Google has forced UK television measurement providers Barb and Kantar Media to suspend their “landmark service” that compares viewership on its video portal YouTube with other TV channels and streamers. The FT has reported that Google sent a legal ‘cease and desist’ letter to Kantar Media just months after it launched in July 2025, stopping […]

France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the organising body that oversees the country’s professional football divisions, has won another legal battle against beIN Media Group, which sees the MENA broadcaster ordered to pay €14.13 million to the body by a Paris Commercial Court. That fee represents a sum that beIN had been withholding from the […]

Netflix has opened a new, larger office in São Paulo, Brazil as the streamer commemorates its 15th year in the country. Co-CEO Greg Peters attended the ceremony, bringing together names from the creative industry, government authorities, and business partners. At the event, Peters highlighted the strengthening of Netflix’s partnership with Brazil’s audiovisual sector and reaffirmed […]

Are you wondering how regional AV integrators support the convergence of broadcast, corporate, and live‑event technologies? The short answer is this: they make it all work together. They’re the ones who translate fast‑changing tools, formats and workflows into smooth, reliable systems that everyday organisations can actually use. In this article, you’ll see exactly how integrators […]

Sky Media has launched a new AI-powered creative advertising toolkit designed to help small and medium-size businesses get on TV for the first time, by reducing the cost, time and complexity of TV ad creation. The new toolkit provides access to Waymark, an AI creative studio that enables brands to generate TV-ready ads. In seconds, […]

Zefr has been granted accreditation by the Media Rating Council (MRC) for independent third-party processing and reporting of YouTube viewability measurement via integration with Google’s Ads Data Hub (ADH), supporting Zefr’s offering of free, independent viewability reporting to advertisers. The accreditation follows a comprehensive audit conducted by an independent CPA firm engaged by the MRC. […]

Coimisiún na Meán has become a member of WorldDAB – the global industry forum for Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB+) radio. This comes following the announcement in 2025 that An Coimisiún supported a new DAB+ trial in Ireland, which began in April 2025. Membership of WorldDAB will allow An Coimisiún to share experiences and best practices […]

Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic have come out against the Netflix takeover of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). What did Netflix ever do to them? Well, in the case of the US, it’s more a question of what Netflix hasn’t done for them. Because it’s never been a network, it’s never had the wherewithal […]

Barb, the audience measurement specialist, has launched Barb Ads Hub, a new analytics system designed for full-cycle ad campaign planning and reporting. At launch, Barb Ads Hub includes post-campaign analysis through CFlight, the joint-industry accountability tool for linear and VOD services. Pre-campaign planning functionality will follow in Q1. Built by RSMB for Barb in direct […]

Manhattan TV, the British TV device specialist, has announced that the Aero 4K TV Streamer with Freely – the free streaming platform backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 – will launch in February. Users can connect Aero to their broadband network over Wi-Fi, with no aerial or satellite dish required, to gain […]