Advanced Television

BAFTA Scotland & Cymru Awards go ahead

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has confirmed that both the British Academy Cymru Awards and British Academy Scotland Awards will go ahead in 2020. Both ceremonies will be held, with more details on format being announced later this year, taking into consideration government restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. BAFTA’s Cymru […]

July 1, 2020

Kantar & LiveRamp partnership

Kantar, the data, insights and consulting company, and data connectivity platform LiveRamp have partnered in the UK to provide hundreds of new audience segments for online campaign activation, built on the unique in-depth online and offline consumer behaviour from Kantar’s syndicated datasets, including TGI (in-depth consumer behaviour), Worldpanel (purchase) and ComTech (consumer technology). With figures […]

July 1, 2020

NAGRA NexGuard forensic watermarking leverages AWS

NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced API integration of NexGuard forensic watermarking technologies into AWS Elemental MediaConvert, a file-based video transcoding service with broadcast-grade features from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The API integration provides content owners, and any third-party working on premium content, with […]

July 1, 2020

Broadband Forum appoints Thomas as marketing director

B2B marketing professional Craig Thomas has joined Broadband Forum as its new Senior Director, Strategic Marketing, reinforcing the open organization’s position as the broadband industry’s most relevant standards initiative. Bringing extensive experience in technical and commercial sales and marketing, Thomas will ensure Broadband Forum continues to be central to the industry discussion on standardization. This […]

July 1, 2020

Tremor Video expands CTV offering

Tremor Video, the programmatic video platform, has bolstered its Connected TV (CTV) offering with upgraded data-driven creative solutions to deliver the most dynamic video storytelling that maximizes the timeliness and relevance of brand messaging for audiences. Now with the power of data-driven creative, Tremor Video offers advertisers the most cutting-edge CTV advertising solutions all in […]

July 1, 2020

DRM embedded into P2P WebRTC live streaming

Using streams protected by Irdeto, a player in digital platform security, and with assistance from systems integration partner Qvest Media, streaming pioneer StriveCast has proven the conformity of their streaming technology with digital rights management (DRM). StriveCast’s technology provides OTT platforms, streaming services, and copyright owners with easily scalable live streaming and reduced CDN costs […]

July 1, 2020

Rubicon Project and Telaria rebrand under Magnite

Magnite, the independent sell-side advertising platform, debuts today following the merger between Rubicon Project and Telaria in April 2020. Magnite unifies Rubicon Project’s expertise as a scaled programmatic exchange and Telaria’s leading CTV capabilities to better connect publishers with thousands of buyers and brands. The company’s omnichannel advertising platform enables publishers to monetize across all […]

July 1, 2020

Crucnhyroll announces slate of summer licensing partnerships

Crunchyroll has announced a slate of summer licensing partnerships across categories and series. Commenting on the new slate, John Leonhardt, Head of Consumer Products, said: “We are excited to announce these new licensing partnerships that serve our fans with quality products based on the shows they are passionate about.” Titles from across the Crunchyroll portfolio […]

July 1, 2020

SPI’s FilmBox on Demand on PostTV & Alteox.stream

Alteox Media Consulting has signed a new distribution deal with SPI/FilmBox to bring SPI’s FilmBox On Demand to multiple operators. The first launch will be together with POST Luxembourg. The new FBOD content will now be available to all operators connected to alteox.stream b2b Video-on-Demand platform. POST Luxembourg is the leading IPTV provider in the […]

July 1, 2020