Nielsen has met the Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation standards for its National TV Audience Measurement service, once again becoming the only TV audience measurement provider in the US to be accredited by the MRC. Following the November 2022 audit of Nielsen’s National TV Audience Measurement service, the MRC engaged independent auditors to review Nielsen’s progress against […]

Samba TV, a specialist in television data and measurement, has announced a strategic partnership with Admo.tv, a European player in TV Analytics, to bring a new measurement and attribution solution to the French market. The integration between the two companies delivers a solution that combines Samba TV’s proprietary automatic content recognition (ACR) viewership data with […]

AsiaSat, the satellite solutions provider, together with its subsidiary One Click Go Live (OCGL), are using AWS for live streaming and to roll out new applications and services. “As customer demand increases, we have a need to upgrade the OCGL platform so that we can flexibly scale and deliver high-quality live video streaming services to […]

Orange-owned specialist content distribution company Globecast has formed a strategic partnership with New York City-based Brklyn-Media, provider of virtualised media management and infrastructure services. Eddie Ferraro, MD Globecast Americas, commented “With this partnership, both companies can offer an expanded suite of services, full one-stop shop solutions, including access to the two largest television markets in […]

Grass Valley, a provider of solutions for live productions, has announced the expansion of its Alliance Partners community to deliver solutions that meet the evolving needs of the media and entertainment industry.  Leveraging the Agile Media Processing Platform (AMPP), an open platform for media production, Alliance Partners have access to every feature and function available […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched AWS Elemental MediaConnect Gateway, a new cloud-connected software application to transmit live video between on-premises multicast networks and AWS. Part of AWS Media Services, MediaConnect Gateway improves operations in hybrid environments, providing monitoring, security, and management of video feeds from the AWS Management Console. With MediaConnect Gateway, customers can build […]

Gracenote, the content solutions business unit of Nielsen, has joined the Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) Board. The organisations will partner on new ways to help the media and entertainment industry improve workflow efficiencies through automation, drive program discoverability and optimise return on content investment – key business imperatives in the streaming age. “I am thrilled […]

Fraunhofer, a primary developer of the MPEG-H Audio system, and Ateme, a specialist in video compression and delivery solutions, havey facilitated the delivery of personalised and immersive sound experiences with the integration of Fraunhofer’s MPEG-H Audio into Ateme’s KYRION encoders. Thanks to this integration, broadcasters can now provide immersive sound that can be personalised via […]

Video software provider Synamedia has announced that Cellnex group, the telecommunications and broadcasting infrastructure operator, will be deploying Synamedia virtual Digital Content Manager (vDCM)  to support the Spanish public broadcaster RTVE. Cellnex said it chose Synamedia because of vDCM’s ability to future-proof RTVE’s infrastructure. For the first time, Cellnex will move to a software-only environment […]

For the first time, Nielsen has introduced comparable reporting of local US television’s OTT streaming apps when delivered via connected TV devices, apps and/or websites and viewed on the TV. The new capability includes feeds that have unique, streamed content that is not available on the station’s over-the-air channels or direct-to-cable station feeds. By capturing […]