According to Nielsen’s April 2023 report of The Gauge, the media measurement company’s monthly snapshot of total broadcast, cable and streaming consumption that occurs through US television, cable was the only category to record an increase in share this month (+0.4 pts), boosted by an upswing in cable news viewing. This gain for cable also represents […]
Saudi Arabia’s state media group is mulling an international English-language news channel to rival Qatar’s Al Jazeera. Saudi Research and Media Group has contacted consultancies to study feasibility, reports the FT. Boosted by recent high oil prices, Saudi Arabia seeks to compete with Dubai as the Gulf region’s financial hub and is looking to sport […]
Chyron has announced the appointment of D’Arcy Pickering as senior product manager for the company’s NewsTicker data management and integration system and Marcel Clayton as product manager for its Click Effects stadium and in-venue production system. In these new roles, Pickering and Clayton will oversee ideation for new features, UI/UX improvements, and overall development for […]
Canal Red, a new TV channel promoted by the former vice president of Spanish Government, Pablo Iglesias, has acquired the DTT licence from the failed right-wing 7NN news channel, which closed down in March. The new channel will initially broadcast in Madrid but plans to eventually cover the whole country and also expand into Latin […]
Fox Television Stations (FTS) and Amazon are teaming up to distribute FTS’s local news content across Amazon’s devices in the US. Effective immediately, FTS will provide seventeen 24/7 local, free, ad-supported television (FAST) channels, one from each market covered by the Fox Television Stations, through the Amazon News app on Fire TV and Alexa on […]
Channel 4 has confirmed that it has renewed its contract with ITN to supply Channel 4 News until December 2026. The deal ensures that ITN’s Channel 4 News bulletins will remain at the heart of the Channel 4 schedule, delivering on its remit to cover UK and international stories and investigations, to demonstrate innovation and […]
FOX News Digital finished the first quarter 2023 as the top-performing news organisation in the competitive set in both multiplatform minutes and multiplatform views, according to Comscore. This marks eight consecutive quarters as the top news brand with multiplatform minutes and three consecutive quarters as the leader with multiplatform views. FOX News Digital, which went […]
Sinclair is deploying innovative cloud-based news and content gathering and production workflows by combining technologies from Avid, Sony and Marquis Broadcast. This new approach leverages 5G networks to reduce connectivity costs while enriching the flow of news metadata to accelerate the speed of its news operations. Ernie Ensign, AVP News Technology & Operations, Sinclair, explained: […]
Haystack News, the US news streaming service on OTT and CTV platforms, has announced the addition of content from CNN’s news shows to its TV and mobile apps. The new partnership with CNN Worldwide adds news stories from CNN’s top rated shows to the Haystack News TV and mobile apps including Anderson Cooper 360, The […]
Newsbridge, an AI company tackling video searchability, has announced MXT-1, a new generative AI indexing technology. Newsbridge’s core AI indexing tech uses natural language models to generate human-like descriptions of video content. Capable of indexing more than 500 hours of video per minute, MXT-1 seeks to assist organisations working with media and sports content. “With […]