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Channel 5 and Comedy Central Join BritBox Line-up

ITV today confirmed that a deal has been struck between Britbox and Viacom-owned Channel 5 and Comedy Central which will see hundreds of additional hours of both channels’ best British content available on Britbox from launch. The deal brings factual and entertainment content from Channel 5 plus original [...]

Publishers Increase Ad Revenue with Video Player Bidding from JW Player

JW Player, the world's most powerful and flexible video platform, today announces the launch of an enhanced Video Player Bidding solution for all clients. Video Player Bidding provides media companies with an integrated solution to connect with high-quality advertisers and brands from across the globe. Since adding three [...]

DAZN to Launch on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex

DAZN, the world’s largest sports streaming service, is now available to Comcast customers on Xfinity Flex and will be available over the Internet to millions more on Xfinity X1 this fall, marking DAZN’s first distribution deal with a major U.S. video and internet provider. “We’re thrilled to give [...]

Vodafone Deploys TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery Platform

TiVo has announced that Vodafone Group is deploying TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery (PCD) to deliver engaging, highly-relevant entertainment experiences to its subscribers. Vodafone offers broadband, TV, mobile and telephone services to 640 million customers in 24 countries as one of the world's leading mobile communications providers.   Vodafone is [...]

Liberty Latin America Selects TiVo’s Next-Gen Platform for Puerto Rico Roll-Out

TiVo has announced that Liberty Latin America, a leading telecommunications company operating in over 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, has selected TiVo’s Next-Gen Platform to bring cutting-edge innovations to its customers in Puerto Rico. Over time, Liberty Latin America also plans to launch TiVo’s Next-Gen [...]

ITV Leverages Imagine’s Landmark II for Enhanced Ad Management

Imagine Communications, which provides open, end-to-end ad-tech solutions for broadcasters, content owners, MVPDs and vMVPDs, today announced that a new generation of its Landmark™ Sales solution will improve advertising management for ITV, the UK’s largest commercial television network. In an extension of Imagine’s longstanding relationship with the network, [...]

How Quickly is Linear Ad Revenue Falling for Broadcasters?

The world’s biggest broadcasters usually have four main revenue streams: Content production - which is either commissioned independently, in partnership, or self-funded; Content distribution - the content is sold to other broadcasters, perhaps in other territories, or aggregators like Amazon and Netflix; Digital revenue – which comes from [...]

Apple TV+ to Launch on 1st November

Apple has announced that its new streaming service, Apple TV+, will launch November 1 in over 100 countries and regions. Apple TV+ will go live with a lineup of original shows, movies and documentaries, including “The Morning Show,” “Dickinson,” “See,” “For All Mankind” and “The Elephant Queen.” The [...]

Globecast Expands SSDAI Capabilities by Partnering with Ad Insertion Platform in Europe

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that it’s continuing to expand its TV Everywhere OTT video platform via the integration of additional server-side dynamic ad insertion (SSDAI) capabilities, partnering with Switzerland-based Ad Insertion Platform (AIP) in Europe. Frédéric Torasso, Product Manager TV Everywhere OTT Video [...]

Kaltura@IBC19: “Are you ready for the Cognitive TV Era?”

Kaltura, the leading video technology provider, announced today that it is evolving its Cloud TV technology and enabling capabilities to meet the requirements of an upcoming new epoch in digital entertainment – the era of Cognitive TV. Having built the most widely deployed Cloud TV service in the [...]

Next Generation Accedo One Platform to Grow and Scale Video Experiences

Accedo, the video experience pioneer, today announced it will preview its next generation Accedo One cloud platform at IBC ahead of market availability later this year.    The latest version of Accedo One has been designed to address the increasingly complex multi-service media environment, which is making it [...]

15 New Fire TV Devices Coming to Europe and North America

Amazon, in collaboration with several of the industry’s most recognizable brands, today announced a lineup of more than 15 new Fire TV Edition products for customers around the globe, including the world’s first Fire TV Edition smart TV with built-in far-field voice control, the first OLED Fire TV [...]

ThinkAnalytics to Launch ThinkAdvertising at IBC 2019

At IBC 2019 ThinkAnalytics™ will launch ThinkAdvertising, a new addressable advertising solution that provides pay-TV and OTT providers with deep insights from rich viewing, behavioral and demographic data, supported by ThinkAnalytics viewer personalization and segmentation models. Available now, it will be demonstrated publicly for the first time on [...]

Synamedia Hires New VP & CFO

Synamedia has boosted its senior team with the appointment of Scott Kewley as VP Advanced Advertising and Data Products. Kewley will lead Synamedia’s addressable advertising and data monetization business, building on the firm’s heritage as an industry pioneer through its collaboration with Sky on the development of the [...]

How Quickly Could BritBox Grow?

In all of my conversations with industry people this year - at conferences, networking events and private meetings - I've yet to find anyone who thinks much of Britbox's long-term prospects. At best, any enquiry is met with a resigned shrug.  Is Britbox, the new SVOD service from [...]

UK Becomes a Nation of Streamers says OFCOM

Around half of all UK homes now subscribe to TV streaming services, according to a major Ofcom report revealing rapid shifts in the nation’s viewing habits. The number of UK households signed up to the most popular streaming platforms – Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV and Disney [...]

ITV Doubles Number of Hub+ Subscribers

ITV has presented a mixed bag of results in its latest financial performance report, published this morning. Advertising revenues were down 5% in the first half of 2019 falling from £890m to £849m. ITV Studios revenues also declined by 6% from £803m to £758m. On the upside, however, [...]

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