Advanced Television

DAZN signs H20 Racing deal

H2O Racing has announced a partnership with DAZN, the sports streaming platform. DAZN will now offer global coverage of the F1H2O World Championship and the Aquabike World Championship. Starting from the next races – UIM F1H2O Grand Prix of Shanghai China (October 4th-6th) and UIM ABP Aquabike Grand Prix of Lake Toba Indonesia (November 16th-17th) […]

August 22, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Research: LGBTQ+ more likely to try inclusive CPG products

Revry, the LGBTQ+ streaming network, has announced the release of a study conducted in collaboration with Nielsen, revealing significant findings about the purchasing behaviours, brand loyalty, and advertising perceptions of LGBTQ+ consumers in the grocery and household items market. The study, conducted in June 2024 as part of the Revry LGBTQ+ Streaming Audience Insights powered […]

August 22, 2024

Israel wants its own satellite constellation

NSLComm, an Israel-based company, has asked the FCC for permission to launch its BeetleSat system and to access the US. The scheme calls for 344 small Ka-band satellites in total. The 344 will comprise 264 orbiting at 720 kms and 80 at 810 kms. The satellites are small, weighing just 9 kgs and each capable […]

August 22, 2024

Bitmovin Player chosen by Mercado Libre

Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming software solutions, has announced that Mercado Libre, the Latin American e-commerce and technology company, has selected the Bitmovin Player to launch its video streaming service, Mercado Play. Mercado Libre hosts the largest online commerce and payments ecosystem in Latin America. It operates across 18 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, […]

August 22, 2024

Eutelsat, Cable Color renew broadcast deal

Eutelsat Group and Honduras’s Cable Color have signed a new multi-year agreement renewing capacity for video broadcast services over Central America on the Eutelsat 117 West A satellite. Cable Color is a long-standing customer of Eutelsat. The 117° West location is the premium TV neighbourhood for Latin America, offering pan-regional distribution of various major networks […]

August 22, 2024

Frequency delivers Cineverse channels

Frequency, the streaming TV channel engine, has announced that Cineverse has chosen Frequency to deliver channels from its streaming portfolio to more than 25 platforms. Cineverse, which owns and operates a wide range of FAST brands including AsianCrush, The Dove Channel, Midnight Pulp, RetroCrush (pictured), Comedy Dynamics, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Channel and the soon to launch […]

August 22, 2024

Magel named FreeWheel’s Head of Global Agency Partnerships

FreeWheel, the technology platform for the TV industry, has named Kris Magel as Head of Global Agency Partnerships. In this role, Magel will oversee agency collaborations – leading relationships and the company’s commercialisation structure for agency partnerships globally while working closely with the executive leadership team to identify and capitalise on revenue growth opportunities. He […]

August 22, 2024

Jimmy Carr hosts Last One Laughing UK on Prime Video

Prime Video will launch a UK version of the international hit format, Last One Laughing, which will be hosted by comedian, television presenter and writer, Jimmy Carr. The series will see Carr challenge 10 of Britain’s best-known comics to spend the day together without so much as cracking a smile. Over the course of the […]

August 22, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Paramount+ Essential in Charter packages

Charter Communications and Paramount Global have announced that the ad-supported version of Paramount’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, Paramount+ Essential, is now available in all Spectrum TV Select and Mi Plan Latino packages in the US at no additional cost. As part of the companies’ new multi-year distribution agreement, Spectrum video customers can immediately begin streaming over […]

August 22, 2024

Magnifi appoints Ruck as VP of Sales

Magnifi by VideoVerse, an AI-driven video technology company and video-editing SaaS platform, has announced the appointment of Ken Ruck as its new Vice President of Sales. With more than 22 years of experience in technology and media, Ruck will oversee Magnifi’s sales efforts across the US to help expand its market presence. Most recently, Ruck […]

August 22, 2024