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Amino Technologies rebrands as Aferian

Company's two go-to-market brands, 24i and Amino Communications, will continue to operate under their respective names

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Ofcom ‘to be given SVoD regulatory powers’

Government reportedly want to "level the playing field" between broadcasters and VoD services

Business

Channel 4 could be privatised ‘as soon as next year’

Options are said to include an outright sale, a partial offloading of the government's stake or a mutual ownership model

Business

Huge European football broadcast rights package unveiled

Package includes the top domestic leagues in Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Iceland, Latvia and Kazakhstan

Media Management

Telstra Broadcast Services acquires MediaCloud

All employees, customers and suppliers will move to Telstra as part of the deal

Business

Searchlight, Invesco launch Mediapro takeover bid

Companies are offering a further investment of €150 million in order to take control

Business

Amazon wins rights to Ligue 1, sparks Canal Plus protest

Canal Plus has refused to broadcast the two matches a week it has been awarded, stating the deal is detrimental to the league's historic...

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GB News plans radio station launch

New DAB national station could launch as early as next month

Business

Discovery nets French Open for another five years

In 2021, Eurosport has reported significant year-on-year growth in its audience watching via digital platforms during the first eight days of the Grand Slam...

Live Production

How can broadcasters secure themselves against possible cyber attacks?

Following the recent ransomware attack on one US media group, Quantum's Eric Bassier explains why broadcasters are being targeted, and how they can safeguard...

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DAZN ‘rejects Sky Italia content deal bid’

According to reports, DAZN has rejected Sky's bid to keep its app on its set-top-box and satellite service

Business

EBS rebrands as PA TV Metadata, wins GB News contract

Pawa – the cloud-based metadata platform developed by EBS – will continue to underpin the company's offering

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Ross Video acquires Primestream

Deal takes Ross Video's employee headcount to over 1,000

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Analysts: Europe’s broadcasters to net €8 billion in football revenues

Revenues will bounce back as fans return to stadiums for the 2021/22 season

Business

Derek Chang to lead Friend MTS

Company's founder Jonathan Friend will move to the role of chief product officer

Business

Mediapro sells off part of its debt

Company could be subject to a takeover bid

Business

EBU appoints new head of digital, transformation and platforms

Wouter Quartier will play an important role as part of EBU's Media Management team, bringing into play his digital transformation and data management experience

Media Management

Codemill acquires MAM solution company Cantemo

Codemill intends to integrate Cantemo's MAM with its Accurate.Video product suite and Accurate Player SDK

Business

Oliver Dowden wants search for new Ofcom chair to begin again

Culture secretary wants the search to "start afresh"

Business

Roman Abramovich invests in ‘Russian Netflix’

During 2020, Ivi has the largest share of Russia's streaming market

Business

24i acquires Danish pay-TV platform Nordija

Company is looking to expand its TV as a Service offering

Business

Amazon enters into “definitive merger agreement” with MGM

“The real financial value behind this deal is the treasure trove of IP in the deep catalogue that we plan to reimagine and develop...

Business

Steve Penney joins pixitmedia

Penney will lead the team in software development, delivery and customer support functions

Business

Crimp: It made sense to move IBC to December

IBC CEO Mike Crimp talks to TVBEurope about why the event's organisers have taken a "calculated risk" to move this year's show to December,...

Business

IBC announces shift to December

CEO Mike Crimp said the event's organisers feel the "best opportunity" for the show would be the move to the end of the year

Business

Disney plans to close 100 international TV channels

CEO Bob Chapek said Disney doesn't want to be left behind in the move to viewing content online

Business

Sky Sports boss set to step down

Rob Webster has been in the role for the past two years

Business

Is ViacomCBS the next big M&A target?

Bank of America analyst suggests company's large library could command a premium as content increasingly comes to be the key differentiator for streaming enterprises

Business

BBC, ITV beat the scrum for Six Nations broadcast rights

Men’s Guinness Six Nations, Women’s Six Nations and Men’s Under- 20’s all set to stay on free-to-air TV

Business

Martin Soukup joins Ross Video

Soukup joins Ross Video as vice president of product development

Business

High profile mergers point to domestic consolidation landscape in Europe

The Warner-Discovery and TF1-M6 merger plans have dramatically pushed consolidation up European commercial television’s agenda, says Enders Analysis, while investors believe the landscape for...

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