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MENA’s pay-TV revenues will fall by $1.6 billion (€1.46bn) between peak year 2016 and 2029, mainly as a result of the OTT push and widespread piracy, according to the Middle East and North Africa Pay-TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Pay-TV revenues for 20 MENA countries will drop by 43 per cent…

Aliens and robots are both synonymous with sci-fi, but one marketing agency decided to design something more extraterrestrial to manifest its AI.  To show off its new AI platform, S4 Capital’s Media.Monks created an “Alien AI advisor” called Wormhole. With an aesthetic and personality inspired by the worm-like Annelids from “Men In Black,” Wormhole is…

If you asked publishers last summer which alternative identifiers presented the most promise for replacing third-party cookies, most would have responded with a fatigued shrug. But now some are able to quantify the cookie replacements’ revenue impact. In a test of Unified ID 2.0 — which was developed by The Trade Desk and is now…

The UK Government has recommended major reforms to help boost audience confidence in the BBC’s impartiality and complaints system, following the first Mid-Term Review. Launched at the halfway point of the BBC’s 11-year Royal Charter, the Mid-Term Review evaluates the effectiveness of the governance and regulatory arrangements introduced by the Charter in 2017, with recommendations…

The long-awaited ZEEL-Sony merger is off. Despite reports over the weekend that the $10 billion merger between Zee Entertainment Ltd (ZEEL) and Sony’s Culver Max Entertainment was close, news has emerged that Sony has run out of patience and had sent a “termination letter” to ZEEL. Bloomberg is reporting that a key meeting was held…

Stephen van Rooyen, Sky UK and Ireland CEO and Group CCO, has announced that he will leave his role at the end of February. Effective immediately, Sky’s UK and Ireland business will report to group CEO Dana Strong. Van Rooyen commented: “I have taken the decision that now is the right time for me to…

More than 200 copies of The Ouray County Plaindealer, a weekly newspaper in Colorado, were stolen after it published a front-page article about the investigation.

Apple TV+ Jan. 22 unveiled the trailer for “Constellation,” an upcoming eight-part conspiracy-based psychological thriller drama series co-starring Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, You Won’t Be Alone, … Continue reading “Apple TV+ Bows ‘Constellation’ Series Trailer Launching Feb. 21” The post Apple TV+ Bows ‘Constellation’ Series Trailer Launching Feb. 21 appeared first…