Kantar’s Republic of Ireland TGI survey data will now be released twice a year to help advertisers and agencies plan effective campaigns as they navigate evolving consumer and media trends. The business will collect responses continuously across the year and report on rolling samples to capture shifts in public behaviour. In particular the change will […]
UKTV’s comedy channel Dave has made a commitment to maximise digital accessibility across its YouTube content, introducing full manual closed captions across the channel. The Dave YouTube channel is the first major UK broadcaster-run social AVoD channel to provide an accurate subtitling service for 100 per cent of its videos. Dave YouTube captions have been […]
Take 1 has announced that the company has been appointed as an approved access services provider for Discovery Networks in the UK. The transcription, access and localisation services provider has been selected to provide hard of hearing captioning services to support the growing inventory of discovery+ content streamed to UK audiences. “Take 1 has been […]
ITV, has selected NEP Connect to provide its news gathering vehicles for Regional and National ITV News coverage. The five-year, multi-million-pound deal will see NEP Connect supply ITV News with a fleet of eco-friendly, plug-in hybrid vehicles, equipped with interior electronic systems powered by battery, reversing the need for a petrol or diesel generator. These […]
Telstra and the National Hockey League (NHL) have signed a five-year agreement to distribute up to 1,400 games per year to viewers around the world using Telstra’s Global Media Network (GMN). The deal will see Telstra deliver NHL games to rights-holders in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with plans to expand to other markets […]
Sports independent production company IMG has been awarded a two-year contract to provide Channel 4’s Betfred Super League coverage. Super League rugby will be shown live on free-to-air television for the first time in its 26-year history after Channel 4 secured a deal initially to show ten live matches and Grand Final highlights for the […]
Grass Valley, a technology provider for the live media and entertainment market, has announced a strong 2021 driven by an increase in share gains on its product suite, significant market acceptance of its cloud native applications suite, and record backlog driven by multi-year enterprise deals. Grass Valley has made significant investments in its global cloud […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that it has been selected by CAF (The Confederation of African Football) for two seasons of satellite distribution for their main competitions. This includes the rescheduled TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021 men’s football championship, being held in Cameroon, which kicked off last month. Pierre Ramon, […]
China Global TV Network’s Arabic-language service on Arabsat is upgrading to an HD service. Organised and carried in collaboration with Globecast the new CGTN-Arabic HD channel is being carried by Arabsat’s Badr-6 satellite and its coverage extends throughout the MENA region. “This recent upgrade to HD also contributes to the greater enjoyment of the channel’s […]
Integral Ad Science (IAS), a global player in digital media quality, has expanded its IAS Signal reporting platform and launched a new CTV dashboard that delivers hadvanced, live insights on media quality. Now advertisers can measure media quality with CTV data based on device, app, channel, genre, content category, and rating for their campaigns, subject […]