Four of the leading national programmers in the US – AMC Networks, Discovery, TelevisaUnivision and WarnerMedia – have teamed up with Canoe Ventures to further enable national addressable television advertising. As a result of these separate, multi-year agreements, Canoe will be providing enablement and ongoing campaign service assurance across its national addressable TV advertising footprint, […]
Tegna, the US broadcast, digital media and marketing services company headquartered in Virginia, and an affiliate of Standard General have entered into a definitive agreement under which Tegna will be acquired by the Standard General affiliate for $24 (€21.17) per share in cash. The transaction has an equity value of approximately $5.4 billion and an […]
Satellite constellation Iridium has trimmed its quarterly loss to $5.9 million ($7.9 million a year ago, and $107.9 million back in 2019) helped by “the best subscriber growth in the company’s history” according to CEO Matt Desch. Iridium is best described as the original pioneer in low Earth orbiting craft and has a secure 7-year […]
Dragonfruit, the AI Analytics platform, has announced Dragonfruit Frontier, a new Cloud VMS with AI Analytics included. Frontier delivers a fully integrated experience, combining consumer-grade usability with enterprise-grade capability. “Most traditional VMSs haven’t kept pace with AI advances, and only offer bolt-on solutions for video analytics”, said Amit Kumar, Founder and CEO. “Dragonfruit is the […]
January 2022 ad spend in the US surpassed January 2021 by $1.1 billion, growing +19 per cent year-over-year, hitting a new record high for the month. This is according to Standard Media Index (SMI) who captures actual invoicing data from all major holding companies and most major independents, representing 95 per cent of national brand […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has revealed plans to launch new AWS Local Zones in 32 new metropolitan areas in 26 countries around the world. It already has Zones in 16 US cities. AWS Local Zones leverage computer, storage, database, and other AWS services at the edge of the cloud near large population, industry and IT […]
Envoi and Veset have announced a partnership to enable customers to launch professional linear channels for OTT distribution. Envoi is a cloud broadcast and live streaming solution for content creators looking to manage streaming TV platforms. Integration with Veset’s cloud-based playout platforms makes it simple for Envoi’s customers to create and manage professional linear channels […]
Electric Entertainment, the LA-based production, distribution and post-production company, has partnered with Samsung to deliver ElectricNOW’s FAST channel on all US Samsung Smart TV’s and select mobile devices. Dean Devlin, CEO of Electric Entertainment, commented: “Our live linear channel will now be reaching the enormous Samsung TV Plus audience. This is extremely exciting for us […]
International producer, distributor and channel operator, Blue Ant Media, has announced the launch of its new FAST channel, Homeful, on the free, ad-supported streaming service, XUMO, in the US. Homeful features some of the most well-decorated faces in home design TV, giving audiences a programming lineup stacked with real estate, renovations and transformations, much of […]
Samba TV, the global provider of omniscreen advertising and analytics, has released US linear television and streaming viewership data from the February 13th LA Rams vs Cincinnati Bengals Super Bowl. The viewership data from Samba TV’s device footprint found that this year’s championship game scored significant viewership increases from 2021. Some 36 million US households, […]