Local content a killer … Australian video-streaming services Stan and Presto are growing faster than market leader Netflix, a Telsyte study says, with Netflixs VPN crackdown and local content from the other services, like Wolf Creek, behind the move. AUSTRALIAS homegrown video-streaming services are outpacing multibillion-dollar import Netflix as viewers reject its crackdown on overseas…
DetailsIn February 2014, Russian forces seized Crimea and then began supporting the separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine. This intervention transformed the conflict between the Maidan and Viktor Yanukovychs regime into an international one, and brought Ukraine and Russia into a state of war. The ongoing crisis clearly has many complex causes that need to be…
DetailsLocal content a killer … Australian video-streaming services Stan and Presto are growing faster than market leader Netflix, a Telsyte study says, with Netflixs VPN crackdown and local content from the other services, like Wolf Creek, behind the move. AUSTRALIAS homegrown video-streaming services are outpacing multibillion-dollar import Netflix as viewers reject its crackdown on overseas…
DetailsCetin Sekercioglu President, Asia Millennium Hotels and Resorts At the heart of business restructuring lies the notion of discontinuous thinking identifying and abandoning the outdated rules and fundamental assumptions that underlie current business operations. Effective communication throughout the transition is key to a leaders success in continuously addressing employees concerns while also acting as a…
DetailsRelated Story: Guvera’s future uncertain after ASX blocks float Two subsidiaries of music streaming company Guvera have been placed into voluntary administration, and professional services firm Deloitte has been appointed to lead an international restructure. The subsidiaries, Guvera Australia and Guv Services, deal with Guvera’s business in international markets. A spokesman…
DetailsRelated Story: Gambling giants lose High Court battle over Victorian gaming licences Betting company Tatts Group says it has sold its UK-based slot business Talarius to international gambling company Novomatic for $210 million, and will use the proceeds to pay down debt. Tatts said its continuing operations excluding Talarius were expected…
DetailsMusic streaming company Guvera has gone into administration. The Queensland business says it has appointed Deloitte to lead a restructure. Subsidiary entities Guvera Australia Pty Ltd and Guv Services Pty Ltd have been placed into voluntary administration. Guvera Limited says it will work closely with the Deloitte to provide financial assistance for creditors. The company…
DetailsThe collapse of Dick Smith has shown Australia has no real way to deal with ailing companies. Edwina Pickles When Dick Smith administrators release a much-anticipated report into the reasons for its collapse, talk will turn to whether a different insolvency regime and different decisions might have prevented its rapid and controversial demise. In this…
DetailsKen Moelis admits that launching a boutique investment bank in the middle of a global financial crisis was not the most obvious move for a banker trying his hand at being an entrepreneur for the first time. Do you know how many people told me we were going to go bankrupt? Everyone, says the veteran…
DetailsThe inspector-general of polices (IGP) admission and proposals where he urged that all entertainment outlets be placed within one designated area in each state (Free Malaysia Today, June 24, 2016) ought to be lauded and seriously studied, as illegal gambling disguised as entertainment outlets have of late spruced up sporadically in strategic locations We cannot…
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