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Ideal Systems builds new TV Studio for SUKE TV

Ideal Systems has designed and built a new TV studio in Kuala Lumpur for SUKE TV. Launched in April 2022 SUKE TV is Free-To-Air home shopping and general entrainment channel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The new channel airs 24 hours, 7 days a week on MYTV, the Malaysian national Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform as […]

July 21, 2022

NEP UK extends Wimbledon broadcast deal

NEP UK will continue its partnership with Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS) to provide the technical broadcast delivery for the Wimbledon Championships after agreeing a new four year deal. Every match across all 18 courts was televised during this year’s Championships for the first time, including Centre Court in UHD HDR. Eleven of the courts at […]

July 15, 2022

tvScientific partners with MetricWorks

Connected TV performance advertising platform tvScientific has announced a partnership with MetricWorks, a provider of media mix modelling-based incrementality measurement. The strategic partnership aims to bolster digital-first marketers’ ability to more accurately measure CTV performance in their omnichannel strategies and to correct last-touch attribution. tvScientific improves upon its CTV performance advertising platform designed to simplify […]

July 11, 2022

Crackle Plus extends deal with iSpot.tv

Crackle Plus, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company and an operator of AVoD services, has renewed its relationship with iSpot.tv through 2023. This is the third consecutive year the real-time cross-platform TV measurement company and streaming service have been in business together. Helping advertisers better measure the reach of Crackle Plus’s footprint across […]

July 7, 2022

Red Bee, Utopia partnership

Red Bee Media, a global media services provider, has been selected by Utopia Music, the music fintech, to help close the music industry data gap and bring increased transparency and greater efficiencies to royalty allocation for the use of music on TV and radio. As part of the multi-year deal, Red Bee Media will provide […]

June 30, 2022

Broadpeak Virtual Channel-as-a-Service application

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers, has announced a new Virtual Channel-as-a-Service application on its broadpeak.io software as a service (SaaS). Broadpeak’s fully managed, API-based platform enables cable operators, OTT service providers, content providers, and broadcasters to speedily launch virtual channels – including pop-up channels and […]

June 28, 2022

Digital 9 Infrastructure acquires Arqiva stake

Investment management body Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has agreed to terms with Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9) to sell its entire stake in UK broadcast and comms infrastructure provider Arqiva. CPP Investments first acquired an approximate 48 per cent stake in Arqiva in 2009, making this one of the Fund’s longest-standing investments in […]

June 27, 2022By Colin Mann

Sky helps sports fan take action against climate crisis

Sky has launched a new campaign to encourage sport fans to take action against the climate crisis that is affecting sports. Fans attending some of the biggest sporting events this summer will be asked to make small but impactful changes to make a difference. Sky will be working with partners at five key sports events […]

June 27, 2022

Research: Brit viewers value DTT

A campaign to safeguard digital terrestrial TV and radio has been launched as research by Ipsos shows that nine in 10 people (90 per cent) across Great Britain want to see continued support for these services. Digital terrestrial television (DTT) is universally available across the UK. It doesn’t need a superfast broadband connection and there […]

June 23, 2022

Ofcom: C4 in subtitle licence breach

An investigation by broadcast regulator Ofcom has found that public service broadcaster Channel 4 breached the conditions of its broadcast licence following an extended outage of its subtitling, signing and audio description services. These ‘access services’ are relied on by millions of people to watch and listen to television, including those who are deaf, have […]

June 20, 2022By Colin Mann