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Dr Seuss launches YouTube channel

Dr Seuss Enterprises has partnered with content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company), to expand the Dr Seuss IP within the digital landscape. Dr Seuss Enterprises is building the presence of the celebrated IP on YouTube and other digital platforms with the goal of meeting families and educators at destinations […]

September 6, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Fubo launches The Triple Play ad format

FuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform, is further enhancing its ad inventory with a new proprietary Connected TV (CTV) ad format, The Triple Play. Available in the coming days, The Triple Play will launch sponsored by a major US retailer’s back-to-school campaign, providing the brand complete share of voice on Fubo’s home screen. The […]

September 6, 2024

Canada: TSN on Prime Video Channels

Bell Media has announced that its TSN service, featuring live sports, is now available on Prime Video Channels in Canada. The linear feeds and on demand content from TSN can now be added by Prime members to their Prime Video account. TSN joins Bell Media’s streaming service Crave, which became part of Prime Video Channels […]

September 6, 2024

Report: YouTube first streamer to top US TV usage

YouTube moved into the top spot among media distributors in the July 2024 Media Distributor Gauge report, Nielsen’s monthly view of total TV consumption across the US by media company. Time spent watching YouTube on television was up 7 per cent compared to June, leading the streaming platform to account for 10.4 per cent of […]

September 5, 2024

Roku rolls out Backdrops

Backdrops, Roku’s newest feature first announced in April, aims to transform TVs into a canvas, with paintings and photography from an evolving library of thousands of curated works. In the coming weeks, Backdrops will begin rolling out to Roku TV models with a catalogue that includes famous classics, wide-ranging museum collections, abstract designs, and more. […]

September 5, 2024

Gracenote launches Watch Prompts

Gracenote, the content solutions business unit of Nielsen, has launched Gracenote Watch Prompts, a new dataset that equips video platforms and services with facts about TV programmes and movies to influence consumer viewing decisions. Designed to be paired with viewer preference and consumption behaviour data, the new offering enables customers to deliver more personalised viewer […]

September 4, 2024

Australia: Ad-supported streaming surges

The Australian entertainment subscription market, which includes video, music and game services, grew by 5 per cent to 52.3 million services in the 12 months to June 2024, despite cost-of-living pressures and services’ increasing focus on profitability, according to new research by emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte. The Telsyte Australian Subscription Entertainment Study 2024 found […]

September 4, 2024

Deltatre launches packages for D3 VOLT OTT platform

Deltatre, the streaming tech company behind major media and sporting moments, has announced the launch of its Core, Professional, and Enterprise packages for the D3 VOLT OTT platform. Initially launched at IBC in 2023, D3 VOLT has been embraced by Deltatre’s premium customers and has seen significant platform investment. Now, all industry segments can access […]

September 4, 2024

LG Streaming Week offers multiple promos

LG Electronics has announced the LG Streaming Week campaign in 44 countries, starting from September 9th and running through October 13th, to celebrate a decade since the initial launch of webOS on the company’s LCD and OLED TVs. For owners of LG TVs above UHD released from 2018 onward (running webOS 4.0 and above), as […]

August 30, 2024

Bitmovin Player integrated into NAGRA’s Solution Ecosystem

Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming solutions, has announced that NAGRA, the media and entertainment technology division of the Kudelski Group, is integrating Bitmovin’s Player with its streaming security and consumer engagement solutions including OpenTV Video Platform. The partnership empowers NAGRA to offer enhanced video streaming capabilities to its media, entertainment, and sports customer base […]

August 30, 2024