Neom is a $500 billion (€449.6bn) megacity being built in northwest Saudi Arabia and a key part is the studio and media complex. But now the WSJ has made allegations that MD of media, Wayne Borg, has been recorded making racist and misogynistic comments. Borg reportedly called the project’s blue-collar workers from the Indian subcontinent […]
First Tech Web Company – a joint venture between OneWeb, the UK-based global communications agency and low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite service provider, and TONOMUS, a tech company powering an ecosystem of cognitive technologies at NEOM – has selected Albabtain LeBlanc, a Saudi Arabian construction company, to construct a satellite station in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. […]
SRMG, a global integrated media group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NEOM Media Industries, a developing regional centre for media and creative industries in the heart of Saudi Arabia. The MoU, which outlines a range of focus areas, underlines a shared dedication to enhancing the media ecosystem in the region. NEOM will […]
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit satellite connectivity company, has announced that OneWeb NEOM JV, a joint venture formed by OneWeb and NEOM in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has been accepted as an Observer Member of the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO). The DCO was founded in November 2020 to enable digital prosperity for all by […]
As electric racing series Extreme E gets ready for its third season, the championship as revealed it sae strong growth in its global audience figures in 2022, rising to 135 million viewers. This marks an improvement of more than 30 per cent compared to its inaugural season in 2021. Ali Russell, Chief Marketing Officer at […]
All electric off-road championship, Extreme E, has signed a broadcast extension for 2023 with Slovenia’s sport-only public television channel, Šport TV.The station, based in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, will continue to televise Extreme E’s races live and in Slovenian language on its linear channels, Šport TV 1, Šport TV 2 and Šport TV 3. Extreme […]
Satellite constellation operator OneWeb, itself in the process of merging with Eutelsat, is partnering with the massive Saudi Arabian ‘NEOM, city of the future’ currently under construction on the Gulf of Aqaba. OneWeb last October signed a $200 million joint-venture agreement with NEOM Tec & Digital Holding Co., to bring high-speed satellite connectivity to NEOM, […]
The countdown is on to the first-ever double header Extreme E event, as the Championship returns to the Italian island of Sardinia for a summer showdown of back-to-back racing next week (6-7 and 9-10 July).The newly-titled NEOM Island X Prix, co-organised by the Automobile Club d’Italia and Regione Sardegna, is just days away, the scene […]
Extreme E has extended its broadcast partnership RDS that will see the electric off-road racing series reach 2.5 million homes across Canada. Extreme E’s agreement with RDS ensures all of the live action in Season 2 will be available to Canadian sports fans, with the first X Prix of 2022 taking place later this month in […]
Satellite constellation operator OneWeb has won distribution over Pakistan. An agreement between its OneWeb/NEOM joint-venture has been signed with REDtone Telecommunications, which is a licensed telcoand digital services provider. The newly formed OneWeb/NEOM Tech & Digital JV will bring high-speed satellite connectivity to NEOM, Saudi Arabia, the wider Middle East and neighbouring countries including Pakistan. […]