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Entertainment technology company TiVo has debuted its TiVo One cross-screen ad platform, combining ad inventory across multiple end-points in the home and the car empowering advertisers to optimise branded campaigns to their desired audiences with advanced forecasting, precise targeting and robust measurement capabilities. TiVo One is the latest service to…
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Comcast has announced that its new streaming bundle of Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+, known as Xfinity StreamSaver, will be available to new and existing Xfinity Internet and TV customers in the US from May 29th. StreamSaver includes a subscription to Netflix Standard with ads, Peacock Premium, and Apple TV+,…
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Vodafone Group and Liberty Global have announced that Stephen van Rooyen has been appointed CEO of Dutch telco VodafoneZiggo, effective from September 2024. Van Rooyen was previously the CEO of Sky UK & Ireland and Chief Commercial Officer for the Sky Group. He brings a wealth of telecoms and media…
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A report from FASTMaster – a source of FAST data and analysis in the US created by industry thought leader Gavin Bridge – reveals that not only are there the biggest number of FAST Channels in the US to date, but even though the medium has matured, it is still…
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Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) Max, streaming service is now officially live in 20 countries across the Nordics, Iberia, and Central and Eastern Europe. The countries include Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and…
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Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube channel will broadcast every single televised moment of live sport from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The announcement of the new partnership comes with 100 days to go until the first day of competition. Channel 4 – the official UK media partner for the Games –…
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Ahead of the Ministerial evidence session for its inquiry on Defending Democracy with the Minister for Security, Tom Tugendhat and the Secretary of State (DSIT) Michelle Donelan, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) of the UK Houses of Parliament has published the final pieces of written evidence…
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Leading Asian broadcast systems integrator Ideal Systems has announced that it will be hosting the global launch of a totally new software-based encoder for broadcasters at the upcoming Broadcast Asia exhibition in Singapore. The new encoder solution from TotalMedia is part of a growing suite of video processing tools offered…
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Elon Musk congratulated his staff and SpaceX technicians on May 20th for topping 3 million Starlink customers in 99 countries. But behind the scenes there could be serious problems ahead for Starlink, and in particular for its ‘direct-to-smartphone’ ambitions. The background focuses on recent transmissions carried out on a UK-registered…
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Trusted Partner Network (TPN), the industry content security initiative, has announced that Canal+ Group, the French audiovisual media company, has joined its programme as a Content Owner member. The new membership aligns with Canal+ Group’s mission to safeguard its content and to choose partners who share the same goal. It…
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Grass Valley, a specialist in live production solutions, has announced that Arabsat has chosen its AMPP SaaS platform as the foundation for a new three-tiered suite of broadcast transmission services. Arabsat delivers over 700 TV and radio channels to more than 80 countries. The new services are based on Playout…
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Some of the UK’s most innovative projects which tackle electronic waste and support digital inclusion are being awarded a share of £500,000 (€584,441) from Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Time After Time fund. Eight winning projects have been selected from more than 120 entries by a panel of judges including…
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ITV Studios and Hulu have closed a package deal that will see the first two seasons of Twofour’s queer dating series I Kissed a Boy premiere on the US streaming platform on June 15th as part of the streamer’s ‘Hulu Has Pride’ LGBTQ+ month-long celebration. Season 2 – I Kissed…
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Captify, the Search Intelligence Platform for the open web, has announced the launch of Search-a-Like audiences, a new tool that helps brands maximise their first-party data. Previously only offered to select users in beta as Audience Amplifier, this capability is now widely available for all clients. With the third-party cookie…
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Netflix and chill? How about chill and ka-ching? According to a report by Exploding Topics on February 19th, the video streaming industry is forecasted to exceed $1.9 trillion by the year 2030. This statistics provides an overview of the streaming industry’s trajectory since it first became a thing and has…
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Audible, a provider of spoken word entertainment, has announced Peppa Pig’s Play-A-Long Podcast, the first release as part of a podcasting deal between Audible and toy and game company, Hasbro. Building on the celebrated legacy of Peppa Pig, this podcast invites listeners into Peppa’s world with six episodes, each spanning 15…
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Despite decades of research and innovation, TV remains one of the more static technologies entertaining British households. However, as its history stretches back to the 1920s when Scottish engineer John Logie Baird started experimenting with his ‘Televisor’, it’d be understandable if the nearly 100-year-old invention felt a little sore with…
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Vidmob, the creative data company, has announced the launch of its new AI capability, allowing marketers to monitor and analyse how their advertising represents talent diversity. Using refined AI models, Diversity Reports provide marketers and advertisers with unique data on key diversity factors including skin tone, physical presentation and age.…
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Channel 5 has secured the first UK exclusive rights to air documentary Stormy – a documentary telling the story of Stormy Daniels in her own words. The programme is produced by Sarah Gibson and Erin Lee Carr, the duo behind the hit documentary Britney vs Spears. Stormy delves into the…
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