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CBS Audio Network Stays With Skyview | Radio & Television Business Report
The audio network owned by Paramount will be staying with Phoenix-based Skyview Networks for the foreseeable future. A multi-year renewal agreement will ensure that CBS Audio Network is both distributed and repped for network ad sales by Skyview Networks. It extends a partnership that began in 2018 and was renewed in 2020. The agreement includes CBS’s news and music…
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Intelsat expects record revenues; American Eagle deal
Intelsat’s CEO David Wajsgras, speaking at the company’s investor day, said that the company expects record revenues this year, of about $2.1 billion (€1.9bn), up slightly on the $2.084 billion from 2022. Intelsat is considering creating a Medium Earth orbiting fleet of satellites. It had issued a ‘Request for Proposals’ this summer. Intelsat will decide…
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Kuiper shocks with rival SpaceX bookings
Amazon’s Project Kuiper mega-constellation has surprisingly ordered three rocket launches from rival SpaceX. It seems the SpaceX launches are needed to ensure that Kuiper meets its ITU obligations to orbit 50 per cent of its 3,236 fleet by July-2026. Coincidentally, the order comes at the same time as a lawsuit from an institutional investor is…
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SpaceX Starship Test 3 part-licensed
Communication permissions for Elon Musk’s third test flight of the SpaceX Starship has been issued by the FCC. The communications licence covers a period from December 1st to January 6th 2024. The formal communications licence was issued to SpaceX on November 28th, but is not permission to actually launch. Those final permissions will come from…
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Former Blue Origin boss sues company
A complaint has been filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court by Craig Stoker, who was previously Blue Origin’s programme manager on their BE-4 rocket engine development, and alleging concerns over workplace safety at the Jeff Bezos-backed business. Stoker further alleges that Blue Origin had a “hostile work environment” and that there were “ethical violations”…
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Survey: Home Alone named UK’s favourite Xmas film
A survey from electrical retailer Currys asked some 2,000 British residents about their Christmas traditions, the majority (37 per cent) said they spend Christmas Eve watching movies and a quarter do the same on Boxing Day too, but which ones are the nation’s favourites? In first place was Home Alone with 21 per cent of…
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IMG reveals 2024 digital trends
Global sports, events and representation company IMG has launched its Digital Trends Report 2024, exploring the technologies and developments that will shape the sport media landscape for rights holders over the next 12 months. Now in its sixth iteration, this year’s predictions include the growth of smarter stadiums, tactical adoption of generative AI, and monetising…
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Canal+ launching streaming platform in Netherlands
After recent launches in Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Canal+ Group has announced it is now coming to the Netherlands with an offer aggregating a streaming catalogue of movies and series. Its offer is already being distributed in the Netherlands via its subsidiary M7 and will be rebranded Canal+ from January 29th 2024. From this…
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Cellnex fined €13.7m for market abuse
The Spanish Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by infrastructure provider Cellnex and ruled that the company will have to pay a €13.7 million fine imposed by the regulator CNMC for abuse of a dominant position in the DTT market. The ruling brings the matter to an end after a decade in the courts since…
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Sky ups Premier League rights; TNT, BBC renew deals
Sky has secured the broadcast rights to show a record number of Premier League fixtures in a new four-year deal. With up to 100 more matches each season, its exclusively live coverage will increase by 70 per cent from 2025/26. With four packages awarded, the maximum for any one broadcaster, over 80 per cent of…