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Movistar Plus+ acquires LIV Golf League rights
Movistar Plus+ has announced an agreement with LIV Golf League to exclusively broadcast the tournament in Spain.This recently created tournament (2022) is a professional golf tour whose name (LIV) refers to the total number of holes to be played in each event (54 in Roman numerals, corresponding to 3 rounds of 18 holes). The competition…
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SABC Bill suffers backlash
There are strong objections to South Africa’s proposed SABC Bill for the nation’s public broadcaster and it must be withdrawn, report local media organisations. Three influential organisations have criticised the new Bill. SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) collectively made a submission to the…
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Zee fallout sees cricket deal cancelled
Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL), clearly suffering as a result of its collapsed merger with Sony’s Indian broadcasting interests, is pulling out of its contract with Disney India for a massive sub-licensing $1.4 billion (€1.29bn) agreement to cover key International Cricket Council (ICC) matches for the 2024-2027 seasons. ZEEL is already extremely late in paying an…
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Eutelsat: “OneWeb behind schedule”
Eutelsat has issued a trading review and market update stating that its OneWeb division was making slower progress than expected. The impact has slashed its anticipated EBITDA revenues for this year (to June 30th) by between €75 million to €145 million. Eutelsat has “suspended” its guidance for this financial year and postponed any further guidance…
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RAI to switch to DVB-T2 in September
Italian public broadcaster RAI has finally committed to switching one of its multiplexes to the new DVB-T2 transmission standard on September 1st. This was confirmed by RAI’s technology director, Stefano Ciccotti, during a presentation in Bologna. In addition, the new date is outlined in the new RAI Service Contract recently signed with the Italian government.…
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I criticised Rwanda, now I wake up screaming after sustained online attacks | Michela Wrong
Sockpuppet accounts launched a smear campaign after a book about Paul Kagame’s extraterritorial assassination campaign Paul Kagame understands the value of the visual image. He loves being snapped glad-handing a dignitary at the World Economic Forum in Davos – this month, it was Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. That’s only bettered by posing back home for…
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I criticised Rwanda, now I wake up screaming after sustained online attacks | Michela Wrong
Sockpuppet accounts launched a smear campaign after a book about Paul Kagame’s extraterritorial assassination campaign Paul Kagame understands the value of the visual image. He loves being snapped glad-handing a dignitary at the World Economic Forum in Davos – this month, it was Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. That’s only bettered by posing back home for…
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I criticised Rwanda, now I wake up screaming after sustained online attacks | Michela Wrong
Sockpuppet accounts launched a smear campaign after a book about Paul Kagame’s extraterritorial assassination campaign Paul Kagame understands the value of the visual image. He loves being snapped glad-handing a dignitary at the World Economic Forum in Davos – this month, it was Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. That’s only bettered by posing back home for…
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I criticised Rwanda, now I wake up screaming after sustained online attacks | Michela Wrong
Sockpuppet accounts launched a smear campaign after a book about Paul Kagame’s extraterritorial assassination campaign Paul Kagame understands the value of the visual image. He loves being snapped glad-handing a dignitary at the World Economic Forum in Davos – this month, it was Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. That’s only bettered by posing back home for…
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I criticised Rwanda, now I wake up screaming after sustained online attacks | Michela Wrong
Sockpuppet accounts launched a smear campaign after a book about Paul Kagame’s extraterritorial assassination campaign Paul Kagame understands the value of the visual image. He loves being snapped glad-handing a dignitary at the World Economic Forum in Davos – this month, it was Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. That’s only bettered by posing back home for…