Brazil is launching a new TV standard called TV 3.0 in 2025. This technology, according to the government, will revolutionise the way people watch TV by integrating it with the internet. Viewers will use apps to navigate channels, replacing the traditional number system on remote controls. This will allow channels to offer additional on-demand content, […]
Despite a rapidly changing landscape with more screens and platforms, Italian broadcasters managed to grow their audience by 1.4 per cent in the 2022-2023 season compared to the year before, according to ratings company Auditel. Italians are watching more than ever, with over 90 per cent tuning in daily on both traditional TVs and newer […]
The recent revamp of Studio A in Sinclair Broadcast Group’s flagship WJLA serving viewers in the Washington, DC metro is the latest in a series of close collaborations between one of the largest television operators in the US and the lighting experts at Brightline. In a relationship that’s spanned several decades, the two companies have […]
Data from consumer research company GWI reveals that broadcast TV is still central to Brits’ media consumption, with nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of TV viewing time spent on live TV, rather than online streaming (36 per cent). Despite the rise of streaming platforms over the years, GWI’s 2024 Global Media Landscape Report shows the […]
The Creative Cities Convention has unveiled more speakers and panels for its April 2024 event, featuring Keynote Thangam Debbonaire, MP for Bristol West & Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport. hangam, who will give insights into her plans for the screen sector outside London at a challenging time for the industry. Kate […]
British television comes with some bizarre rules. The TV licence fee is one that always divides opinion, but there’s another that’s existed since the 1960s: the Saturday football broadcast blackout. If you live in the UK and want to watch a 3pm football match on a Saturday, you only have one option: join a legitimate […]
UK PSB Channel 4 is launching ‘Untapped’, which it describes as a ground-breaking commercial initiative to invest in entrepreneurs who have traditionally been overlooked by the VC ecosystem. The initiative – led by Channel 4’s consumer investment arm, Channel 4 Ventures – is informed by research which shows that founders securing significant investment historically fall […]
Creative Access, a UK diversity & inclusion social enterprise, has revealed research on working-class experiences in the UK’s creative sector. In speaking to broadcast professionals from all class groups across the creative industries, findings reveal 70 per cent believe that ‘soft’ social identifiers of class – such as where an individual went to school and […]
Airspeeder is the world’s first racing series for electric flying cars, or eVTOL craft (electric vertical take-off and landing). Thissport – which is part of the new aerial vehicle industry that is said to be worth £1.5 trillion in the next 10 years, according to Morgan Stanley – aims to come to market within the […]
Bubble Agency, the global PR, marketing and events specialist for the media and entertainment technology and services sectors, has been appointed by SuiteLife Systems, a provider of broadcast and radio monitoring and control solutions, as its agency of record. Bubble Agency will work with SuiteLife Systems on its media relations and outreach, communications, social media, […]