Advanced Television

Sportec Solutions attains majority shareholding of Vieww

Sportec Solutions, the sports technology joint venture between Deltatre and DFL, has assumed the majority shareholding of Vieww GMBH a leading provider of Goal-Line Technology (GLT) and Video Assistant Referee (VAR) solutions. DFB Schiri, has also appointed Sportec Solutions as the new officiating technology partner for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. STS will utilise Vieww […]

March 21, 2022

ITV commissions second season of Crime for ITVX

Dougray Scott will return as troubled detective, Ray Lennox, in a second season of the original crime thriller, Crime, adapted from the best-selling novel by one of Scotland’s greatest ever writers, Irvine Welsh. Produced by Buccaneer Media and Off Grid Film and TV, and  scripted by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh alongside long-standing screenwriting partner, Dean […]

March 21, 2022

Report: Cable & broadcast news viewing spikes 54%

Nielsen has announced that The Gauge, its monthly total TV and streaming snapshot, revealed that in February 2022, both cable and broadcast news viewing in the US spiked as Russia invaded Ukraine. Cable viewing increased 54 per cent during the last week of February, helping news gain one-fourth of all cable consumption, representing a 16.5 […]

March 18, 2022

Ofcom revokes RT’s broadcast licence

Broadcast regulator Ofcom has revoked news channel RT’s licence to broadcast in the UK, with immediate effect. It says it has done so on the basis that it does not consider RT’s licensee, ANO TV Novosti, fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast licence. The decision comes amid 29 ongoing investigations by Ofcom into […]

March 18, 2022By Colin Mann

Canal+ completes SPI International acquisition

Canal+ Group and SPI International have announced the integration of SPI International within Canal+ Group has now been completed, following the approvals of all competent authorities in all European jurisdictions concerned.     Canal+ Group says that SPI International, a global media company who has significant presence in Europe, will bring opportunities to strengthen its pay-TV offers […]

March 18, 2022

Data: Game streaming just 5% of Western market in 2021

Ampere Analysis data shows that the North America and Europe games content and cloud gaming PC subscription market was worth $3.7 billion (€3.3bn) in 2021, growing 57 per cent from $2.3 billion in 2020. The market, which combines games content subscription services that give access to a catalogue of games and services that offer access […]

March 18, 2022

Record technical deployment for El Clásico

La Liga, Movistar Plus and Mediapro will make the largest technical deployment in the history of El Clásico to broadcast the Real Madrid vs Barcelona match on March 20th, distributing its signal to 83 international TV operators. Produced in 4K HDR, the event will be filmed by 34 cameras, of which ten will be super […]

March 18, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Study: Global broadband less affordable in 2021

​​​​​​​​​​​​Internet connectivity became less affordable around the world in 2021, according to the latest statistical analysis by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). The share of people’s incomes spent on fixed broadband and mobile Internet services increased globally last year, in parallel with upticks in demand and usage compared […]

March 18, 2022

dentsu named first NBCUnified partner

NBCUniversal, the global media and technology company, has announced that dentsu international, the global marketing and advertising agency network, will become the first agency partner of NBCUnified, its holistic first-party data and identity platform that unites NBCUniversal’s network of consumer touchpoints into a scaled offering for marketers within One Platform. The partnership will enable utilisation […]

March 18, 2022

ITU facing pandemic problems

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is facing some urgent requests to authorise delays for satellite operators and their launch plans. The reasons are mostly caused by the pandemic and the impact of staff shortages at assorted satellite builders and their suppliers of components. The ITU has to decide whether to approve some extreme delays from […]

March 18, 2022By Chris Forrester