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David, Matthew Frank unveil new deal to keep TRX platform functioning into 2020

TRX founders David and Matthew Frank have agreed a new deal with the online TV licencing platform, which they say will secure its operations for 2020 and beyond. The brothers announced their departure from TRX in early October, saying that David would step down as executive chairman and Matthew as CEO at the end of […]

Sky, C4 buy into Frank brothers’ digital platform

UK-based pay TV company Sky and commercial broadcaster Channel 4 have both bought into Dial Square 86, the parent company of new rights trading platform TRX. The pair have taken an undisclosed minority stake in the Dial Square, which oversees soon-to-launch digital distribution platform. It is the first time Sky and pubcaster Channel 4 have […]

David Frank’s Dial Square launching virtual market

Dial Square 86, the media investment company run by David and Matthew Frank, is launching a digital platform that will allow distributors and buyers to work together within a new ‘virtual market’. The roll out of TRX is a reaction to a need to ‘overhaul’ the TV distribution business, the company said. Dial Square said TRX would […]

Ex-Zodiak boss Frank’s new firm outlines plan

Former Zodiak Media boss David Frank has outlined plans for his new content company, Dial Square 86, placing technology at the core of its proposition. The firm, which Frank will lead as CEO, will look to build a group of established companies, start-ups and ‘early stage businesses with high growth potential”, primarily in the US […]