Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, has announced that Riyadh Season has entered into a multi-year partnership with DAZN, which will see the sports entertainment platform become the official exclusive worldwide and co-exclusive MENA broadcaster of all of its sports and entertainment events. Building on its successful promotion and delivery of the 2023 […]
PIF, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, is reportedly exploring the purchase of a minority stake worth around $1 billion in DAZN, the sports-streaming service backed by billionaire Len Blavatnik. If a deal is reached it could increase the fund’s influence in European football as DAZN is a key broadcasting partner for Italy’s Serie A, Spain’s […]
Audiovisual usage represented 2.9 per cent of France’s electric consumption, or 13 TWh and 0.9 per cent of its carbon footprint, in 2022. For the first time, TV regulator Arcom along with telecoms watchdog Arcep and environmental agency Ademe have conducted a study about the audiovisual industry’s environmental impact. They want to initiate action to […]
Boomers are the world’s wealthiest generation, however, brands are failing to keep up with their increasingly digital media habits, according to WARC Media’s latest Global Advertising Trends report, Baby Boomers’ big digital shift. Boomers, defined for this report as adults born between 1946 and 1964 (ie those aged between 60 and 78 today), do not […]
The next generation of indie films have been handed a major boost by the government with the introduction of a tax relief uplift, which will create jobs and drive growth by making more British hits such as Aftersun and Billy Elliot possible. The Independent Film Tax Credit (IFTC), confirmed today by the Chancellor and Culture […]
CNN en Español has launched a 24-hour streaming channel in Spain, now available on Rakuten TV and closely followed by Samsung TV Plus on October 16th, and LG Channels later this month. CNN en Español’s multi-platform experience includes CNNEspanol.com, CNN en Español Radio, CNN Español, YouTube and active engagement on X, Facebook, Threads, WhatsApp and […]
JW Player (JWP), the video streaming and data insights platform, is merging with Connatix, the video delivery and monetisation solution, forming JWP Connatix. By unifying JWP’s broadcast-level live and on-demand streaming, data and workflow capabilities with Connatix’s full stack advertising and content technology, JWP Connatix becomes a comprehensive independent video technology and monetisation platform for […]
Vodafone and Google have announced a ten year strategic expansion of their existing partnership to bring new services, devices, and TV experiences to millions of Vodafone’s customers across Europe and Africa, supported by Google Cloud and Google’s Gemini models. The agreement will bring storage, security, and AI assistance to Vodafone’s customers in 15 countries, as […]
bp pulse, one of the UK’s largest EV charging networks, is partnering with Sky Go, the streaming service for Sky customers, to enhance the electric vehicle charging experience. A new campaign, brought to life by Sky Media and Mindshare, features a 30-second TV commercial showcasing how bp pulse and Sky Go work together. The creative […]
Truthset, the data validation-as-a-service offering, has secured $5 million (€4.5m) in Series A funding to accelerate its next phase of growth and adoption with the advertising industry. Data Point Capital led the round with participation from more than 20 industry insiders. “Consumer data powers a trillion-dollar industry, but historically the priority has been scale over […]
Samba TV, a provider of TV technology for audience data and omniscreen measurement, has announced its partnership with IRIS.TV, the content data platform, to enhance contextual advertising and measurement with artificial intelligence (AI). The collaboration will leverage Samba AI to analyse extensive video catalogues from major digital media and connected TV (CTV) publishers indexed with […]
It seems, despite much confusion and the departure of Thierry Breton, the EC Commissioner with oversight of the scheme, a Plan B contract for the IRIS2 (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite) highly secure mega-constellation could be signed by the end of this year. The reformed and much stripped-down consortium (comprising SES, Eutelsat […]
AI: Artificial Intelligence, it may as well have been the sub head of the recent IBC. Was there an exhibitor or a product that didn’t have an AI tale to spin? We have been here before, the years when AR, VR or 3D were the letter pairs de jour. But AI is different, it isn’t […]