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SkyShowtime adding Premium plan

SkyShowtime has unveiled its new Premium plan, which will be offered alongside its existing Standard with Ads and Standard (previously named Standard Plus) plans. SkyShowtime Premium will be available in all of SkyShowtime’s 20+ markets simultaneously on October 29th including Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, […]

October 8, 2024

EE retail partnership with Sky Stream

EE, the consumer brand for the BT Group, and Sky have announced a retail partnership that will see Sky Stream launch across EE stores, via the EE website and EE telesales from October 15th. The partnership builds on a relationship established in 2017 and forms part of EE’s strategy to partner with consumer electronics and […]

October 8, 2024

Spain: 4m watch time-shifted TV daily

An average of 4 million people in Spain watch day time-shifted TV content on a daily basis, with an accumulated audience of 20.5 million viewers in September, according to a report from the firm Barlovento Comunicación. Out of those 4 million, 26 per cent dedicated less than 30 minutes to time-shifted content; 23 per cent […]

October 8, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: Humans lead AI in subtitling, translation

ZOO Digital, a provider of localisation and media services such as subtitling, translation, dubbing and scripting, has published its white paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI), giving an insight into how the revolutionary technology is bringing transformation in its market. The paper examines the fundamental questions of: · Can AI replace humans? · What are the […]

October 8, 2024

Kartoon Channel’s gaming FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus

Kartoon Studios has launched Kartoon Channel’s videogame FAST channel through Samsung TV Plus in three European territories – the UK Italy, and Spain. In addition, through a joint venture with Power Kids, Kartoon Channel will be offered in India. These new territories will immediately provide Kartoon Channel with a footprint of over 1.5 billion new […]

October 8, 2024

CIMM launches watermarking initiative

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), in collaboration with XR Extreme Reach and VEIL Global Technologies, has announced the launch of a new initiative to assess the role that open, universal watermarking across linear and streaming TV platforms could play in supporting improved measurement of content and advertising in the US TV and video […]

October 8, 2024

IAS expands Total Media Quality for TikTok

Integral Ad Science (IAS), the media measurement and optimisation platform, has announced an expansion of Total Media Quality (TMQ) for TikTok. IAS will now provide Viewability, Invalid Traffic (IVT), and Brand Safety and Suitability Measurement for advertisers across TikTok’s newly available ad placements within the Profile, Search, Following Feeds and TikTok Lite (in supported markets). […]

October 8, 2024

Report alleges CTV “surveillance”

The Connected TV (CTV) video streaming industry in the US operates a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that has transformed the television set into a sophisticated monitoring, tracking and targeting device, according to a new report from lobbying group the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD). How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era documents how CTV […]

October 7, 2024By Colin Mann

Data: Netflix tops UK streaming market in Q3

JustWatch, the streaming guide, has released updates on the UK market share of all major streaming platforms across 60 different countries. The results reflect data collected in Q3 2024. Netflix continues to secure the streaming crown, securing 27 per cent of the streaming market in the UK. Prime Video is in second place with shares […]

October 7, 2024

France: Chérie 25 threatened by NRJ 12 axe  

The economic viability and the very existence of DTT channel Chérie 25 would be impacted by the non-renewal of sister channel NRJ 12’s authorisation, according to French TV and radio NRJ Group. In July 2024, regulator Arcom decided against the renewal of the NRJ 12 DTT frequency, which will expire at the end of February […]

October 7, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris