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DStv sheds 500,000 subs
MultiChoice, operator of the DStv pay-TV system, has lost almost 500,000 subscribers in South Africa. The latest interim financial results show that the loss at the end of September placed the operator’s total subscriber numbers (90-day active) at 8.629 million, or 486,000 less than the 9.115 million at the same point last year. MultiChoice says…
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EchoStar’s Jupiter 3 being tested
Maxar Space Systems says it has successfully handed over operations of the largest commercial communications satellite ever manufactured in their Palo Alto, California facility, the Jupiter 3 broadband satellite, for EchoStar’s HughesConnects subsidiary. The satellite, already in orbit, includes 14 solar panels on board that when fully deployed could span a 10-storey building. Maxar Space…
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Former Marvel Studios VP and Producer of Glee Comes to 2023 NYFTSA Summit as Keynote Speaker
Daniel Hank will close out the 2023 NYFTSA Summit at the Roy H. Park School of Communications on Saturday, December 2nd. REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 19th: Ithaca College students may RSVP via IC Engage: https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9590219 Daniel Hank has produced features, commercials, industrials, television series, pilots, and movies. As a producer for over 20 years, he is best…
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Survey: TV still dominant source for news
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…
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RTÉ reform plan to ‘regain trust’
RTÉ, the Irish public service broadcaster, has published its strategic reform plan, including a voluntary redundancy scheme targeting those on over €100,000. It also caps the pay of top stars, meaning no one will earn more than director general Kevin Bakhurst. The document sets out a plan to make one in five jobs redundant, rebalance…
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Mr & Mrs Smith debuts on Prime Video in February
Prime Video has announced the premiere date for the new series Mr & Mrs Smith. All eight episodes will be available on February 2nd 2024, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. From co-creators and executive producers Donald Glover (Swarm, Atlanta) and Francesca Sloane (Atlanta, Fargo), the series, a reimagining of…
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Radio-television-film freshmen get creative producing short films, friendships
When Jane Nam, Olivia Scott and Ana Orellana came to UT, they realized that as radio-television-film majors they wouldn’t have full access to UT’s film resources or media studies until they became upperclassmen. Disappointed, they started producing short films alongside seven other RTF freshmen in September. The group of friends consider themselves a production organization,…
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Eutelsat CEO: “Nobody wants a Musk monopoly”
Eutelsat CEO Eva Berneke, in an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP), has said that Eutelsat OneWeb intends to form a viable competitor to Elon Musk’s Starlink and provide superfast internet and broadband from space. She told AFP: “We have a lot of customers who want us to get there quickly. They tell us they took…
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Study: UK 4th most 6G ready country
Research reveals that the UK is at the forefront of 6G innovation, ranking in fourth place in the world’s race to 6G. The study by Uswitch mobiles analysed countries on their median and maximum 5G download speeds, as well as their 6G patent filings by country, to reveal which countries are leading the race to…
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How to help adoptive and foster families – WNKY News 40 Television
4 hours ago Share This Story BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Although the Family Enrichment Center in Bowling Green is a great resource for families looking to adopt or that already have adopted, the center cannot do everything for them that they may need day to day. Lee Fowlkes, the director of the center, speaks about…