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OpenVault patners with Lotier

OpenVault is expanding its global sales and marketing capabilities in Latin America and Europe through a strategic partnership with Lotier International.  Under the agreement, Lotier will leverage its business development and sales offices in Brazil, Argentina and Portugal, to grow adoption of OpenVault’s revenue and network improvement solutions and data-driven actionable insights for the broadband industry “The VelociData acquisition has been the catalyst for a dramatic […]

January 13, 2022

Rubenstein joins Rolling Stone’s Culture Council

Rolling Stone Culture Council, an invitation-only thinktank collective of leaders and business innovators from a variety of industries shaping culture and society, selects Cate Rubenstein, SVP of Global Marketing at Toluna, to join its unique community. Rubenstein was specifically selected as Rolling Stone Culture Council’s newest member because of her contributions to multiple innovative and […]

December 20, 2021

EU selects 2nd LEO consortium study

The European Commission has selected a second consortium to supply potential ideas for a future Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) system for Europe. Last week it named New Symphonie, which is led by Euroconsult and Unseenlabs, to present its ideas. It received €1.4 million in funding for a 6-month study. The second consortium has now been […]

December 15, 2021By Chris Forrester

Globo to stop linear broadcasting in Europe

Brazilian media group Globo has decided to stop distribution of its Globo Internacional TV channel on European pay-TV platforms on December 31st. As of January 1st 2022, with the exception of Portugal, viewers will have to subscribe to SVoD platform Globoplay Internacional to continue watching Globo content. Launched in October, Globoplay Internacional is available throughout […]

November 26, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Digital Markets ‘gatekeeper law’ steps forward

The EU’s proposed Digital Markets Act has moved nearer the statute books with the nod from the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee. The full parliament should approve the text in December, then there will be negotiations to start with the EU Council on a final version. The DMA targets so-called ‘gatekeepers’ – […]

November 23, 2021

Pixotope appoints Cardenas as Regional Sales Manager for S. Europe

Pixotope, creator of a Virtual Production solution, has appointed Sergio Cardenas as their Regional Sales Manager in Southern Europe. Cardenas’ passion for audiovisual systems, live and broadcast productions, and innovative technology have driven his high-end broadcasting career over the last 20 years. A specialist in real-time graphics, virtual studios, and virtual reality solutions, his previous […]

November 16, 2021

Facebook to hire 10,000 in EU for metaverse

Facebook has revealed plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to develop a metaverse – an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment via a VR headset. “The metaverse has the potential to help unlock access to new creative, social, and economic opportunities. And Europeans will be […]

October 18, 2021

Bloomberg Adria to launch in SE Europe

Bloomberg Media and Mtel Swiss – a broadcaster majority-owned by Telekom Srbija – have announced an agreement to create Southeast Europe’s first pan-regional, multi-platform business news network, with hubs in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia. Launching in 2022, Bloomberg Adria will serve business and financial news, analysis and data to the […]

October 15, 2021

Whip Media expands European footprint with Glance

Whip Media, the leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organizations, has partnered with Glance, the leading global audience and content insights specialist, to provide global data and insights for its Glance VOD Landscape Report. Part of Médiamétrie, Glance is the one-stop shop service providing official TV ratings for over […]

October 12, 2021

EC creates New Symphonie broadband consortium

The European Commission (EC) is bringing together a consortium of more than 20 European space sector businesses to collect and create ideas for what the EC describes as “an innovative European broadband constellation”. The grouping is headed by Unseenlabs and Euroconsult and the 22-member grouping has responded to an EC call for “New Space solutions […]

September 28, 2021By Chris Forrester