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SES has completed its $3.1bn (€2.8bn) acquisition of rival Intelsat, creating a global satellite operator with an expanded fleet of 120 satellites.

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is launching a Content Provenance and Authenticity (CPA) in Media Study Group (SG).

Wimbledon attracted a record-breaking 69.3m online requests for BBC Sport from 30 June to 13 July – the highest ever digital engagement for the tennis championships on record.

Ad agency giant WPP has appointed Microsoft executive Cindy Rose as its next CEO, replacing Mark Read when he steps down on September 1.

HBO’s Harry Potter television series has officially started production at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the UK.

UK regulator Ofcom has published a discussion paper exploring the different tools and techniques that tech firms can use to help users identify deepfake AI-generated videos.

Small changes to how AI large language models (LLMs) are built and used can dramatically reduce energy consumption without compromising performance, according to new research published by the UN’s science and cultural organisation UNESCO and UK university UCL.

NEP Europe has appointed Ed Tischler as Managing Director of NEP UK.

The Walt Disney Company and ITV have unveiled a first-of-its-kind initiative to carry a selection of shows from each other’s UK streaming services in a bid to attract new audiences.

James Harding, the Editor-in-Chief of The Observer and founder of Tortoise Media, is to deliver this year’s The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, the flagship address of the Edinburgh TV Festival.