UK network service provider Freshwave has appointed Tom Bennett as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He will be leading a team of over 50 engineers and operations specialists responsible for delivering indoor and outdoor mobile connectivity in environments ranging from railway stations to stadiums and high rises to hospitals. Bennett joins Freshwave from EE […]
Parents have been complaining about their children spending too much time in front of screens since the invention of television, and since the rise of technology, fewer youngsters are spending time outside, favouring their tech devices in their bedrooms, notes online contact lens retailer Lenstore. With excessive screen time leaving us exposed to a number […]
Finecast, an addressable TV provider, has announced that PwC has performed independent verification testing of Finecast’s process for delivery of UK addressable TV campaigns. Finecast has engaged PwC to help clearly demonstrate Finecast’s continued commitment to transparency in how premium campaigns are delivered on behalf of its clients in the UK. Measured over April to […]
Electric Entertainment, the Los Angeles based production, distribution and post-production company, has announced that fans of Leverage in the UK, Africa and Hong Kong can now enjoy the reimagining of the series, Leverage: Redemption. IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, has secured full exclusivity across SVoD and AVoD for the series in the UK, NBCUniversal […]
Extreme E has welcomed the announcement by the UK Government that it intends to invest £1 million in its proposed off-road race on the Outer Hebrides in 2022. The announcement today in the House of Commons follows productive discussions with the UK Government, the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and other key stakeholders over several months. […]
ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, has outlined a range of measures to deliver on its climate action commitments. As signatories to the Taskforce on Climate related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), ITV said it already embeds climate risk and opportunities into its global governance, risk management and strategy and that these latest announcements further its commitment to […]
TVSquared has announced the launch of ADvantage XP in the UK and Germany, bringing Europe’s largest advertising markets the cross-platform measurement and attribution solution for all forms of TV – linear, streaming and addressable. ADvantage XP is an always-on, scalable platform that offers independent, impression-based measurement of ad exposure and outcomes for converged TV campaigns. […]
PlayBox Technology UK, a channel in a box provider for media companies worldwide, has provided an upgraded playout platform for Al Qamar Television’s Moon Channel. Al Qamar is an Arab-language, faith-based service based in London with a global streamed audience. As Al Qamar grows in output and audience, it needed to move to an updated […]
Garden Studios has announced that it will be partnering with MetFilm School and Mission. Both companies will be situated on-site in the Unit 16 space of The Townsend Campus at Garden Studios. MetFilm School will deliver four 6-month courses at their new home at Garden Studios which are offered twice a year. These are: Acting […]
Research carried out across the EU5 (UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy) by omnichannel sell-side advertising platform Magnite reveals that 78 per cent of European audiences watch Connected TV (CTV), making it an essential element of TV planning for advertisers. The report, CTV Is for Everyone: 2021, shows that CTV adoption across households in the […]