ITV says it will become a Net Zero carbon business by 2030, as part of its ongoing commitment to creating the biggest shows with the smallest footprint. The business will work alongside colleagues, suppliers, programme makers and the albert consortium to achieve net zero across it’s scope 1&2 emissions, business travel and all produced and […]
According to a new YouGov survey, the majority of Premier League fans still dislike VAR – but the percentage who think it has “done badly” has fallen. The percentage of those who think Video Assistant Referees have worked well in the Premier League has gone up from 27 per cent to 36 per cent. There […]
As the latest NFL season kicks off, Verizon Media has announced the launch of two new features, Watch Together and Sports PlayA, for fans watching games through the Yahoo Sports app. The new Watch Together is a co-viewing experience designed to innovate live events by providing fans the ability to co-watch, interact and immerse themselves […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon company, and the National Football League (NFL) have announced they will debut six new insights through the NFL’s Next Gen Stats platform powered by AWS during the September 10th season kick-off game between the Houston Texans and the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs. The new advanced stats will […]
OzTAM has introduced connected TV (CTV) co-viewing data to its Video Player Measurement (VPM) Report. This enhancement evolves the VPM service from a 1:1 people-to-device measure for broadcaster VoD (BVoD) to reflect that people often watch BVoD content together on a CTV. Co-viewing expands on the demographic profiles that OzTAM introduced to the VPM service […]
Zixi, a specialist in enabling live broadcast-quality video over any-IP, has announced that global media services provider Red Bee Media has adopted the SDVP and standardised services on Zixi and Zixi ZEN Master for the management of ‘Channel Store’, a global signal aggregation and distribution platform. Channel Store is a multi-format marketplace for content-owners and […]
Médiamétrie is taking over the daily SVoD barometer, which was previously operated by NPA Conseil in partnership with Harris Interactive. Harris Interactive will continue to collect reporting-based data from the public on a daily basis. At a time when SVoD platforms are firmly establishing themselves in the audiovisual landscape, with nearly 1 in 2 French […]
Canadian satellite operator Telesat has welcomed Canada’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development’s (ISED) inclusion of Telesat’s proposal to reallocate expeditiously the highly-desirable 3800 MHz, ‘C-band’, mid-band spectrum from fixed satellite use to 5G services in its recently-released consultation on the future of that band. According to Telesat, its proposal is the only plan […]
Eutelsat has signed a “multi-year” strategic agreement worth €450 million over its life with Sky Italia, a “premier anchor customer” for renewed Eutelsat capacity on its ‘HOTBIRD’ craft. “The agreement represents the latest step in the long-standing partnership between Sky, the pre-eminent anchor customer on HOTBIRD, and Eutelsat which has supported since 2003 the development […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based technology for broadcast TV and streaming TV, has announced that The Africa Channel has partnered with Amagi to streamline its entire broadcast workflow across cable, satellite and digital OTT services. This integration has helped The Africa Channel gain significant efficiencies in distribution while achieving greater transparency across its operations. […]