Samsung has carved out a commanding lead in the nascent 5G smartphone market, with the company accounting for three-quarters of worldwide shipments in the third quarter, according to IHS Markit | Technology, now a part of Informa Tech. The South Korean tech giant shipped 3.2 million 5G smartphones in the third quarter, representing 74 per […]
Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year capacity contract at its flagship HOTBIRD neighbourhood with Spanish telco Telefónica. Telefónica has selected Eutelsat’s key orbital position at 13° East to broadcast RTVE free-to-air content consisting of two HD channels: TVE Internacional Europa, the world’s farthest-reaching Spanish general interest channel, and the news channel, 24 Horas, as well […]
MBC has a new CEO in the shape of Marc Antoine d’Halluin. He will take over on January 5th from long-time CEO Sam Barnett, who left in October after 17 years of running the giant multi-channel broadcaster in Dubai. d’Halluin previously served as chairman of M7 Group, which operates in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, […]
Cinema chain ODEON has announced the UK’s first phoneless screenings in its Greenwich cinema. Research from ODEON revealed that almost half of Brits (47 per cent) go to the cinema to relax and escape daily pressures, yet they don’t fully ‘switch off’ when watching their chosen film. Cinemagoers are well versed in turning their phones […]
Netflix has announced an untitled scripted series about the Swedish start-up that shook the entire music industry and evolved into becoming one of the world’s leading music services – Spotify. The limited series is inspired by the book Spotify Untold by authors Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud – both business reporters at Swedish Dagens Industri […]
Red Bee will deliver MCR services to Fox Sports in the Netherlands. With a multiyear contract in place, Fox Sports will be providing international sports content to their viewers using Red Bee’s multi-tenant IP-based Global MCR Platform in Hilversum. As part of the contribution and distribution, Red Bee will provide mobile encoding kits for 38 […]
Australian broadcaster Network 10 partnered with Grabyo to evolve its digital, social and mobile content strategy throughout 2019, replacing SnappyTV in the process. The partnership sees 10 utilise Grabyo’s leading cloud video platform to replicate its broadcast news content from programs such as The Project, Studio 10 and 10 News First, on social, in a […]
Tru Optik, the AI and data-management platform (DMP) across OTT and Connected TV (CTV), has announced a partnership agreement with JamLoop, a streaming TV and video advertising buying platform, to offer audience-based targeting capabilities for media buyers. Powered by Tru Optik’s OTT Data Marketplace, media companies and advertisers are able to leverage JamLoop’s audience targeting […]
Tappx – an AdTech company that delivers global digital advertising solutions for mobile and OTT/CTV – has secured backing from the EU Horizon 2020 SME-1 fund to develop and launch the world’s first Programmatic Server-Side Ad Insertion (PSSAI) OTT/CTV (Over-the-Top/Connected TV) solution. The Tappx EU Horizon 2020 project known as Tappx PSSAI is poised to […]
WarnerMedia and Xandr, both part of AT&T, announced the two companies will join together for the first time on the Upfront stage next May 13, 2020. This inaugural event will showcase the future of advertising capabilities. After more than a year of significant collaboration, launching new and enhanced products with dozens of successful advertising case […]