Nielsen and Roku have announced an expansion to their strategic partnership. Building on years of collaboration, this next phase will incorporate Roku data in Nielsen’s advanced campaign measurement and outcome solutions. As part of this expanded multi-year strategic partnership, Nielsen will continue using Roku’s large-scale TV data as input to its Big Data + Panel […]
The EBU has submitted its contribution to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the evaluation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). From safeguarding the protection of minors and consumers more broadly, to ensuring media pluralism, to promoting cultural and linguistic diversity, the EBU says that the AVMSD continues to be “an indispensable legal […]
Freeview Australia has announced it will begin testing latest DVB-I technology locally, that will ensure Australians can continue to access free-to-air television now and into the future. Starting early 2026, Freeview will test a new way to deliver the existing linear channel suites of ABC, SBS, Seven, Nine, and Ten over the internet – meaning […]
Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, is helping TV providers sustain engagement between viewers and a universe of sports programming extending beyond live games. New enhancements to the Gracenote On Sports solution covering 160+ popular sports leagues – including the NFL, NBA, Premier League and Formula 1 – and competitions in 50+ countries […]
Ideal Broadcasting India, one of India’s leading broadcast systems integrators, has successfully completed a project to relocate, design and build a state-of-the-art broadcast and newsroom facility for Collective Newsroom at the Max House complex in New Delhi. This landmark project marks a significant upgrade in the region’s media infrastructure, integrating cutting-edge newsroom technologies, IP-based connectivity, […]
SES and PGA Tour Studios have announced an agreement to provide tournament content delivery and orchestration with SES’s hybrid IP, fibre and satellite network and the Sports Content Orchestration Enabler (SES SCORE) platform. PGA Tour Studios will utilise SES’s end-to-end sports technology and hybrid infrastructure to deliver over 5,000 hours of content annually worldwide. This […]
Barb, the UK TV measurement body, has launched the Barb Data Hub, a new cloud-based system for storing, processing and distributing Barb viewing data to the industry. The Barb Data Hub is an overhaul in the underlying infrastructure for storing, processing and distributing Barb data. All the calculations required to create Barb’s DB2 daily viewing […]
The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International have announced an expansion of their combined membership, adding four new organisations from across the global screen-sector ecosystem. GfK joins as a hybrid BASE and DEGI member, alongside new BASE members Vertigo Releasing, Vubiquity and WLP Vision. Together, BASE and DEGI […]
Nielsen’s Gracenote, the power behind consumer entertainment search and discovery experiences, is enabling better CTV ad planning, buying and reporting with the launch of Gracenote Content Connect. The new platform provides agencies, brands, supply-side platforms (SSPs) and demand-side platforms (DSPs) easy access to Gracenote’s standardised programme-level metadata. This facilitates precise programme-level ad targeting, better CTV […]
Innovid, the independent software platform for the creation, delivery, measurement and optimisation of advertising, has announced the launch of its Live Content Certification programme – an initiative designed to ensure seamless, reliable third-party ad serving and measurement in live streaming environments, including sports. Disney, Fox, NBCU and Paramount are the first publishers to start and […]