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ACE welcomes Operation Switch Off success

Antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has welcomed the success of Operation Switch Off, a coordinated global law-enforcement action addressing industrial-scale illegal IPTV services impacting audiences and content markets around the world. Led by the District Prosecutor’s Office of Catania and the Italian State Police (Postal and Cybercrime Police) and C.O.S.C. Catania, […]

January 30, 2026By Colin Mann

Report: Performance TV is advertising’s #1 investment channel

tvScientific, the advertising platform for Performance TV, has released its 2026 State of Performance TV Report, revealing that it has become the number one channel for advertising investment as marketers face growing pressure to capture attention, control costs, and prove outcomes in a rapidly changing industry. According to the report, Performance TV (i.e. insights-driven streaming […]

January 29, 2026

Germany: YouTube, VoD dominate kids’ media habits

Precisify, the cross-platform media intelligence specialist, has released its Precisify Insights: Kids Germany report. Following the success of its kids insights reports in the US, UK and Australia, Precisify is now expanding the Insights: Kids series into Germany as part of its broader European growth strategy. “These data findings give us the clearest picture yet […]

January 29, 2026

Research: YouTube reaches 29bn videos

YouTube has reached 29 billion videos as of December 2025, with modern growth driven by Shorts, AI-generated content, and expansion in markets such as India, according to research from Omdia. “YouTube is the most popular video service globally and is on track to reach 30 billion videos in early 2026,” said Daoud Jackson, Senior Analyst […]

January 28, 2026

LINX sees record internet traffic driven by UEFA, AFCON

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) recorded a new global maximum peak traffic of 12.069 Tbps across their Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in UK, US, Africa and the Middle East, fuelled by the recent UEFA Champions League, European League and Conference League games matches and AFCON finals. The milestone highlights the growing role of live sports […]

January 27, 2026

Manhattan TV launching Aero 4K TV Streamer with Freely

Manhattan TV, the British TV device specialist, has announced that the Aero 4K TV Streamer with Freely – the free streaming platform backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 – will launch in February. Users can connect Aero to their broadband network over Wi-Fi, with no aerial or satellite dish required, to gain […]

January 27, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Forecast: Retailers to control 47% of US TV OS share by 2029

Retailers are forecast to control 47 per cent of the North American TV operating system (OS) market by 2029, up from 27 per cent in 2025, according to Omdia’s TV Design & Features Tracker. The rapid shift underscores how retailers are prioritising e-commerce-driven retail media advertising over traditional TV shipment leadership. This trend was a […]

January 26, 2026

Study: FAST viewership seeing exponential growth

Research from Roku, the streaming specialist, and Horizon Futures Group shows FAST is reshaping how viewers engage with content in a new, cable-like experience and what this means for advertisers. The study, based on Roku’s proprietary viewership data spanning 90 million households alongside surveys of 1,500 streamers, shows that adoption of FAST has increased dramatically […]

January 23, 2026

Amagi lists on Indian stock exchanges

Amagi Media Labs Limited, the cloud-native SaaS provider offering end-to-end solutions across live production, content preparation, distribution and monetisation in the global broadcasting and streaming ecosystem, has announced the successful public listing of its equity shares on Indian stock exchanges (BSE and NSE). Amagi is the only end-to-end, AI-enabled cloud platform in the video category […]

January 23, 2026

BBC confirms YouTube content partnership

Following press speculation, BBC Group and YouTube have now confirmed a strategic partnership “focused on investments in new programming, collaborating to showcase more BBC moments that bring the UK together on YouTube, and upskilling the next generation of future creators and producers from across the UK”. The BBC said that partnering with YouTube is part […]

January 21, 2026