Pixalate, a global ad fraud intelligence and marketing compliance platform, has released its first Connected TV App-Ads.txt Reports for Roku Apps and Amazon Fire TV Apps, reviewing app-ads.txt adoption trends in 2020. The reports analyse the state of app-ads.txt adoption among Connected TV (CTV) apps in the Roku and Amazon Fire TV Channel Stores (Roku […]
Formula E and SuperSport have agreed a new, multi-year partnership to show the all-electric racing series live in more than 50 African territories. Formula E will debut on SuperSport’s Motorsport Channel on February 26th and 27th as the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship lights up the streets of Diriyah with a double-header in the […]
discover.film, the global streaming platform for short form content is set to launch a dedicated, kids only channel in the spring. Following the launch of discover.film in October 2018. discover.film KiDS will offer thousands of hours of curated bite-sized entertainment selected especially for younger viewers looking for something new. Content is focused on inclusiveness, diversity […]
Netflix and MGM/UA have announced a new, live-action series Wednesday, a spin-off from The Addams Family, that will see the macabre daughter of Morticia and Gomez take centre-stage. The series will see legendary Hollywood director Tim Burton make his TV directorial debut. In a blog post, Teddy Biaselli, Director of Original Series at Netflix, wrote: […]
Brand data, analytics, and services provider Corsearch has extended its global anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting solutions with the acquisition of London-based content protection specialist Entura. Following the acquisition of Marketly in 2020, Corsearch says this new deal cements its position as the market leader for end-to-end online content protection, and further enhances its support for content […]
smartclip, the European open adtech development unit for broadcasters and streaming services, has added the Connected TV channel of Dutch music TV provider XITE to its CTV line-up. The channel is available for free within TV+ offerings of leading TV devices and directly on the XITE TV app. The XITE channel is a blend of […]
The World Parkour Championships (WPC) has signed a content deal with sports video platform Recast. The WPC is Parkour’s showpiece series, with events attracting millions of viewers around the world who to date could only catch up with action on YouTube and other video sharing sites. The partnership with UK-based Recast - a video platform […]
A Milan Court has issued an order to US provider CloudFlare to stop providing hosting services to illegal IPTV operators. Failure to do so will result in a penalty of €5,000 for each day of non-compliance with the judge’s order. The Specialised Business Section of the Milan Court also ordered provider Google Ireland to provide […]
Europe’s top football leagues are in for a period of “deflation” in the price of their television rights, says Simon Green, head of BT Sport. “There’s certainly going to be a rights correction and it may be seen and interpreted by many as rights deflation,” Green told the Financial Times. Green believes that as the […]
The pandemic has had a significant impact on television throughout the world. Viewers, particularly young people, have spent more time watching TV. The latest methods of content delivery have continued to grow: on demand, catch-up, preview, and streaming. Current concerns are also reflected in the programmes themselves, as the New on The Air (NoTa) report […]