BERLIN and NEW YORK, — TBWA Worldwide, an Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC) advertising network, today announced its acquisition of Germany’s Agency of the Year and leading independent advertising agency Heimat. TBWA will take a majority share in Heimat, headed by founding partners Matthias von Bechtolsheim, Guido Heffels and Andreas Mengele. Heimat CEO and co-founder Matthias […]
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced that seven aerial photo and video production companies have asked for regulatory exemptions that would allow the film and television industry to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with FAA approval for the first time. If the exemption requests are granted, there could be tangible […]
LUXEMBOURG– (NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon and leading Italian bookstore chain Giunti announced an exclusive agreement to launch an innovative bookstore model, blending digital and physical reading together, and offering Giunti customers access to a wide selection of Amazon products. Italian customers will be able to discover and buy Kindle e-readers in 170 Giunti al Punto bookstores by the […]
NEW YORK– Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) and Mass Relevance today announced a partnership to launch EchoGraph, a social media measurement platform that will track and analyze social activity for advertisers. Throughout the 2014 Upfront season, Mass Relevance, which recently merged with Spredfast, will work exclusively with Viacom to measure earned media generated by Viacom […]
NEW YORK – Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) and Time Inc. today announced that, in connection with Time Warner Inc.’s previously announced intention to separate Time Inc. from Time Warner Inc., Time Inc. plans to raise an aggregate $1.4 billion of debt through an offering of unsecured senior notes and by entering into a secured term […]
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & ATLANTA — The Weather Channel will return to DIRECTV (channel 362) tomorrow as both companies have settled on a new agreement, the financial terms of which were not disclosed. As part of the new pact, The Weather Channel agreed to reduce reality programming by half on weekdays; return instant local weather […]
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. & BURBANK, Calif.–In the weeks immediately following the announcement of their groundbreaking, multi-year distribution deal, DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) today announced the availability of WATCH ABC, WATCH ABC Family, WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney XD and WatchESPN, enabling DISH’s 14 million video subscribers to access live and […]
© UNESCO Advances in technology and innovative business models have opened avenues for freedom of expression across the world, but new challenges have also emerged in the form of internet censorship, filtering, blocking and surveillance, according to a UNESCO report released today in Stockholm. The study, World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development, […]
