ITV has announced the launch of its new addressable advertising product – Live Addressable +. Launched on stage at the ITV Palooza, ITV’s flagship commercial event, this development brings addressable targeting options to ITV’s live linear broadcast channels for the first time. Exclusively bookable via Planet V, Live Addressable + will apply ITVs full suite […]
Stingray Group, a specialist in music and video content distribution, business services and advertising solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TuneIn Holdings, a player in live audio streaming and ad monetisation. The transaction is valued at up to $175 million (€151.1m), based on TuneIn’s forecasted sales of $110 million and adjusted EBITDA […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to hold an evidence session with members of the BBC’s editorial guidelines and standards committee – BBC Chair Samir Shah and BBC board members Robbie Gibb and Caroline Thomson. The hearing is likely to take place in the next few weeks, with […]
Consumers are risking thousands of pounds by accessing content illegally online while saving as little as £13 (€14.77) a month, new research reveals. The study, by BeStreamWise, a cross-industry initiative which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of illegal streaming, reveals the false economy of watching pirated material through unofficial sources such as illegal […]
Parks Associates has published research revealing that 38 per cent of US internet households subscribe to at least one sports-specific streaming service, up from just 4 per cent in 2019. The NFL is the most popular sport, with 82 per cent of sports viewers in US internet households regularly watching NFL content during the season. […]
Amagi, a cloud-based SaaS technology solutions provider for broadcast and streaming TV, has announced that Kogan Australia, one of the country’s leading e-commerce brands, has launched Kogan TV+, a new Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) platform that delivers premium content completely free. The launch of Kogan TV+ marks the company’s entry into the growing streaming […]
Independent TV network Great, owned by Narrative Entertainment UK, has joined the Broadcast 2040+ campaign, a coalition committed to securing a long-term future for free-to-air broadcast TV and radio. As some in the TV sector advocate for a switch-off, Great says it is joining with the Broadcast 2040+ campaign “to push for safeguarding this crucial […]
Indian telco Jio (part of the Reliance Jio Infocomm business) is urging India’s regulators to speed up their approvals process for the Jio satellite to consumer plans. The Jio Space Technology with Luxembourg-based SES scheme was designed to expand broadband access to remote and underserved areas of India. While the joint venture was formed in […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and eight media freedom organisations and networks – the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), the International Press Institute (IPI), the Reporters without Borders (RsF), the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) and the SafeJournalists Network […]
The total fixed communications services revenue in China is expected to see sluggish compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent in its revenue from $303 billion (€261.6bn) in 2025 to $314 billion in 2030, mainly due to drop in average revenue per user (ARPU) levels, forecasts GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s […]
The debut season of Celebrity Traitors may have caught the nation’s attention, but legacy favourite Strictly Come Dancing remains the UK’s most read-about reality TV programme, according to data from Taboola. Over the past three months, articles about Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One), now in its 23rd season, have generated over 55 million page views – […]
Fitch Ratings has examined the long-term debt for pay-TV broadcaster DirecTV. The downgrade is modest (at BB from BB+) but the result could make further borrowing slightly more costly. DirecTV is owned by AT&T and TPG (the former Texas Pacific Group). Fitch says: “The downgrade reflects secular pressures resulting in increased uncertainty around industry valuations. […]
Who will be the new DG of the BBC? It is hardly the most attractive job just now – there’s little upside reputationally or financially. However, they will not be short of candidates; the prospect of being a high-profile saviour – the $64 million question being what does it need saving from? – will bring […]