Advanced Television

GlobalWebIndex launches TV Reach & Frequency

GlobalWebIndex, a supplier of audience insights to the global marketing industry, has launched a world first insights capability for International media, TV Reach & Frequency. For media planners, GlobalWebIndex says this presents the capability to plan TV campaigns across 44 international channels in 42 markets including EMEA, APAC and the Americas and target niche, micro-audiences […]

November 7, 2019

Sky launches Britannia VR experience

To mark the launch of season two of Sky original drama Britannia, fans can now get closer to the show’s psychedelic world with the launch of Britannia VR: Out of Your Mind, Sky VR Studio’s new experience – which is available on SteamVR and coming soon to the Oculus store. Britannia VR: Out of Your […]

November 7, 2019By Nik Roseveare

SpaceX to launch 60 satellites on Nov 11

SpaceX is planning to launch 60 of its ‘Starlink’  mini-satellites on November 11th. This second batch of satellites will help populate the proposed $10 billion mega-constellation that SpaceX is planning, and adds to the 62 already orbited in May 2019 (not all of which are still active). SpaceX admits that the hard work in completing […]

November 7, 2019By Chris Forrester

NBCU signs ASEAN OCC Content Code

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has announced that NBCUniversal have signed the ASEAN Subscription Video-on-Demand Industry Content Code, joining other industry players including ASTRO, dimsum, DOONEE, HOOQ, iflix, iWant, Netflix, tonton and TVB. The Content Code, first released in June 2018, is a self-regulatory framework that aims to ensure the commitment of online streaming […]

November 7, 2019

SendtoNews sees record viewership

The release of September’s US Comscore All Devices Viewership report has SendtoNews (STN) reaching new record highs in both Unique Viewers and Video Views. STN publishers delivered content to over 37,201,000 unique viewers totaling 529,263,000 video views across the United States for September of 2019. STN saw incredible year-over year growth, increasing by 135 per […]

November 7, 2019

Sharman appointed CEO of StreamAMG

StreamAMG, a provider of live video and OTT services, has appointed Hugo Sharman as Chief Executive Officer. He assumes the role as the co-founders of the video streaming business – Duncan Burbidge and Joe Bray – prepare to leave StreamAMG following the completion of its sale to the PA Media Group. Sharman will be responsible […]

November 7, 2019

Townsend chooses Bitmax to distribute doc

Bitmax, the digital media management and licensing company, has been chosen by legendary independent director and actor Robert Townsend to perform a range of services for his latest movie Making of the Five Heartbeats, including localisation so it can be monetised across OTT platforms. The movie will be distributed across Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Prime and […]

November 7, 2019

Amazon Prime Video announces Andy Murray: Resurfacing documentary

Amazon Prime Video today announced the documentary Andy Murray: Resurfacing, an unprecedented account of the tennis champion’s painstaking rehabilitation from injury told in his own words, will launch exclusively on Prime Video. With inside access to his life, it follows Andy from the inner sanctum of surgical theatres, to the most intimate of spaces shared […]

November 7, 2019

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK confirmed for 2nd series on BBC Three

BBC Three and World of Wonder have confirmed that a second-series of the UK version of the award-winning global hit RuPaul’s Drag Race will air in 2020. Having brought RuPaul’s Drag Race UK to British screens for the first time to critical acclaim, BBC Three have opened applications to find another set of sickening queens […]

November 7, 2019

Centro expands AI decisioning on Basis platform

Centro, a global provider of advertising technology, announced the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) decisioning on its Basis platform to optimize campaigns towards viewability, cost-per-acquisition (CPA), or video completions. Machine learning powers the optimizations by using real-time analysis of multiple targeting parameters on all impressions to find the combination of factors with a high probability […]

November 7, 2019