Advanced Television

Pulped channel goes live

Pulped, a free direct-to-consumer online video channel designed for and about today’s Gen Z and millennial audiences, has gone live. The all-original programming is a blend of scripted and unscripted video series that are edgy, irreverent and audacious, always presented through a comedic lens. “There is no shortage of content options or platforms, but what […]

September 25, 2019

Ow named President WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks APAC

Ricky Ow has been named President, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, Distribution and Advertising Sales, APAC, uniting Turner Asia Pacific and HBO Asia to create a combined powerhouse of leading brands, in the first of a series of key appointments announced today by Giorgio Stock, President, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, Distribution and Advertising Sales, EMEA and APAC. Spanning […]

September 25, 2019

UPC rolls out 1 Gbit/s broadband

UPC offers 1 Gbit/s broadband speeds to all TV and broadband subscribers across its entire footprint in Switzerland – both in cities and in rural areas. UPC has also become the first telecommunications company in Switzerland to launch a 100-day cancellation policy for its TV and Internet subscriptions, an innovative and extremely customer-friendly model. All […]

September 25, 2019

Ireland: Virgin Media TV adds 300hrs of live programming

Virgin Media Television (VMTV) has announced changes to its daytime and tea time schedules which will see 300 hours of additional live Irish programming, resulting in the biggest commitment to local content in the history of the Independent broadcaster. The schedule changes mean that Virgin Media One will now broadcast live studio content from 7am […]

September 25, 2019

Record industry warns of piracy threat

IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has released the Music Listening 2019 report, which examines the way in which music consumers aged 16 to 64 engage with recorded music across 21 countries. Report highlights: Music listening is up. Respondents typically spend 18 hours per week listening to music – up from […]

September 25, 2019By Colin Mann

TuneIn stations on Apple Music, Siri

TuneIn, the live global streaming and on-demand audio service, has teamed with Apple to offer listeners access to TuneIn’s more than 100,000 global radio stations on all Siri-enabled devices and Apple Music. This collaboration comes on the heels of Apple’s release of iOS13, which introduces a new radio experience to Apple devices – including iPhone, […]

September 25, 2019

ShortsTV expands in India

ShortsTV, the British short film company, has signed with India’s major DTH providers – Dish TV, d2h and Airtel Digital. It triples their reach in India to 60 million households. The deals follow the success of their launch on India’s Tata Sky service last year. The service is now available through 85 per cent of […]

September 25, 2019

Prime Video launches new features for Thursday Night Football

For the third straight year, Amazon Prime Video brings NFL fans around the world Thursday Night Football and launches new innovations allowing Prime members to experience the game like never before, with a new lineup of expert insight and analysis, access to robust live data and a simplified experience. “We’re revolutionising the way football fans […]

September 25, 2019By Nik Roseveare

ZEE5 chooses Kaltura TV Platform

ZEE5 has announced its partnership with Kaltura, a video technology provider, for the deployment of the Kaltura TV Platform Player. The Kaltura TV Platform Player provides ZEE5 with  Quality of Experience (QoE), while supporting over 8,000 devices, and providing elastic scale to accommodate ZEE5’s global audience of over 76 million users. The Kaltura TV Platform […]

September 25, 2019

NBC Sports boosts IndyCar viewership by 9%

NBC Sports’ first year as the exclusive media partner of IndyCar resulted in a 9 per cent vieweNBC Sportsrship increase for the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season vs. 2018, according to data from the Nielsen company and digital data from Adobe Analytics. The 16 races in 2019 averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 1.105 […]

September 25, 2019