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LiveScore nets Ireland Champions League FTA deal

Sports media business, real-time sports updates and streaming service provider LiveScore has secured a three-year rights deal within Ireland to live-stream 137 matches in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) free-to-air on the LiveScore app. Throughout the term of the three-year deal, commencing at the start of the 2021/22 UCL season, LiveScore will be the exclusive […]

June 2, 2021

Huawei Video, Clubbing TV broadcast partnership

Multi-media platform Huawei Video and lifestyle TV channel Clubbing TV have agreed a video distribution partnership across more than 60 countries in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. This strategic partnership allows Huawei Video users access to Clubbing TV’s linear feed and video portfolio. Huawei Video subscribers will be able to watch Clubbing […]

June 2, 2021

Insight TV, Snibble partner

Millennial and Gen-Z focused global content producer and broadcaster Insight TV has confirmed that its library of short-form content is now available on Snibble, the first social video platform for Gen Z audiences. With titles including Epic Exploring, Ultimate Goal, Born To, and Making the Squad, the agreement extends Insight TV’s worldwide reach to Snibble’s […]

June 1, 2021

StarNews, Orange content deal

Ivory Coast-based mobile content platform StarNews Mobile has agreed a group-wide deal with the Orange Content unit of Orange to provide its video platform to the telco’s 150 million subscribers across 15 countries in Africa. Africa has 650 million mobile customers, with the vast majority receiving their daily news and information via their mobiles. While […]

May 28, 2021by Angharad Rhiannon

Pixalate unveils monthly publisher trust index

Ad fraud intelligence and marketing compliance platform Pixalate has launched what it claims is the world’s first Publisher Trust Index, a global approach to quality measurement and monthly rankings of the world’s mobile and Connected TV (CTV) apps, designed to bring unprecedented transparency to the programmatic advertising ecosystem. While traditional ranking systems use a quantitative-based […]

May 24, 2021

Forecast: UK TikTok users to surpass 13m in 2021

Widespread lockdowns across the UK last year drove people to social media, leading many new users to TikTok in the process. Aside from the organic growth, TikTok expanded its operations in the UK which hopes to establish itself as a global tech hub post-Brexit. Last year, the short-form video sharing app grew 75.2 per cent […]

May 14, 2021

Research: Risks rife on illegal football streaming sites

Research from cyber resilience specialist Webroot has exposed the extent of scams and malware found on illegal streaming sites that were shared on social media channels during a big weekend of football across Europe. Football fans across Europe trying to watch the Carabao Cup Final or major clashes across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie […]

April 28, 2021By Colin Mann

Latest ATV streaming interviews

  Atv talks to Martin Bergenwall of Verimatrix about Streamkeeper and the all-new hyper-flexible SaaS Secure Delivery Platform Founder Roy Taylor talks to A-tv about Ryff, the  AI driven product placement solution and market. ATV talks to Christian Lefebvre of Technicolor about the changing landscape of OTT and the abiding importance of the STB and […]

April 23, 2021

Comscore, DISH Media expanded cross-platform agreement

Cross-platform media evaluation specialist Comscore has agreed a new strategic partnership with DISH Media, extending its data licence to virtual multichannel programming distributor SLING TV. The agreement includes the continued cross-platform measurement of advanced advertising and content via Comscore TV products. The expanded licence agreement protects consumer privacy data and includes first-party matching rights to […]

April 23, 2021

NBA mobile payment partnership

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has partnered with mobile payment and marketing specialist PM Connect on an international deal for its premium live game subscription service, NBA League Pass. The multiyear partnership will allow fans to subscribe to NBA League Pass through their mobile phone and without the need of a credit card. Beginning next […]

April 22, 2021