Audience measurement and data management platform Tru Optik, built for OTT TV, is expanding its capabilities through a partnership with global research agency Kantar Millward Brown, which specialises in ad effectiveness and media research. The partnership will enable advertisers to attribute brand sales to OTT ad campaigns through Tru Optik’s recently-released OTT Marketing Cloud. Cross-device […]
Although not quite taking it to the 11th hour, with news emerging mid-evening UK time, pay-TV platform Sky and multi-channel programmer Discovery have agreed a carriage deal which means Discovery’s portfolio of 12 channels will continue to be available on Sky and Discovery Channel will continue to be available on NOW TV in the UK […]
Satellite operator SES has released figures to reinforce its claim that it continues to lead HDTV development, representing the largest HD and Ultra HD platform. In 2016, the number of HD channels on the SES fleet grew by 7 per cent to 2,495 channels. Today, 33 per cent of all the 7,538 channels on the […]
The BBC has appointed Matt Grest to be the corporation’s new Director of Platform. Grest will join from Sky where he was most recently Sky’s director of digital platforms, with responsibility for web and mobile across Sports, News, Sky.com and Intranet. He has also led on the creation and expansion of Sky’s new Digital Hub […]
Pan-European broadcaster RTL Group has decided not to exercise the call option for the remaining 49 per cent shareholding in Multi Channel Network BroadbandTV and will explore, jointly with the minority shareholders of BroadbandTV, all strategic alternatives for the company. The parties plan to mandate telecoms and media-focused advisory firm Liontree to lead this process. […]
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has launched its Undergraduate Bursary Schemes for 2017, once again investing over £75,000 to support UK students from lower income backgrounds. The RTS is offering 20 bursaries to students studying accredited Television Production and Broadcast Journalism degree courses. A further five technology bursaries, aimed at encouraging some of the most […]
Streaming device specialist Roku is to make coverage of the forthcoming American football Super Bowl available for free. Writing in the Roku Blog, Melissa Morell, Senior Manager, Social Media, says it is “an exciting time” to be a Roku customer and sports fan, advising users that they can stream the Super Bowl for free. Streamers […]
Sky has hit back in its carriage dispute with Discovery, which threatens to see the removal of 12 of the programmer’s channels from its pay-TV and NOW TV services, accusing it of “misleading claims and aggressive actions”. In a Statement posted on its website, Sky says it has worked “really hard” for more than a […]
A scheme introduced in 2013 by US content creators in the movie and music industries and leading IPSs in which consumers received ‘copyright alerts’ when they viewed peer-to-peer pirated content is to cease. The February 2013 implementation of the Copyright Alert System (CAS) scheme marked the culmination of many months of work on the collaborative […]
BT TV added 52,000 subscribers during its third quarter, bringing the total to 1.7 million. BT Sport’s average audience figures increased 15 per cent, excluding Showcase and digital channels. Across the Group, revenue was £6.128 billion (€5.57bn), up 32 per cent. BT Sport programme rights charges were £187 million, up £25 million, mainly as a […]