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Digi acquires Portugal’s Nowo
Romanian telco Digi has secured a deal to purchase Portuguese operator Nowo from Spanish firm Lorca JVCO (a joint venture between Orange and MásMóvil) for €150 million. The acquisition, subject to approval by the Competition Authority and the National Communications Authority (Anacom), marks a significant step for Digi as it expands its operations in Portugal.…
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Analysis: UK football scores most international sponsorship
Research from the Sponsorship team at Ampere Analysis reveals how powerful the English Premier League (EPL) is at securing international partner brands. The major European football leagues – as a broad rule – are all relatively successful at attracting international investment, but it is the UK’s Premier League that signs the most sponsorship deals with…
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Research: Smart TVs continue to shape viewing habits
The days of flipping through TV channels are long gone as smart TV owners embrace the app-centric viewing environments that deliver more than just TV entertainment. Hub’s Evolution of the TV Set study shows that smart TVs significantly impact how viewers are leaning into streaming services and other entertainment apps as traditional linear pay-TV viewing…
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Little Dot Studios Germany partners with Studio71
Content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios, has announced that its German office has signed a partnership with Studio71, the digital media and entertainment company of ProSiebenSat.1, to launch two channel brands on the free streaming service Joyn. Effective immediately, selected content from Little Dot Studios’ Real Stories Germany and Real Crime Germany channels, will…
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Data: Ad-supported streaming booms in Q2
Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data and analysis on the global video streaming landscape. Kantar’s EoD study uncovers the following behaviours within the global VoD market between Apr to Jun 2024: Ad-supported streaming saw significant growth in Q2 2024, with AVoD increasing by 10 per…
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Inside Cambridge Savings Bank’s 3-year digital roadmap
Cambridge Savings Bank is executing a three-year digital roadmap with automation, client experience and modern platforms at the forefront of the effort. “Our mandate is digitize everything right now as much as we can,” Chief Operating Officer Kevin McGuire told Bank Automation News. As the Cambridge, Mass.-based bank kicks off the plan, the mandate is…
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U.S. Bank readies AI-driven cash forecasting tool
U.S. Bank is developing AI-driven solutions for its business clients, with its latest efforts targeting the launch of an AI-driven cash-forecasting tool. Major financial institutions like Bank of America, Citizens Bank and PNC Bank have already deployed cash-forecasting solutions. The $669 billion bank is working with cloud-based fintech Kyriba on the tool, which will help…
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The Finanser’s Week: 29th July – 4th August 2024
This week’s main blog discussions include … Multisensory payments: is this the future? I just spotted a new innovation in India from Paytm, who I consider friends of mine after interviewing their founder, Vijay Shekhar Sharma for Digital Human a few years ago. What’s the innovation? Talking payments. The Paytm soundbox – which works both online and……
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Where are US stocks headed? Here are the key levels to watch
The rout in the US stock market has brought the S&P 500 Index to a crucial inflection point, and chart watchers are scouring key technical thresholds for clues on whether the worst of the selloff is over. The US equities benchmark is teetering on the cusp of a correction after falling 3% Monday, its biggest…
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Things worth reading: 5th August 2024
Things we’re reading today include … The bank of Starbucks: Coffee retailer has $1.77 billion in unredeemed gift cards – MarketWatch Metro Bank returns from the brink but tough road lies ahead | Metro Bank | The Guardian How I got ‘hacked’ and what that says about the banking system (ft.com) InvestHK seeks to boost……