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Sky News Group restructures leadership team

Sky News Group has restructured its leadership team with the appointments of David Rhodes and Jonathan Levy. David Rhodes has been named executive chairman, with Jonathan Levy promoted to managing director and executive editor. Rhodes who joins from News UK replaces John Ryley after departing the company in December 2022. The exec will be responsible […]

GSMA unveils industry-wide initiative GSMA Open Gateway

GSMA has launched the industry-wide initiative, GSMA Open Gateway, a framework of universal network Application Programmable Interfaces (APIs), which will provide developers universal access to operator networks. Backed by 21 mobile network operators, the initiative is designed to help developers and cloud providers enhance and deploy services more quickly via single points of access to […]

SVOD revenue is to reach $124 billion by 2028

Global SVOD revenues are expected to reach $124 billion by 2028 up from $99 billion in 2022, according to to the latest market predictions from Digital TV Research. The research outfit predicted that the US would add $5bn of the $25bn additional revenues between 2022 and 2028, with China in second place gaining an extra $1 billion. It […]

Bridgepoint becomes new majority shareholder of Equativ

Ad tech outfit, Equativ has announced Bridgepoint as its new principal investor, providing Equativ its expertise in fast-growing tech companies and extended financial capabilities to amplify its growth across core markets. The partnership will drive Equativ’s mission to help publishers and advertisers thrive in an open, independent Web and compete with walled gardens. Formerly know as […]

Liberty Global posts lower revenues for Q4, 2022

Liberty Global’s revenues decreased by 4.1% to $1.8bn in its Q4 2022 financial results, while its adjusted EBITDA year on year was down 13.4%. Q4 earnings (losses) from continuing operations decreased 833.9% y-o-y on a reported basis to $4.68bn. Commenting on the results, CEO Mike Fries said: “Our fourth quarter and full year results demonstrate […]

Telia teams up with castLabs to replace conditional access systems

Scandinavian telecommunications operator, Telia, will replace the traditional CAS (Conditional Access Systems) on its IPTV network with castLabs’ Widevine CAS managed service. According to the video delivery technology provider, CAS is the required technology to secure content distributed in broadcast or multicast networks. Whereas, Telia’s traditional CAS proved difficult to maintain due to its specific legacy infrastructure, […]

Telefónica reports a boost in revenues in 2022

Spanish telco Telefónica has reported a growth in revenue across all its markets in the financial year 2022. The company revealed its revenues has since 2021 rose by 1.8%, to €39,993 million, with it closing 2022 with a free cash flow of €4,566 million which was 72.5% higher than the previous year. The Group’s reported revenues […]

Orange and Vodafone join forces to build shared Open RAN networks across rural Europe

Orange and Vodafone will build an Open Radio Access Network (RAN) in Romania, following their agreement to build shared Open RAN commercial sites in rural parts of Europe where they both have mobile networks. The first sites will be located outside the Romanian capital Bucharest which according to the duo will pave the way for […]

CME’s Czech and Slovak streamer Voyo hits 500,000 subscriber landmark

CME-owned streaming platform Voyo has reached more than 500,000 subscribers in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. News of the landmark was revealed by executives at CME-owned TV Markíza, which oversees management of the Voyo business in Slovakia. According to the Markíza team, the figure means that Voyo is the leading streaming service in Slovakia “surpassing […]

WBD steadies the ship in Q4, 2022, claiming “strong momentum”

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has reported revenues of $11 billion for Q4, 2022, down 11%, citing weaker advertising revenues as a key contributing factor. For the full year, the company saw a drop to $33.8bn – down 5% year on year. The markets appeared satisfied with the results, responding with a 2% rise in share […]

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