Business

Mediapro launches court action against Canal Plus over football rights

Spanish broadcaster has accused Canal Plus of "abusive and unfair practises".

Business

Discovery sublicenses Olympic Games rights to Denmark’s DR, TV 2

Danish broadcasters will be able to show action from Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Business

UK government creates Global Screen Fund to replace EU funding after Brexit

Pilot scheme will receive £7 million in government funding to support UK TV and film productions.

Business

Ofcom: Women still make up less than half of UK TV and radio industry

Ofcom has called on broadcasters to accelerate progress across three priority areas.

Business

Canal Plus ‘preparing €700 million Ligue 1 rescue package’

French broadcaster preparing bid in case on-going negotiations between Mediapro and the French football league fail.

Business

Netflix spends $1 billion on UK productions in 2020

Streamer says it intends to "invest in the best content in every genre, and are fully committed to supporting British production and creative talent...

Media Management

Red Bee: 15 years of challenging the media industry

Steve Nylund, Red Bee Media's CEO, and CCO James Arnold discuss the company's 15th anniversary

Business

CP Communications acquires wearable camera company SportsCam

SportsCam produces wearable Cloud-connected wireless cameras, which capture close-up sports action from varied points of view

Media Management

Alibaba Cloud receives DPP’s Committed to Security Mark

Company has attained DPP's Security Marks for broadcast and production

Business

TVBEurope November/December 2020 issue released

Latest issue focus on the realities: augmented, virtual, and immersive audio. It also includes an investigation into ITV's drama Des, and interviews with the...

Business

Product Innovation Awards deadline extended

New deadline for the awards which celebrate the best in innovation in hardware, software and other products for the TV and pro video markets

Business

Why 2020 is a transformative moment for the media industry

TVBEurope talks to Dalet's Bea Alonso about the company's 30th anniversary and the current challenges facing the media tech industry.

Business

Liberty Global completes Sunrise Communications acquisition

Liberty Global now holds more than 98 per cent of the share capital of Sunrise.

IP Migration

Christopher Nolan joins new SMPTE advisory council

One of a number of key Hollywood technologists who will be advising SMPTE on Hollywood's need for new creative tools, standards and services.

Business

Canal Plus Group, Kudelski shut down Swiss pirate

Two companies worked with Vaud Police, Europol and Eurojust to shut down KBoxServ

Business

DPP: Media tech business model ‘no longer fit for purpose’

DPP's latest report looks at the relationship between customers and suppliers

Business

Netflix hires ITN CEO to oversee UK production

Anna Mallett appointed VP of physical production across UK, EMEA, LATAM and APAC.

Business

Viaplay set for international push

Streamer will launch in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the United States in 2021

Business

UK government establishes panel to ‘help shape future of public service broadcasting’

Panel is tasked with providing independent expertise and advice as part of the government's strategic review of PSBs

Business

Italian government ‘preparing to curb Vivendi’s position in media’

Government has reportedly drafted legislation that would require communications watchdog to investigate companies operating in the media sector.

Business

Eleven Sports acquires football streaming company MyCujoo

Eleven Sports said it intends to fold MyCujoo into its global platform, and will use the company's tech stack to power its new global...

Business

SMPTE 2020 Virtual 4K 4Charity Fun Run opens

Participants can chose tun walk, jog or run either 4K or 8K

Media Consumption

How consumption habits are disrupting traditional broadcast models

Olivier Bovis, head of sales for Media Solutions, Sony PSE, explores the rise of SVoD, the challenges of evolving broadcast schedules, digital business models...

Media Management

How the pay-TV industry can employ data to rise to the challenge of Covid

NAGRA's Jacques-Edouard Guillemot explains how real-time access to and analysis of data can help pay-TV operators be more resilient and able to adapt quickly...

Business

Framestore acquires Company 3 / Method

Acquisition creates the only global creative services studio working across every part of the creative and production process.

Business

What does lockdown 2 mean for the TV industry?

TVBEurope talks to analyst Alex DeGroote about the impact England's return to lockdown could have on commercial broadcasters

Business

Arqiva “reluctant to invest” in Freeview Play expansion

Arqiva is said to be reluctant to invest further as Freeview Play will not rely on traditional broadcasting infrastructure.

Business

Mediawan completes takeover of Legardère Studios

Acquisition gives Mediawan control of Lagardère's 25 production subsidiaries, as well as its distribution business which has a catalogue of around 10,000 hours of...