ITV, in partnership with Guinness, is bringing live audio description commentary to its coverage of four matches during the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, making the tournament more accessible and inclusive for blind and partially sighted fans. The service will be available during ITV’s coverage of Ireland v England on February 1st, England v France on […]

Barb, the audience measurement and television ratings organisation, has announced the commissioning of two prototypes and two new data sources for Barb Panel Plus, which extends Barb’s use of big data sets for integration with panel data. In May 2024, Barb issued an ITT for Barb Panel Plus, covering three components: Methodology – design of […]

A number of major European Joint Industry Committees (JICs), Media Owner Committees (MOCs), and professional research companies have announced that they will join to create the Audience Measurement Coalition (AMC). The AMC will serve as a voice to European regulators on all policy matters related to audience measurement in the context of the adoption of the […]

The BBC has published its first Climate Transition Plan, detailing how the broadcaster intends to be Net Zero by 2050. This forms part of the Corporation’s commitment to building a sustainable BBC and wider media industry. The BBC says it has been making significant progress towards its science-based targets, aligning a commitment to natural history […]

ProSiebenSat.1 Group is accelerating its digital transformation through close collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider. The aim is to transfer the entire content supply chain from production to distribution to the AWS cloud. This accelerates both the development of new products, for example through the integration of artificial intelligence, and […]

Médiamétrie will launch its Cross Média Vidéo measurement in France this spring to take better account of the evolution of viewing devices, as well as the consumption of the major SVoD services such as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. In France, among the average four hours and sixteen minutes of content watched each day, viewers […]

French media group Canal+ has announced the creation of its Foundation, supporting the right to “culture for all”. In so doing, the Canal+ group, a major player in the production and distribution of content across many different geographical areas, is making a new commitment to promote culture throughout the world. The Foundation’s programmes will aim […]

Deepdub, a specialist in AI-powered voice solutions, has announced the launch of its AI Audio API, an enterprise-grade platform designed to deliver Hollywood-vetted audio experiences. Leveraging Deepdub’s proprietary Emotive Text-to-Speech (eTTS) technology, the API facilitates seamless real-time voice generation with advanced customisation parameters such as accent, speed, tempo, and variance. AI voiceover options are plagued […]

VideoAmp, the media measurement company, has announced an extension of their long-term partnership with Paramount Global. Paramount’s partnership with VideoAmp will provide the entertainment giant with a comprehensive view of its audience, enabling both demographic and advanced audience measurement across VideoAmp’s footprint of 40 million households. The deal will support all aspects of Paramount’s advertising […]

Cinegy has announced the release of a new version of its Cinecoder video codec SDK, solving a fundamental problem for TV and broadcast industries. The H.264 interlace video format is globally used for 1080i HDTV transmission via over-the-air, satellite, cable or streaming service providers. The majority of HD broadcasts still use this format even if […]