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Channel 4 piloting Alex Horne’s Your Time Starts Now

Channel 4 is piloting a new play-at-home gameshow, Your Time Starts Now (w/t), devised and developed by Alex Horne, creator and host of BAFTA and Rose D’Or winning Taskmaster and Andy Devonshire, founding Series Director on shows including The Apprentice, The Great British Bake Off and Taskmaster. Set in the Taskmaster universe, the new show builds on the at-home ingenuity of earlier incarnation The Button, which Horne devised and […]

July 9, 2026

Endemol Shine Brasil brings Upside Down to Globo

Endemol Shine Brasil, part of Banijay Americas, has announced the first international deal for Upside Down, with Globo commissioning a local version of the feel-good entertainment series for Brazilian audiences. Originally created by EndemolShine Nederland, part of Banijay Benelux, and produced by Endemol Shine Brasil, the competition format sees two teams of celebrity families competing […]

July 8, 2026

FX’s The Shards to feature original music from Troye Sivan, Leland, Hayes Warner

Grammy nominated pop artist Troye Sivan and longtime collaborator Leland revealed that they are contributing original music to FX’s The Shards, the new drama series from executive producer Ryan Murphy based on the acclaimed bestselling novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Original music will also be provided by rising pop artist and The Shards series star Hayes Warner. Warner, who plays Debbie Schaffer […]

July 8, 2026

Adform reinforces commitment to open standards for agentic advertising

Adform, the integrated advertising platform built for the agentic age, has announced its continued collaboration with IAB Tech Lab to help operationalise the emerging standards that will underpin the next generation of agentic advertising. As AI agents begin to transform every stage of the advertising lifecycle, the industry faces a critical choice: build another generation […]

July 8, 2026

Weigel Broadcasting launches MeTV Audience Intelligence

Weigel Broadcasting has announced the launch of MeTV Audience Intelligence, a new audience-based advertising solution that brings advanced data-driven audience buying capabilities across Weigel’s portfolio of television networks, including MeTV, Heroes & Icons, Start TV, Dabl, Catchy Comedy, Story Television, MeTV Toons, MOVIES!, and WEST. “Advertisers are increasingly looking beyond traditional demographic buying and want […]

July 8, 2026

Guideline launches verified Ad Intelligence for AI platforms

Guideline has announced that the expansion of its Ad Intelligence data now capturing verified, transaction-level advertising activity across AI platforms, giving the market its first independent view into how advertising is actually performing on these emerging channels. As AI platforms including ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity, and others move to build and scale advertisingbusinesses, agencies, brands, and […]

July 7, 2026

Neo Space Group deploys JUPITER 3 system for NSG SATCOM

Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabian commercial space services provider, has announced the successful deployment of three advanced ground gateway systems in collaboration with Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar company), leveraging the JUPITER 3 ground system to support next-generation in-flight connectivity (IFC) services powered by NSG SATCOM. This milestone marks a […]

July 7, 2026

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender premieres on Paramount+ on this July

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender premieres globally on Paramount+ on July 25th. The new film, based on the animated series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, sees Avatar Aang, the world’s last Airbender, learn of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks […]

July 7, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Chyron appoints Magd as sales director for Middle East

Chyron has announced the appointment of Ahmed Magd as sales director for the Middle East. Magd comes to Chyron with a strong leadership and live video production background, including previous senior commercial roles at Riedel Communications, Clear-Com, and Al Masa IT Distribution. His experience encompasses distributor and reseller management, key client relationships, and cross-border business […]

July 7, 2026

Big Blue Marble debuts ultra low latency MoQ streaming with Ateme

International broadcast and streaming expert Big Blue Marble has announced a multi-month Proof of Concept (PoC) for Media over QUIC (MoQ) during a major international football championship. This PoC aims to test next-generation low-latency streaming in a live sports environment. Powered by Big Blue Marble’s scalable video processing and delivery engine, Cloud Video Kit, and […]

July 7, 2026