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Report: Advertising ecosystem evolving rapidly

Mediaocean, a partner for omnichannel advertising, has released the findings from its 2025 H1 Advertising Outlook Report, which reveals how marketers are navigating rapid technological advancements and shifting consumer behaviours. The report highlights key findings, including the rise of generative AI as the top consumer trend, marketers’ increased investments in automation, and the continued prioritisation […]

January 13, 2025

Research: Consumers don’t understand AI yet

AI is rapidly changing the way people are interacting with entertainment and companies are embracing AI to streamline operations and improve efficiencies in producing, marketing and distributing content. While AI tools are being used to create images, music, scripts, ads and other video content, the lines between what’s ‘real’ and ‘fake’ are becoming even blurrier […]

January 14, 2025

Report: Streaming worth $89bn in Asia by 2029

Over the next five years, online video revenues in the APAC region will grow from $64 billion (€62.7bn) in 2024 to $89 billion by 2029 — a 40 per cent uptick. Traditional TV revenue, meanwhile, will contract by $8 billion over the same period, according to a new report from consultancy Media Partners Asia (MPA). […]

January 13, 2025

Italy: DVB-T2/HEVC transition requires “urgent intervention”

Aeranti-Corallo, the association representing Italian local television broadcasters, has said it intends to draw attention to the “serious situation” that is penalising the Italian local TV sector, in the process of transition to DVB-T2/HEVC. While the global market presents increasingly high-performance and large-sized television screens, capable of fully exploiting the potential of new high-quality image […]

January 13, 2025

Report: Which platforms would benefit most from TikTok ban?

The January 19th deadline for TikTok to divest or be banned in the US is fast approaching. The loss of TikTok in the US would cause a ripple effect across the media, marketing, and commerce landscape. Meta and YouTube stand to gain the most, but there is a long list of other winners and losers, […]

January 13, 2025

Netflix out draws BBC1

Netflix was the most-watched TV service in the UK for three months last year, overtaking BBC1 for the first time. Outranking Britain’s most popular channel may not have been permanent, but it is a significant milestone in the rivalry between traditional broadcasters and global streamers. The BBC said it was “meaningless” to compare the entirety […]

January 13, 2025

MODUS Super Series Darts on Pluto TV

FAST service Pluto TV and MODUS Super Series have agreed a partnership to bring MODUS Super Series Darts on Pluto TV across multiple international markets, including exclusively in the UK, GSA and Denmark – providing darts content 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Through the deal, Pluto TV is also becoming the title […]

January 13, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Report: Smartphone market recovers In 2024

The global smartphone market returned to growth in 2024 after two consecutive years of annual declines, according to preliminary results from Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse. Global smartphone sales grew 4 per ent YoY in 2024, as consumer sentiment fared better than in previous years following macroeconomic improvements. Smartphone sales in 2023 were the lowest in a […]

January 13, 2025

New Glenn scrubs launch; SpaceX Starship slips

SpaceX has delayed the attempted launch of its massive Starship to January 15th with anxieties about the weather off the Texas coast. The Jeff Bezos-backed New Glenn rocket (NG-1) planned launch from Florida in the early hours of January 13th was also scrubbed. The delay to Elon Musk’s giant Starship was made because of bad […]

January 13, 2025By Chris Forrester

BBC: 11.6m watch FA Cup third round ties

A peak of 7.4 million tuned in to watch 10-man Manchester United knock Arsenal out of the FA Cup on penalties on January 12th – an audience share of 41.1 per cent. A peak audience of 3.2 million also tuned in to watch Manchester City beat Salford City 8-0 on BBC One on January 11th, […]

January 13, 2025

UAE’s Space42 wants to build LEO constellation

Space42 is the newly-established combination of Abu Dhabi’s Al Yah (YahSat) and Bayanat AI, which operates the Thuraya fleet of satellites. Its latest, Thuraya 4, was launched on January 3rd into its transfer orbit and on its way to a location at 44 degrees East. The company says that Thuraya 4 has a firm backlog […]

January 13, 2025By Chris Forrester
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ITU’s hands are tied on space jamming

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is having a hard time getting some of its member states to observe its regulations. Two problems are paramount: The first is the regulation of so-called ‘space debris’ whether dying satellites or collision avoidance obligations. The second concerns the deliberate jamming of certain TV signals which includes the rules governing […]

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AI: Devil and Deep Blue Sea

Remember Deep Blue, the IBM computer that beat a Grandmaster at chess? Sometimes seen as the moment Artificial Intelligence entered the public consciousness? These days, it is front and centre in both the tech and the creative industries. Uniquely, you can find protagonists in both who regard it as humankind’s next great step, and those […]

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