flwnet

The production of TV series Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin contributed over €31 million to Germany’s GDP (‘Bruttoinlandsprodukt’) according to an economic impact study by Oxford Economics, commissioned by the MPA in cooperation with NBCUniversal and Studio Babelsberg. The production also created 700 local jobs (full-time and part-time) and supported more than 650 local businesses…

Prime Video has greenlit a feature-length documentary chronicling the final days of Roger Federer’s professional tennis career. The documentary will premiere on Prime Video on a date TBC in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, and is the latest addition to the Prime membership. Helmed by Academy Award-winning director Asif Kapadia and co-director Joe Sabia, the…

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has acquired eight unscripted series for its linear networks in European markets, including two UK originals from Prime Video, Amazon Originals, The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, Seasons One and Two. Both series will air on Polish networks TTV and Metro, with The Grand Tour also set to air on TVN…

EchoStar, which now owns Dish Network, and having suffered two reversals in its plans to raise fresh borrowings, is now contemplating raising $3 billion (€2.78bn) by issuing debt which is backed by its spectrum assets. A report from Bloomberg says that EchoStar could issue new notes backed by 20 MHz of its AWS-4 terrestrial spectrum,…

The EU’s giant IRIS2 broadband by satellite plan is already facing challenges. IRIS2 (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite) is the European Union’s answer to “pressing challenge of tomorrow, offering enhanced communication capacities to governmental users, businesses, while ensuring high-speed internet broadband to cope with connectivity dead zones.” But there are problems for…

Eutelsat’s CEO Eva Berneke, in a post-results Q&A with analysts on February 16th, said that she expected its Video DTH decline to slow. Revenues from Video – mostly DTH – had fallen 8 per cent during the 6-months to December 31st 2023. The loss was not helped by DigiTurk not renewing its contract with Eutelsat…

Most observers do not expect there to be any resurrection of the Zee merger with Sony’s India assets. Consequently Zee Entertainment says it is to examine and review its entire structure. The aim is to focus on those divisions and elements that are the most profitable. CEO Punit Goenka told analysts that he would be…

Piracy Shield, a new system designed to combat online piracy in Italy, became operational earlier this month and has since managed to block 528 IP addresses and 114 illegal sites. According to estimates by Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom), this move has prevented around 100,000 households from illegally watching premium content. The system aims to protect…

Experts say algorithm-based feeds are damaging young people’s interpersonal skills and contributing to anxiety and depression Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Jane’s* 14-year-old daughter, Grace*, used to be able to sit through a movie with her but her addiction…

Experts say algorithm-based feeds are damaging young people’s interpersonal skills and contributing to anxiety and depression Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Jane’s* 14-year-old daughter, Grace*, used to be able to sit through a movie with her but her addiction…