The European 5G Broadcast handset taskforce, gathering EBU and BNE members, has published a 5G Broadcast receiver profile for use by companies within the broadcast ecosystem that are preparing for a roll-out of 5G Broadcast services in Europe. The taskforce says the receiver profile is a major milestone for the introduction of smartphones with 5G […]

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, a continuation of the celebrated series Wizards of Waverly Place which starred Selena Gomez and ran for four seasons between 2007 and 2012, is coming soon to Disney+. The first eight episodes will be available on the streaming platform from October 30th. Wizards Beyond Waverly Place follows an adult Justin Russo […]

LG Ad Solutions, a specialist in CTV and cross-screen advertising, has released a report titled The Inclusive Screen: Hispanic Americans, which highlights CTV as a key environment for advertisers to connect with Hispanic Audiences while prioritising user experience. The study, which polled over 1,400 US Hispanic CTV users in the US, found that 78 per […]

Ad-funded streaming subscriptions (HV0D), continue to grow in Sweden. Currently, close to 400,000 households have chosen to acquire at least one streaming service that is partly financed by advertising. Even though HVoD is a relatively new concept, growth has been strong during the year. Since the beginning of 2024, Mediavision reports a growth of 40 […]

BBC Studios and CDA have announced that BBC Studios’ Player service will launch on CDA Premium from September 1st. BBC Player will be available to the entire CDA Premium subscriber base, providing them with a wide range of BBC programming on-demand. BBC Player is the local on-demand destination for BBC content in Poland. CDA Premium […]

Netflix has announced that its docu-series on WWE co-founder and former CEO, Vince McMahon, will premiere soon on the streaming service. It was widely believed that the project, which has been in production since 2020, was scrapped following allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking made against McMahon in June 2022, which eventually saw him […]

A report from Hub Entertainment Research reveals that US sports fans are open to more sports and games becoming available on streaming platforms. Key findings from the second wave of Hub’s What’s the Score: The Evolution of Sports Media survey include: 1)  Sports fans assume that in general, traditional broadcast or cable networks can deliver […]

The subscription video on demand service revenue in Japan is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.8 per cent from $4 billion (€3.6bn) in 2023 to $5.6 billion in 2028, driven by the strong growth in SVoD subscriptions and unique SVoD household penetration, and a steady rise in the average […]

The US ad market saw a nearly 14 per cent increase YoY in July 2024 according to Guideline’s latest numbers – the strongest month in the 15th consecutive month of marketplace expansion, with Olympics ad buying driving significant growth. In fact, the five days of July Olympics accounted for 43 per cent of the all […]