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 […]
Spanish DTT channel 7NN will cease broadcasting this week following its owner Producciones Audiovisuales Hispania revealing the business is “financially unviable”. Two weeks ago, the channel had decided to pull out of the nationwide DTT market to focus solely on Madrid and made a 50 per cent cut in staff, in an attempt to “reverse […]
Euronews, the European television news network, has announced 198 job cuts – from 478 total – and the selling of its Lyons HQ. The company, which was bought by Portugal’s Alpac Capital in 2021, will redeploy many remaining reporters to their home countries with offices opened in Berlin, Rome, Lisbon, Madrid and London with an […]
CNN is changing transponders on Astra’s long-established 19.2 degrees East orbital slot. CNN International will end up with two options for viewers and which will depend on their satellite receivers. CNN has moved from transponder 28 (Frequency 11626 Vertical) to a new transmission frequency at 11778 Vertical and which will be in DVB-S2 mode. The […]
NewsNation, a Nexstar Media Group property and US cable news network, has announced the launch of all-new NewsNation-branded connected-television apps on a variety of major platforms, including Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV and Samsung devices. The free NewsNation apps offer OTT viewers clips and highlights of the latest news from NewsNation and content […]
Data from audience insights platform GWI, reveals that Gen Z has become ‘crisis fatigued’ in their attitude to the world around them. The research from GWI’s Global Gen Z report, reveals that, despite being known as a climate-conscious generation, young Brits interest in environmental issues has dropped by 19 per cent over the past year, […]
CBC News has announced David Cochrane as the new host of CBC News Network’s flagship daily political programme, Power & Politics. Familiar to audiences as a regular guest host and reporter on the show, Cochrane will now bring his political reporting experience and engaging interviewing style to the role of permanent host, effective immediately. Power […]
Britain’s leading forum for television and media, the Royal Television Society (RTS), has shortlisted the nominations for the prestigious RTS Television Journalism Awards 2023, in partnership with Wolftech and Dataminr. The awards ceremony will take place on March 1st 2023 at the London Hilton on Park Lane and will be hosted by Dan Walker, 5 […]
Matthew Amroliwala, Christian Fraser, Yalda Hakim, Lucy Hockings and Maryam Moshiri will be chief presenters on the BBC’s news channel – BBC News – which will be broadcast in the UK and around the world. Deborah Turness, CEO of BBC News, commented: “I’m thrilled to announce the faces of our channel. This team’s editorial leadership, […]
CNN Business Arabic has launched as a digital business platform offering global and regional economic, business, and finance news, facts and analysis for Arabic speakers around the world. In addition to covering breaking news about key markets and industry sectors, CNN Business Arabic will offer original shows to engage audiences, along with podcasts, and exclusive […]