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UK flagging behind in mobile performance

Brits have been told that the reason for increasingly poor mobile phone signal at large events across the UK could be due to cellular capacity. Experts from TelephoneSystems.Cloud have warned that a lack of investment in the industry has resulted in telecommunications infrastructure not being upgraded quick enough to keep up with the ever-increasing demand. […]

January 6, 2025

Roku launches Data Cloud collaboration suite

Roku has announced the launch of Roku Data Cloud, which allows partners to access, analyse and leverage Roku’s proprietary TV data seamlessly. Prioritising accountability and mutual partner growth, Roku Data Cloud is a connection for advertisers, agencies and partners to receive accurate information from Roku’s TV operating system (OS), which provides an extensive view of […]

January 6, 2025

WTA Tier 4 Certification for Es’hailSat’s Doha teleport

Qatar Satellite Company together with World Teleport Association (WTA) have announced that Es’hailSat has achieved Tier 4 certification of its Al Ghuwayriyah (Doha, Qatar) Teleport under WTA’s Teleport Certification Programme. The Al Ghuwayriyah certification marks the 69th issued since the programme was launched at IBC 2015, and another 5 teleports are currently engaged in the […]

January 6, 2025

WWE Raw readies for Netflix debut

From January 6th, WWE’s flagship weekly TV shows – Raw, SmackDown and NXT – as well as all WWE Premium Live Events, including the likes of WrestleMania, SummerSlam and the Royal Rumble, will stream exclusively on Netflix in the UK, throughout Europe, and beyond. As first reported in January 2024, Netflix has secured the rights […]

January 6, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Cinegy unlocks H.264 interlace encoding on Nvidia GPUs

Cinegy has announced the release of a new version of its Cinecoder video codec SDK, solving a fundamental problem for TV and broadcast industries. The H.264 interlace video format is globally used for 1080i HDTV transmission via over-the-air, satellite, cable or streaming service providers. The majority of HD broadcasts still use this format even if […]

January 6, 2025

DirecTV Advertising announces OOH launch

DirecTV Advertising, a specialist in video entertainment and advertising innovation, has announced plans to launch a dedicated out-of-home (OOH) network, DirecTV Remote. DirecTV is now bringing its TV video expertise beyond the traditional household to serve ad experiences to audiences on the go. DirecTV Advertising will be activating video ads across the DirecTV footprint in […]

January 6, 2025

Quickplay unveils Quickplay Shorts

Quickplay, a provider of OTT solutions, has launched Quickplay Shorts, a new product that both creates and syndicates vertical short-form content from live and VoD long form video, and a social infinite vertical scroll front-end experience. Integrating into existing OTT ecosystems and apps, it empowers streamers to reach and engage younger audiences and unlock new […]

January 6, 2025

Ebell named head of distribution at Fifth Season

Film and TV studio Fifth Season has named Jennifer Ebell as the new head of its International Television Distribution business. She will step up to the position of EVP Television Distribution to lead the division from March 31st, at the same time as the departure of Prentiss Fraser, current President of Television Distribution. Currently EVP […]

January 6, 2025

Digital Envoy introduces LocID

Digital Envoy, a pioneer of IP intelligence and high-quality, consent-based location data, today announces the launch of LocID, a groundbreaking geospatial ID that overcomes the challenges of IP address geolocation volatility across digital advertising.    The impact of IP address volatility and the resulting drop in performance creates significant mistrust across advertisers. In a typical […]

January 6, 2025

Law&Crime announces coverage of CNN defamation trial

Legal and true crime network Law&Crime will serve as the sole pool camera in the major trial of Zachary Young vs CNN, scheduled to begin at the 14th Judicial Circuit Court in Panama City, Florida this week. The cable news network faces civil claims of defamation stemming from a news report that allegedly implied that […]

January 6, 2025