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Discovery measuring total video during Olympics

With Discovery and its leading sports brand Eurosport on track to deliver the Olympic Winter Games to more people, across more screens than ever before, the broadcaster has developed a first-of-its kind methodology to measure audience behaviour across Europe. Discovery has unveiled three new metrics, which together will capture ‘Total Video’ – the new ‘TV’—across […]

February 1, 2018

Report: Ad-spend flat in 2017

Matrix Solutions, the global ad sales platform built for media, has released its first annual Advertising Spend Report – providing insights derived from the activity of more than 10,000 active users within media ad sales teams from 2016 to 2017. “According to our data, overall ad spend remained relatively flat from 2016 to 2017, which […]

February 1, 2018

FOX Sports wins NFL Thursday night deal

The National Football League (NFL), America’s most popular sports league, has reached an agreement with FOX Sports to broadcast the next five seasons of Thursday Night Football beginning with the 2018 season. “This agreement is the culmination of over 10 years of strategic growth around Thursday Night Football, a period during which this property has […]

February 1, 2018

Global Eagle revenues up but losses increase

Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has declared its Q3 numbers (to September 30th 2017) saying that revenues were up 23 per cent for the nine months to $460 million (€370m), but with losses of $223 million ($75 million last year). GEE is building up media and broadband connectivity with in-flight and cruise ship entertainment now at […]

February 1, 2018By Chris Forrester

Flawless launch for SpaceX and SES-16

Luxembourg’s Grand Duke, Prince Guillaume and his wife Stephanie, were at Cape Canaveral Wednesday evening, along with Luxembourg’s prime minister Xavier Bettel, to watch SpaceX’s flawless launch of GovSat-1 (also known as SES-16) aboard a previously flown (“flight tested”) Falcon 9 rocket. Lift-off from the Cape’s Launch Complex 40 took place at 16:25 Eastern Time […]

February 1, 2018By Chris Forrester

Fan link-up service wins sports innovation award

A service which allows sports fans to create virtual living rooms, enabling friends and families to watch TV together, has won a BT sports media innovation award. The winner of the BT Infinity Lab competition, Sceenic, will now be trialled by BT Sport for potential future use by the company. London-based Sceenic’s solution claims to […]

February 1, 2018

Connekt launches voice activation

Connekt, the AI-driven technology company transforming TV advertising for the connected world, is preparing for remote-less future by adding voice capabilities to its linear TV ad engagement solution. Now, viewers with Google Home devices can interact with brands that are featured on TV and purchase goods using only their voices. “Voice is the new UI, […]

February 1, 2018

Kim appointed MD of Globecast Asia

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has appointed Jimmy Kim as Managing Director of Globecast in Asia, effective immediately. In his new position, Kim will drive Globecast’s continued success in this dynamic market, expanding its customer base and building upon the company’s long-term objectives. Kim joins Globecast from MNC Media, where he held the […]

February 1, 2018

KPNX deploys Mediaproxy

Mediaproxy, a provider of software-based IP broadcast solutions for compliance, monitoring and analysis, has announced that KPNX has selected its LogServer software solution for its next generation compliance and monitoring. KPNX, a Tegna Media company, provides digital television services including NBC affiliate Channel 12, 12 News Weather, and the Justice Network to viewers throughout the […]

February 1, 2018

All Formula E races on MySports

MySports HD is broadcasting all Formula E races live, supported by original studio productions around the races. Since December 2017, the Formula E drivers have been racing around city-centre street circuits in various metropolises all over the world. The next stop on February 3rd will be Santiago de Chile. MySports will be showing all of […]

February 1, 2018