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Samsung ranked global TV market leader for 20th consecutive year

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has ranked as the world’s No.1 TV brand for the 20th consecutive year, based on revenue share. Samsung had held the top position in the global TV market since 2006, and, according to market research firm Omdia, the company recorded a 29.1 per cent share of the global TV […]

March 9, 2026

Research: Wi-Fi quality gaps drive churn risk for US ISPs

Research from Parks Associates and TechSee presented at Enterprise Connect shows that as broadband competition expands across fibre, 5G fixed wireless, and next-generation satellite services, providers in the US are increasingly winning or losing customers based on the quality of the in-home Wi-Fi experience. The firm’s white paper, Seeing the Unseen: Delivering Connectivity with Confidence, […]

March 9, 2026

Mega AI startup raises $11.5m funding

Mega, the Boorklyn-based AI startup, has announced an $11.5 million (€9.9m) Series A to scale a full-service AI growth engine for SMBs – a platform that replaces traditional agencies with a network of AI agents delivering predictable growth without the overhead. The Series A funding round was led by Goodwater Capital with participation from Andreessen […]

March 9, 2026

ShowHeroes acquires Traffective

ShowHeroes, an independent provider of CTV and digital video solutions, has announced the acquisition of Traffective, a Munich-based programmatic monetisation platform specialising in full-page monetisation and display advertising. Together, the combined entity reaches close to 2,000 publisher partners, generates more than 25 billion ad impressions and represents cross-channel advertising volumes exceeding €10 million per month. […]

March 9, 2026

Netflix acquires Affleck’s InterPositive

Netflix has announced the acquisition of InterPositive, the filmmaking technology company founded by Hollywood actor and director Ben Affleck that develops AI-powered tools built by and for filmmakers. Netflix said that InterPositive’s mission — to use emerging technology in ways that protect and expand creative choice — is “deeply aligned” with its own long-standing belief […]

March 6, 2026By Nik Roseveare

UK Lords warn of AI impact on creative industries

A report, AI, copyright and the creative industries, from the Communications and Digital Committee of the UK House of Lords, has warned of the threats posed to creative industries by AI. The report notes that generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems can now produce imitations of creative material in seconds. These capabilities depend on training models […]

March 6, 2026By Colin Mann

Study: Advertisers face a ‘Paradox of Plenty’ in measurement

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) and 4As has released findings from a joint study, co-sponsored by Kochava, Nielsen, and TechEdge, examining how major US advertisers evaluate and prioritise media measurement across today’s increasingly complex TV and video ecosystem. Authored by Sarah Mansfield, Alice Sylvester and Leslie Wood, the study finds that while advertisers have unprecedented access […]

March 5, 2026

Report: Still prospects for 8K

The market – and in particular buyers of very high-end television sets – has not taken to 8K devices. However, a report from analysts at SAC Insight suggests that the market is in a transition phase. The SAC study, Super Hi-Vision Market: 2026-2033, updates the current state of the market and suggests that there’s still […]

March 4, 2026By Chris Forrester

Report: Qualitative shifts in DDoS attack sophistication

NetScout Systems has released its second half of the year 2025 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Threat Intelligence Report, revealing sophisticated attacker collaboration, resilient botnets, and compromised IoT infrastructure that drove more than 8 million DDoS attacks worldwide – some as large as 30 terabits per second (Tbps) – marking a new era of hyper-scale, coordinated threat […]

March 4, 2026

Ericsson, Intel collaborate on AI-native 6G

Ericsson and Intel are pooling their next-generation technology leadership to help accelerate ecosystem readiness for seamless transition to AI-native 6G deployments and use cases. The collaboration was announced at Mobile World Congress Barcelona. It will span mobile connectivity, cloud technologies, and compute capabilities across AI-driven RAN and packet core use cases, and platform level-security and […]

March 2, 2026