ITV and YouTube have announced a new distribution and commercial partnership which will see ITV joining YouTube’s partner programme enabling hundreds of hours of ITV content to be made available to viewers on the platform. ITV’s commercial team will sell the full range of advertising opportunities around ITV and ITV Studios channels on YouTube, including […]
UK regulator Ofcom is consulting on proposed changes to the annual licence fees (ALFs) paid by mobile network operators to use certain spectrum bands. It charges mobile network operators annual licence fees for the use of three spectrum bands (900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz). They typically come into effect after a mobile operator’s […]
SES is trimming staff at its Luxembourg HQ. Local press reports, quoting union representatives, say that the satellite giant is cutting 68 jobs which is fewer than earlier planned. The two staff unions (OGBL and LCGB) had previously talked of up to 80 jobs being cut. “As part of the negotiations with the unions, the […]
On December 4th-6th, the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) closed off 2024 with three days of meetings and conferences, covering Piracy, Policy, the annual OTT Summit alongside the advertising Upfront Showcases from leading streamers and publishers and the Annual General Meeting. The conferences brought together over 300 international and regional industry executives. Piracy Over The […]
ARTE, the Franco-German public service broadcaster, has become the newest Member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), having been elected this month at the EBU’s 93rd General Assembly in Lausanne. Founded in 1990, ARTE was established as a binational collaboration between France and Germany, with a mission to promote cultural exchange, creativity and the arts. […]
The European Commission and European Space Agency (ESA) are hosting a series of events in Brussels on December 16th connected with the IRIS2 satellite scheme. First there will be technical briefing with senior EC experts and Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, as well as Laurent Jaffart, ESA Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications. IRIS² is […]
LoopMe, a technology company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve brand advertising results, has announced its acquisition of mobile advertising and monetisation platform Chartboost from Zynga, a wholly-owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO). Financial details were not disclosed. LoopMe says this acquisition underscores its commitment to expand its capabilities and reinforces […]
Canal+ and Apple have announced that their strategic partnership is being further strengthened with a new Apple Music offer, available to Canal+ subscribers in mainland France effective immediately. Subscribers with a paid subscription to Canal+ can now access an individual subscription to Apple Music at the price of €7.69/month instead of €10.99, a discount of […]
Veritone, a specialist in building human-centered enterprise AI solutions, has announced the renewal of its global licensing agreement with CBS News. The multi-year contract expands the partnership to include exclusive local news content from CBS Owned Stations. For over a decade, CBS News and Veritone’s licensing agreement has paved the way for television producers, filmmakers, […]
TripleLift, the ad tech platform, and iSpot.tv, the TV and video measurement company, have announced an expanded partnership which brings Streaming Competitive insights to all of TripleLift’s programmatic clients for the first time. By using iSpot’s Streaming Competitive intelligence, brands and agency partners gain access to competitive data, enabling them to better understand their CTV […]
Pocket.watch, the kids and family creator content and IP company, has partnered with kids’ podcast company GoKidGo to deliver innovative audio entertainment for children. This collaboration brings imaginative storytelling to kids ages 3-11, launching with two podcasts from pocket.watch’s talent portfolio, which boasts over 50 creators with more than 1.2 billion YouTube subscribers, and 842 […]
SpaceX’s Starlink has managed to launch 349 of its Direct-To-Cellular (D2C) satellites in less than a year. While this is an admirable achievement the fleet is currently only able to manage simple Text/SMS messages to users in remote areas. The 349 launched craft represent some 90 per cent of the target constellation. The first Starlink […]
How did he do that? A question asked many times about Donald Trump, now to be the 47th President of the US, having already been the 45th. It turns out he’s better at politics than business. When that question is asked about him in the business world, it usually relates to how did he lose […]