The fourth annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) that celebrates short film and short-form content will once again be held live and in person on the Riviera, during the time period of the Festival de Cannes, the announcement was made today by FRFF founders Nicole Muj and Gotham Chandna. FRFF 2022 will be held at the Eden Hotel and […]
Apple has become the first company to hit a stock market valuation of $3 trillion (€2.65tn) as markets opened in New Year. Its value slipped a little to end January 3rd’s trading session in New York at $2.99 trillion. Apple has been a big winner in the pandemic, as lockdowns saw spending on gadgets jump […]
The giant Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opens in Las Vegas to “fully vaccinated” visitors on January 5th. This year’s show will close on January 7th, and most expect the event to be lass frantic than usual because of Covid. Certainly there will be fewer key presentations. BMW, Intel, AMD, TikTok, Twitter, GM, Google, Panasonic, T-Mobile, […]
Mike Sievert, T-Mobile US CEO, has pulled-out of making the keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. T-Mobile said it would limit its presence at the event due to concerns about the spread of Covid-19. “While we are confident that CES organisers are taking exhaustive measures to protect in-person attendees and we had many […]
Fox News, where several anchors have encouraged vaccine scepticism, has told staff that those working in New York City will have to show proof they’d had at least one dose of the Covid vaccine by December 27th, removing the option to get tested weekly instead. The new policy fits in with New York’s vaccine rule. […]
I signed off last year’s last blog with “I make no predictions for 2021, including ‘at least it can’t be worse’”. That was a good decision. Who’d have thought we’d all be here at the end of 2021 having missed Vegas, Cologne and Amsterdam, again. Any bets on the 2022 travel itinerary? No, didn’t think […]
Global sales of British TV shows in 2020/21 suffered a small reduction of 3.3 per cent to £1.42 billion (€1.66bn), independent producers’ trade body Pact’s TV Exports report reveals. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic affecting production in the UK, producers were able to use their back catalogues to boost sales, with a third of all sales […]
Laura Kuenssberg will step down as the BBC’s political editor at Easter 2022 after seven years in the position, to take up a senior presenting and reporting role across the BBC. Kuenssberg will take on a range of news and current affairs projects across TV, radio and online – with further details to be announced […]
Integral Ad Science (IAS), a global player in digital media quality, has released its 2022 Industry Pulse Report. Surveying over 200 US digital media experts, IAS found that mobile video growth, social media transparency and trust issues, and the emergence of digital audio are top considerations for advertisers. “2021 has been a year of record-setting […]
The global market for smart home devices grew 10.3 per cent year over year in the third quarter of 2021 with more than 221.8 million device shipments, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Despite persistent supply chain disruptions, unemployment, and an uneven economic recovery, consumer demand remained high […]