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Kantar Media rebrands as Fifty5Blue

Kantar Media, a specialist in audience measurement, has announced its new brand identity, Fifty5Blue. The rebrand follows the company’s separation from Kantar Group and its acquisition by H.I.G. Capital in August 2025. Fifty5Blue is focused on helping advertisers, agencies, media owners and social platforms make better decisions on both their content and advertising strategies and […]

February 25, 2026

Netherlands: NMO launching Total Video insights

On April 6th, the National Media Onderzoek (NMO) will launch Total Video, an expansion of its TV and video audience measurement that from then on will capture all types of viewing behaviour in the Netherlands: linear, time-shifted, and on-demand. This launch marks the second phase of the NMO Viewing measurement, conducted by Kantar Media, and […]

February 23, 2026

Deepdub dubbing for Love TV Channels

Deepdub, the foundational voice AI company, has announced a partnership with Love TV Channels, an independent TV channel publisher with over 25 million monthly viewers leading the creation of thematic localised streaming TV channels in Europe. Through this partnership, Deepdub’s AI-driven dubbing technology will help grow Love TV Channels’ catalogue across the Spanish, Italian, and […]

February 23, 2026

BBFC to deliver age ratings for HBO Max in UK

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have announced an agreement to ensure that content on HBO Max streaming service in the UK carries the BBFC’s rating and content advice when it launches on March 26th. The agreement focuses on the BBFC producing new, or supplying existing BBFC Classifications for […]

February 17, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Microsoft launches Premier League Companion with The Overlap

Microsoft is kicking off a partnership with The Overlap, the popular podcast series from Gary Neville. The partnership will see the Premier League Companion, powered by Copilot, integrated into its content, bringing near real-time, data-driven insights to pundits and fans, enriching discussions and deepening engagement. The partnership, created by Sky Media and Microsoft, runs from […]

February 17, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Eutelsat “on track”, LEO revenues up 60%

Eutelsat’s mid-year presentation saw CEO Jean-François Fallacher confirm the financial objectives for the full year ahead (Eutelsat’s financial year end is on June 30th). He noted upgrades from both Moody’s and Fitch ratings agencies. As to the company’s key division, the outstanding highlight was the LEO (OneWeb) activity which rose almost 60 per cent and […]

February 13, 2026By Chris Forrester

iKOMG provides FAST, OTT distribution for CGTN

iKO Media Group (iKOMG), a specialist in end-to-end broadcasting and teleport services, has partnered with China Global Television Network (CGTN) to distribute three of its flagship channels – GlobalBiz TV, China Travel and Discovery China – across iKOMG’s FASTonSAT, iKOFLIX and MENAFLIX platforms. The agreement enables CGTN to extend the international availability of its news, […]

February 13, 2026

VideoAmp, TVision expand licence agreement

TVision, a company measuring TV and CTV viewer engagement, and VideoAmp, the tech-first measurement company, have announced an expanded licensing agreement that delivers TVision’s person-level calibration data for CTV to VideoAmp. The new deal expands an existing agreement between the two companies for Linear data. TVision reports second-by-second attention and co-viewing for all major US […]

February 12, 2026

Italy: Rai selects Imagine for IP migration

Following a competitive public tender process, Rai (Radiotelevisione Italiana), the national public broadcasting company of Italy, has awarded Imagine Communications a three-year frame contract via local systems integrator Allyn Srl to support its transition from SDI to IP. The agreement positions Imagine’s Selenio Network Processor (SNP) as a core building block in Rai’s evolutionary migration […]

February 10, 2026

Alliance of Media Independents partners with IAS

The Alliance of Media Independents has announced a partnership with Integral Ad Science (IAS) – a specialist in media measurement and optimisation. This partnership will help support independent agencies in delivering strong, measurable results for their customers through actionable media quality insights, improving transparency, and helping members maximise performance across digital channels. Through the partnership, […]

February 10, 2026