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SES expands Ateme partnership

Video compression, delivery, and streaming solutions specialist Ateme has confirmed that satellite operator SES is integrating its technology further to elevate and secure SES’s distribution network for broadcasting of sports and events content worldwide. Building on a long-standing relationship between the companies, SES will utilise Ateme’s TITAN encoders, multiplexers, and decoders for distribution of Ultra-High and […]

July 18, 2024

M7, BBC Studios distribution deal

                                                                  Luxembourg-based M7 Group, owned by Canal+ Group and one of Europe’s leading pay-TV providers, has concluded an agreement with BBC Studios for the […]

July 18, 2024

AdImpact launches market intelligence platform

Advertising intelligence company AdImpact has launched an industry-wide TV intelligence platform, building off the foundation established by AdImpact’s political advertising intelligence, that brings broadcast, cable and CTV advertising and market intelligence at the local level to advertisers across industries. Given the increasing fragmentation of the television industry with the proliferation of CTV, advertisers and media […]

July 18, 2024

Is the Time Ripe for The Price of Right to Return?

The Price of Right is one of the most iconic game shows in British history, with various hosts and iterations over the years. There have been numerous attempts to revive it, but it hasn’t had a regular run since it ended in 2007. There has been a recent resurgence of the game show genre in […]

July 18, 2024

Forecast: Ad revs to hit $1trn in 2026

Despite economic headwinds, technological disruption and increased geographic and industry competition, the global entertainment & media (E&M) industry has continued to grow in 2023, with total revenues rising 5 per cent in 2023 to $2.8 trillion – outpacing overall economic growth cited by the IMF – according to PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2024-28. […]

July 17, 2024

Report: European VoD market set for slowdown

The Western European VoD market is forecast to reach €30.5 billion by 2027, up from €25.7 billion in 2024. However, this reflects a significant slowdown from previous years, with a CAGR of just 6 per cent, according to the VOD in Europe 2024-2027 Report by Rome-based consultancy ITMedia Consulting. Paid VoD (SVoD & TVoD) is […]

July 17, 2024From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Barb completes 7k home panel expansion

Barb, the industry’s standard for understanding what people watch, has completed the increase in its nationally-representative panel of UK households from 5,150 homes to 7,000 homes. This is the largest-ever increase in reporting sample since Barb’s launch in 1981 and is part of Barb’s multi-year contracts, which run until the end of 2029. These are […]

July 17, 2024

France: Max in 5% of homes

Warner Bros Discovery’s SVoD Service Max, launched on June 11th in France, has already reached a 5 per cent penetration rate into French homes according to a study by NPA Conseil-Harris Interactive. While SVoD represents 56 per cent of the video market and 2.1 subscriptions per household on average with a peak at 5 services […]

July 17, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

M6+ on Apple Vision Pro

Streaming tech company Bedrock has released a fully dedicated version of M6+, the AVoD streaming platform by Groupe M6 on Apple Vision OS to coincide with Apple Vision Pro’s opening weekend in Europe. Following the successful launch of M6+ in May 2024, Bedrock aims to to enhance the platform’s user experience by ensuring compatibility with […]

July 17, 2024

Digital video ad spend to jump in 2024

Spending on digital video advertising is expected to jump 16 per cent to $62.9 billion in 2024, according to the IAB. The increase comes after a 15 per cent increase in 2023 and a 21 per cent hike in 2022 and outrun the growth in total advertising spending. The IAB expects digital to have the […]

July 16, 2024