Kelly Webb-Lamb, Channel 4’s Deputy Director of Programmes and Head of Popular Factual, has announced her decision to leave the broadcaster later this year. During her five years at Channel 4 Webb-Lamb has worked alongside Ian Katz in realising the channel’s creative strategy, acted as commissioning lead for the 4 All the UK strategy and […]
Interxion, a European provider of carrier and cloud neutral colocation data centre solutions, has signed an agreement with PCCW Global to locate the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) subsea cable system’s termination and interconnection equipment in Interxion’s MRS2 data center in Marseille, France. The collaboration will enable low-latency access to over 160 connectivity […]
Firstlight Media and NPAW (Nice People At Work) are partnering to enable OTT and pay-TV providers to optimise content delivery networks (CDNs), reducing infrastructure costs and increasing subscriber satisfaction. The relationship combines the modularity of Firstlight Media’s ultra-scalable, cloud-native OTT platform and the power of NPAW’s flagship solution, YOUBORA, with its video analytics and business […]
Diego Maradona rose from street urchin to become a footballing God. But he was never to see out his later years, dying at just 60 years old. The cause of death was given as a heart failure, but what really killed Diego Maradona? After his untimely death, What Killed Maradona? pieces together the extraordinary life […]
IRIS.TV, the video data platform today announced that MediaMath is the first DSP to utilize the IRIS_ID to unlock video-level contextual and brand-safe targeting on Connected TV (CTV) and online video (OLV) platforms. The IRIS_ID, a global unique identifier for each individual video across all screens, will, for the first time, enable contextual intelligence providers […]
OTTera, a white label OTT service, has announced the selection of Daniel Barnathan as Executive Vice President to oversee Ad Sales for OTTera’s on-demand and linear networks. Barnathan brings his skill, expertise and contacts from over 25 years as an executive in the family programming marketplace. In his new role as EVP, Barnathan will manage […]
IBC announces that the call for Technical Papers is open for the IBC 2021 Conference. IBC is world-renowned for the quality, timeliness and innovative subject matter of its Technical Papers. The event is an excellent opportunity for forward-thinking technologists and companies to unveil their ideas and research to media industry leaders hungry for new technology […]
Roku and Philco have announced a new partnership that will bring the Philco Roku TV™ models to consumers in Brazil. The new Philco Roku TV models bring affordable streaming through four screen sizes including 32-inch, 42-inch, 50-inch and 58-inch Philco Roku TV models. The 50-inch 4K Ultra HD is already available for purchase online. The […]
African Movie Channel (AMC) will be showing its newest original and exclusive movies from its own production hub, AMCOP – AMC Original Productions, every Friday from January till December 2021, all in High Definition; African Movie Channel HD recently became the world’s first HD Nollywood channel. AMC is a premium 24-hour African movie channel, showcasing […]
DoubleVerify, a software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, has received Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation for display and video rendered ad impression measurement and sophisticated invalid traffic (SIVT) filtration, including app fraud, in the Connected TV (CTV) media environment. “As marketers increasingly adopt CTV/OTT platforms for their ad investments, it becomes ever […]