On August 8th, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) entered into effect, marking a step toward supporting an independent and pluralistic media sector in Europe. The EMFA offers key safeguards to public service media. It also provides for a right to have the media brand made visible to users, for example on Smart TVs and […]

Deltatre, a provider of streaming, digital, data and graphics solutions, has announced a five-year partnership with Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) to develop and run all aspects of LBA’s production and operations, third-party distribution, and DTC OTT offering. Ahead of the 2025–26 LBA season, Deltatre will deliver a refreshed distribution strategy into strategic third-party partners, […]

OnDemandIQ, a Singapore-based innovator in streaming analytics and audience measurement, has announced a partnership with INTAGE, a specialist in marketing research and consumer insights. This collaboration will extend OnDemandIQ’s dashboard-delivered audience measurement tools to markets of Japan and South Korea. OnDemandIQ currently operates in Taiwan and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand), offering […]

Nielsen, the specialist in audience measurement, data and analytics, and WPP Media have announced a new agreement for audience measurement spanning TV, streaming, audio, and cross-platform ad performance via Nielsen ONE. The companies are also planning to integrate Nielsen’s insights to Open Media Studio (OMS) – an end-to-end media delivery platform within WPP Open, WPP’s […]

Barb, the audience measurement and television ratings organisation, has issued an invitation to tender (ITT) for its Establishment Survey. Barb’s Establishment Survey is an ongoing survey of UK households, with three core objectives: To provide population estimates for access to and ownership of TV viewing equipment for universe estimation To set profile targets for Barb […]

Vodafone Group and Kaltura, the AI Video Experience Cloud, have extended their partnership around the Kaltura-powered Vodafone TV solution (VTV). Vodafone launched VTV in 2014, and it has since grown to serve several million subscribers across eight markets. Kaltura’s platform has been supporting Vodafone’s continued transition from providing traditional on-premises based IPTV services to offering […]

Samba TV, a specialist in AI-driven media intelligence, has announced a strategic partnership with Kochava, the omnichannel measurement and attribution company. This new collaboration aims to solve one of the industry’s most persistent challenges: having always-on, consistently measured performance across both TV and digital platforms at scale. Marrying Samba TV’s first-party viewership data with Kochava’s […]

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has published its Annual Report for 2024, marking a 112-year-record for cinema film submissions. The report reveals significant achievements in advancing audience protection and delivering trusted age ratings across cinema, packaged media and VoD and streaming services, as well as pioneering developments in the use of AI for […]

CAMB.AI, a start-up building a global content localisation infrastructure driven by AI-powered multilingual translation, has announced the opening of its new APAC office. Former DAZN Japan President Takashi Nakamura has been appointed as President APAC, leading the company’s expansion into the region from Tokyo. The APAC expansion marks a key step in CAMB.AI’s mission to […]

MBC says it has officially moved its Dubai-based Al Arabiya family of news channels to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. In what the broadcaster described as a defining moment in its history, the move into a purpose-built advanced infrastructure, is a very positive move. According to General Manager Mamdouh AlMuhaini, this move is far more than […]