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Yahoo data partnership with VideoAmp

Yahoo Advertising has announced that the Yahoo DSP is the first platform to integrate measurement and audience data from TV data and technology player, VideoAmp. The partnership will bring VideoAmp’s targeting and measurement solutions to enhance connected TV (CTV) campaigns when activated against the 108 million+ households that the Yahoo DSP reaches. This partnership sees […]

June 13, 2024

New Staccs TV channels on Samsung TV Plus

Swedish tech startup Staccs, a free ad-supported television (FAST) technology company with its own lineup of music video channels, is expanding its partnership with Samsung TV Plus with the addition of two new channels. Following the successful launch of Staccs TV earlier this year, Staccs TV Throwback and Staccs TV Celebrate will become available to […]

June 7, 2024

Titan OS partners with Canal+

Titan OS, the technology, entertainment and advertising company based in Barcelona, has announced its partnership with Canal+ Group to expand its content offering across Europe. The roll-out covers ten countries (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania) and six brands belonging to Canal+ Group (Canal+, Skylink, Direct One, Focus Sat, […]

June 6, 2024

Yahoo launches blended TV dataset

Yahoo Advertising has announced the launch of Unified TV Audiences – a blended dataset to offer advertisers insights into connected TV (CTV) and linear audience viewership. Unified TV Audiences enable advertisers to more effectively plan, activate and measure across 108 million US households in the Yahoo DSP. eBay has been an early adopter of Unified […]

June 6, 2024

Sentence in illegal Firestick case

Kevin James O’Donnell, from Liverpool in the northwest of England, has been handed down a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to charges of promoting and selling illegally modified firesticks that offered unauthorised access to premium film and television content, including live football matches. The verdict, handed down at Liverpool Crown Court, follows an extensive […]

June 4, 2024By Colin Mann

Switzerland: yallo app on Samsung TV

The yallo TV app is now available on Samsung TV models from 2020 or later (Tizen 5.5) for viewers in Switzerland, and will come preinstalled on new TVs. The app for Samsung TV complements yallo TV’s existing ‘big-screen’ offering for Android TV and Apple TV. As on all other devices, the yallo TV app for […]

June 4, 2024

BrightLine launches StreamLine

BrightLine, a specialist in shoppable CTV advertising experiences, has announced the launch of StreamLine, the self-service, automated tool for clients to design, build, and publish interactive and dynamic ad experiences across all leading streaming platforms. StreamLine is the first of several new, automated self-service tools BrightLine will be launching throughout 2024 to make interactive and […]

May 22, 2024

TiVo One debuts

Entertainment technology company TiVo has debuted its TiVo One cross-screen ad platform, combining ad inventory across multiple end-points in the home and the car empowering advertisers to optimise branded campaigns to their desired audiences with advanced forecasting, precise targeting and robust measurement capabilities. TiVo One is the latest service to be added to TiVo parent […]

May 21, 2024

TV prize competition from Freely

UK PSB-backed streaming service Freely is celebrating its launch by giving UK residents the chance to win a new Hisense TV by finding a specially branded Freely cab. Freely’s new advertising campaign and tagline ‘Set Yourself Freely’ nods to the ease of the new service by showing people they can set themselves free from TV […]

May 20, 2024By Colin Mann

Research: 21% UK homes have cancelled SVoDs due to price

A report from Teads, the media platform, reveals that 21 per cent of UK households have cancelled some of their streaming subscriptions in the last six months due to price concerns. Additionally, 14 per cent of UK consumers say they are planning to reduce the number of streaming services they use in the next 12 […]

May 16, 2024