According to the Q2 2016 US Video At-A-Glance report from Videology, a software provider for converged TV and video advertising, the growth in programmatic TV capabilities is driving more marketers to embrace solutions that go beyond age and gender to find linear TV programmes, networks or dayparts that index highest for their strategic audience. Quarter-over-quarter […]
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has started 4K and 8K ultra HD test broadcasting on its satellite channels, with the aim of fine-tuning the technology and popularising its use before the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Currently viewers cannot watch 8K broadcasting with conventional television sets or tuners. NHK has sited 8K public viewing at […]
Customers of landline, broadband and pay-TV services would be able to switch from one network to another with greater ease and confidence, under proposals from UK comms regulator Ofcom. According to the watchdog, people can face particular problems when switching between providers whose services are delivered using different networks. Some are even put off switching […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat is to carry the BBC broadcast of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games live, across eight channels in HD and SD. Available via the BBC Red Button and accessible via the Freesat EPG, viewers will be able to watch the world’s greatest athletes achieve sporting success live from Rio de […]
The UK’s biggest multichannel broadcaster, UKTV, is outpacing the British broadcast market, as the first half (H1) of 2016 delivered record-breaking share of commercial impacts (SOCI); with audience share and on demand views also showing significant growth. Reaching an all-time high, UKTV’s consolidated SOCI, averaged at 9.74 per cent for H1 2016. The broadcaster grew […]
Pay-TV subscriptions in the Middle East and Africa region will increase by 67 per cent between 2015 and 2021 – from 32.37 million to 54.09 million. The top nine pay-TV operators [Multichoice (DStv and GOtv), StarTimes/StarSat, Canal Plus, OSN, beIN, DigiTurk, D-Smart, Yes and HOT], accounted for 70 per cent of these subscribers by end-2015, […]
The start of the UK academic year will bring many changes for students, including, for the first time, the need to be covered by a TV Licence to download or watch BBC programmes on demand on iPlayer. A change in the law means as of September 1st, a licence will be needed to download or […]
The Royal Television Society is looking for outstanding technologists of the future as it opens entries for the RTS Young Technologist Award 2016. Aimed at those at the early stages of their career, the award celebrates the new talent making its mark on the industry. The winner will receive an all-expenses paid trip to IBC […]
From Tuesday 29 March, NHK WORLD TV, the 24-hour international English language channel from Japan’s public service provider, NHK, will launch a consumer-facing, multimedia advertising campaign in the UK with Virgin Media. Using the slogan ‘Hit the road with NHK WORLD TV’, the campaign is designed to promote NHK WORLD TV’s diverse range of travel […]
Wurl, a streaming video platform for pay-TV, has introduced a new video index that compares the usage of major video viewing services based on publicly available data. The index – AMOV – measures the average minutes of viewing by US adults on each video platform, taking into account both usage (minutes of viewing) and reach […]