US pay-TV operator DirecTV is raising its subscription price despite still being in dispute with Disney over carriage of certain channels. The price rises will be effective on or after October 6th. The broadcaster says customers will notice adjusted rates on their next billing cycle. The company is updating prices for both its satellite and […]
FAST service Pluto TV has announced the international launch of FIFA+ on its platform across multiple markets, including the UK. FIFA+ brings football entertainment to fans including documentaries and original series from around the world as well as historic full match replays and highlights from the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup and more. […]
Channel 4 and Yospace, the dynamic ad insertion specialist, have extended their multi-year partnership, taking them to over ten years of collaboration. The partnership will see Yospace help the broadcaster grow its digital advertising business further as it targets becoming a digital-first public service streamer by 2030. Yospace’s server-side ad insertion (SSAI) technology plays a […]
OKAST, an SaaS provider of white-label live, VoD streaming platforms and FAST channels, has partnered with Broadpeak, Titan OS, and Impresa to establish the ASAP4EU (Advertisement Solutions and Analytics Platform) Consortium. This initiative aims to introduce an advance interactive advertising solutions for FAST and AVoD across Europe. The Consortium is focused on delivering a technology […]
Statara Solutions, a data analytics and customer intelligence solutions provider, has announced a partnership with Proximic by Comscore. This collaboration will integrate Proximic’s viewership-based contextual targeting data into Statara’s Media Platform, significantly enhancing planning and buying capabilities for connected TV (CTV) and cross-platform campaigns. “We are thrilled to partner with Proximic by Comscore to bring […]
Video software provider, Synamedia, has announced that Delta Fiber in the Netherlands has gone live with Synamedia’s fully redundant cloud DVR solution (cDVR). Delta Fiber is the third largest fixed operator of broadband internet in the Netherlands reaching 1.7 million households. With Synamedia’s cDVR, powered by Synamedia virtual Digital Content Manager (vDCM) Recorder, Delta viewers […]
As part of its ongoing effort to expand its lineup of animated films from Japan, Netflix has announced that The Boy and the Heron, the Oscar-winning and Golden Globe-winning animated film from Japan’s celebrated Studio Ghibli, will be available to stream on the platform from October 7th (excluding Japan and the US; in France the […]
An investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that Google is using anti-competitive practices in open-display ad tech, which it believes could be harming thousands of UK publishers and advertisers. As set out in a statement of objections issued to Google, the CMA has provisionally found that, when placing digital […]
Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, is now available on Virgin TV in the UK, offering viewers an array of content with over 8,000 titles on demand, including new releases to rent and buy, 150+ FAST channels and 1,000+ titles. Access to the Rakuten TV app is direct, with no subscription necessary, Virgin TV customers […]
TV streaming specialist Roku has launched the first stage of its partnership with Currys Connected Media, the retail media network from the tech retailer, to run Connected TV (CTV) video ads on its platform. In a first-of-its-kind partnership for Roku UK, Currys and its partner brands will be able to access Roku Media ad inventory, […]