Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has announced a partnership with Total Media Cast (TMC) to be able to provide Digital Satellite News Gathering Services (DSNG) and Outdoor Broadcast Van (OBVAN) services in Qatar and across Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The two companies have agreed to collaborate with each other in the leasing of […]
Sir Mark Thompson, who was previously director general of the BBC and also CEO at The New York Times, was appointed Chairman, CEO and Editor in Chief at CNN – owned by Warner Bros Discovery – in August 2023. Thompson’s plan has been outlined to staff at the global news broadcaster in a 100-day report […]
FOX News Digital closed out calendar year 2023 as the top-performing news brand with multiplatform views and minutes, while seeing 9% growth with views and 6% growth with minutes year-over-year, according to Comscore. For the year, FOX News Digital secured 20.2 billion multiplatform views, over 36.9 billion multiplatform minutes and averaged 93.7 million monthly multiplatform […]
NHK World-Japan, the English-language international service of Japan’s public media organisation NHK, is expanding its distribution in Germany with the launch on waipu.tv. The streaming TV provider is offering the 24-hour service on its platform from January 15th. NHK World-Japan is available for all waipu.tv subscribers. The channel marks the first Japanese service on the […]
After almost 45 years in the media business including 35 years at CBC, Susan Marjetti has announced that she is retiring from her role as General Manager of CBC News. Effective immediately, Brodie Fenlon will lead CBC News, assuming the role of General Manager and Editor in Chief. Fenlon has been with CBC News since […]
Vizrt, a specialist in real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators, has released research signifying a shift in the viewing habits of Gen Z when it comes to news consumption. As the first generation born into a fully digital world, this age group according to a new global study is no longer […]
BBC staff members Rupa Jha, Mukesh Sharma, Sanjoy Majumder and Sara Hassan have announced plans to leave the organisation and form a new entity in India which will provide audiences with a number of services across India, as commissioned by the BBC. The establishment of Collective Newsroom Private Limited will allow the BBC and Collective […]
BBC News has set out savings and reinvestment plans to boost its digital journalism; increase its streaming offer on iPlayer and the BBC News app; and bring more in-depth reporting to its online audiences. A new BBC News Investigations unit will be created, and areas such as BBC Verify will be boosted, with new reporting […]
Barak Ravid is joining CNN as a political and foreign policy analyst. Ravid is currently a politics reporter and Middle East expert for Axios covering foreign policy and the 2024 election. Ravid also writes for Walla News in Israel. Ravid was previously a contributing correspondent for Axios between 2020 and 2023 stationed in Israel, where […]
A dedicated Flash Eurobarometer commissioned by the European Parliament has taken an in-depth look at media habits, including trust in different media sources. For 71 per cent of respondents, TV was one of their most used media to access news in the past days. TV is followed by online press and/or news platforms (42 per […]