Advanced Television

Canada: Kaltura powers APTN lumi

Kaltura, the AI Video Cloud, has partnered with Canadian television network APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) to power APTN lumi, a streaming service that delivers content to Indigenous communities across Canada and the globe. APTN is dedicated to sharing Indigenous perspectives, stories, and cultures through original news, documentaries, dramas and educational content created by and […]

June 16, 2025

Sky Arts’ Access All Arts Week returns

Sky Arts’ Access All Arts Week, a free nationwide arts week for primary schools, returns for its fourth year this week, with over 20,000 teachers from almost 12,000 schools across the UK and Ireland already signed up to take part. In just 3 years, the initiative has already reached over 715,000 children. Access All Arts […]

June 16, 2025

WWF and Sky Kids launch Wear it Wild campaign

WWF UK and Sky Kids are teaming up to launch Wear it Wild – a flexible fundraising campaign inspired by Ready Eddie Go!, Sky’s hit original show about Eddie, a young boy who is autistic, as he navigates everyday adventures with his best friends. Children and families across the UK are encouraged to wear their […]

June 16, 2025

DoubleVerify launches News Accelerator Publisher Council

DoubleVerify, the software platform to verify media quality, optimise ad performance, and prove campaign outcomes, has announced the formation of the News AcceleratorPublisher Council, a new initiative designed to deepen engagement and transparency between DV and leading news organisations. The Council represents the next step in the evolution of DV’s News Accelerator programme, which aims […]

June 16, 2025

One Night in Idaho: The College Murders on Prime Video in July

Prime Video has announced One Night in Idaho: The College Murders, a four-part docuseries will premiere on July 11th on Prime Video. On November 13th, 2022 – in the still of the night – four University of Idaho students are brutally stabbed to death in an off-campus house in the quiet college town of Moscow, […]

June 16, 2025

Research: In-video audio advertising drives brand recall

Combining digital audio and in-video audio advertising drives brand recall and purchase intent. This is the key finding of research undertaken by Audion, a digital audio player in Europe, in partnership with xpln.ai, a specialist in measuring advertising attention to determine the effectiveness of digital audio advertising. As audio establishes itself across all digital environments, […]

June 13, 2025

YuppTV sues pirate streaming operation

Indian content TV platform YuppTV has filled a lawsuit as part of its continued fight against one of the largest illegal streaming networks worldwide. The company’s comprehensive anti-piracy initiative has resulted in arrests, filing court cases on the piracy network. YuppTV has filed a comprehensive complaint in the US District Court targeting the extensive piracy […]

June 13, 2025By Colin Mann

France: YouTube main free animation offering

Along with linear television and SVoD, which has become the primary viewing platform for 4-14 year-olds in France, You Tube is also making inroads into French kids’ media consumption. According to a study released by regulatory body Arcom at the Annecy Animation Film Festival, the platform has become the leading free of charge animation and […]

June 13, 2025From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

ITV unveils new commercial innovations

During the ITV Showcase in Manchester on June 12th, the broadcaster unveiled three new commercial innovations. Launched to an audience of over 500 advertisers and agencies, Lead Gen Ads, ITV YouTube Affinities and Outcomes Planner are all new tools that ITV says will help its commercial clients to get the most out of their TV […]

June 13, 2025

VodafoneThree investing £11bn in UK 5G

Vodafone, now more accurately called VodafoneThree following its £15 billion merger with Three, says it will connect its 27 million customers wherever they are in the UK, and “by this time next year” will use a beta-trial of satellite coverage provided by AST SpaceMobile . “A new era of connectivity has begun,” said Max Taylor, […]

June 13, 2025By Chris Forrester