Former President and CEO of Paramount International, Raffaele Annecchino, has launched Blue Ocean Media Partners, a consultancy firm in the Media and Entertainment industry based in Dubai and Madrid. Blue Ocean Media Partners has already signed a strategic partnership with Mediapro Group to boost and expand their entire business portfolio across the Middle East including […]
Eight countries saw a 0.2 Mbps increase in September on the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. After four months of normalised ISP speeds falling (which Netflix attributes to benefits from encoding efficiencies), September showed a slight increase in the average bitrate, with […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has revealed the 20 locations with its best ultrafast broadband coverage in Scotland – and a small Fife village tops the list. More than a million homes and businesses can now access ultrafast, full fibre broadband on the company’s Scottish digital network. While cities are often perceived to have the […]
Jellysmack, a company specialising in social video creation, optimisation and distribution, has announced the acquisition of the Law&Crime Network, the multi-platform legal and true crime video network and production company that includes streaming and cable television programming, founded by egal analyst and television host Dan Abrams. Law&Crime’s YouTube is the #1 channel for live trial footage […]
Paramount Global and TV measurement company iSpot.tv have announced an agreement to measure and transact national TV advertising campaigns using iSpot currency metrics across Paramount’s media and streaming properties in the US. The two companies are currently completing technology integrations to enable seamless advertising transactions inside of Paramount’s proprietary and licensed systems. Using iSpot, Paramount […]
Eutelsat’s new 10B satellite has been chosen by Marlink for a multi-year service for shipping in the EMEA region. The multi-million commitment is for GEO High Throughput Ku-band capacity on its Eutelsat 10B satellite, covering Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as critical maritime routes. This new agreement comes in addition to existing […]
Vudoo, the content commerce and in-stream checkout specialist, has launched its platform to the international market with the opening of an office in London marking the first step in its global expansion plans. The company has appointed Nathalie Curtis-Lethbridge as its Global Chief Growth Officer and Managing Director for EMEA and North America. The London […]
YouTube has launched a new Podcasts destination page on YouTube Music in the UK, which will provide an expansion as to how users can consume podcasts. Users now have the ability to watch and listen to podcasts on YouTube Music without requiring a paid membership, pivoting between an audio and audiovisual experience with the ability […]
The BT Sport App will close on October 12th. TNT Sports customers who want to stream live sport content, including the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Premiership Rugby, MotoGP, UFC, Boxing and WWE, are encouraged to download the discovery+ App at the earliest opportunity. Customers who have been watching via the BT Sport App, can simply activate their […]
There’s an increasingly bitter dispute between Rivada Networks founder Declan Ganley and one of his investors, David Shuman. There are lawsuits running in New York, Texas and Delaware in an increasingly damaging series of allegations. Rivada, headed by Ganley, is building a mega-constellation of 600 high-tech satellites. Ganley is alleging that Shuman has committed fraud. […]