Your guide to what’s happening this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.

Industry events

MWC takes place in Barcelona from Monday to Thursday, drawing the mobile industry together for an exhibition and conference with global mobile operators, manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners. For the latest from MWC19, IBC365 will be reporting from Barcelona.  

BVE, a broadcast, production and media tech event in London takes place rom Tuesday to Thursday. 

RTS Television Journalism Awards for 2019 in London on Wednesday celebrate excellence in TV journalism. 

Cisco Systems along with Goldman Sachs Group will host a tech talk on Tuesday. 

Company results

  • Discovery Inc will share its 2018 Q4 earnings on Tuesday
  • Thompson Reuters Corp will release its 2018 Q4 earnings on Tuesday
  • Tivo Corp will release its 2018 Q4 earnings on Tuesday
  • Liberty Global will share its 2018 Q4 earnings on Wednesday
  • ITV will release its 2018 full-year earnings on Wednesday
  • Technicolour will release its 2018 full-year earnings on Wednesday 

Film and TV releases

Serenity is a science-ficition mystery saga starring Anne Hathawya and Matthew McConaughey where a fishing boat captain juggles facing his mysterious past and finding himself ensnared in a reality where nothing is what it seems, in cinemas on Friday.

The Aftermath is set during post World War II, when a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house. Starring Kiera Knightly and Alexander Skarsgard, the film is released on Friday.

Leave to Remain on BBC Two is a Drama following an Afghan teenager who is at the precarious juncture of having his refugee status in the UK decided when the arrival of a boy from back home threatens to change everything. 

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind comes to Netlfix on Friday inspired by Chiwetel Ejiofor’s drama about 13-year-old William Kamkwamba, who builds a wind turbine to save his village from famine. 

 

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