]
The European streaming market is under global pressure, reports Mediaivision. The shift in viewing has been dramatic: across the analysed markets, US services now capture around 75 per cent of all online viewing. “What strikes me is how consistent the picture is across Europe. Regardless of market, US platforms hold a majority of online consumption. […]
Barb, the UK audience measurement specialist, has announced that Caroline Baxter has been appointed as Chief Executive. Baxter’s appointment comes as the company is on the verge of another wave of innovation designed to ensure the measurement and reporting of audiences to linear, streaming and video-sharing services is fit for the future. Since joining Barb […]
The use of optical lasers between orbiting satellites are commonplace. Less common is using lasers from Earth to satellites. Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) says it has a solution. An installation in Chile near Santiago has successfully passed site acceptance testing and is now integrated into the NODES (Network of Optical Stations For Data Transfer To […]
Congratulations(!!???) to Paramount shareholders – you have won the battle for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Your board has done it by throwing the kitchen sink at its target – that’s a sink with a super clever three way tap and a massive waste disposal unit. You have to read the terms they have offered more […]