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SkyShowtime on Prime in Europe

SkyShowtime will be available through Prime Video Channels for the first time across four European markets: Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden. SkyShowtime on Prime Video will roll out in Spain on July 1st, and launch soon in the other three territories. Prime customers will be able to subscribe to the channel for: €7.99 (Spain), […]

June 27, 2024

What are the best streaming services students should pick from the bunch?

Streaming services have become a central hub of entertainment and education for students worldwide. As these platforms diversify their offerings, they cater not only to leisure but also to the academic needs of students, providing access to a wide array of content that can enhance both their learning experience and downtime. For students, choosing the […]

June 26, 2024

India: Excitel partners with Amazon Prime

Excitel, the Indian home internet start-up, has partnered with Amazon Prime to offer Prime benefits to its customers. Subscribers of Excitel’s Cable Cutter plan will be able to subscribe to Prime Lite, and access Prime Video’s  content library, as well as enjoy shopping incentives on Amazon. In addition to Prime Lite with Excitel, the enhanced […]

June 18, 2024

Upwave enables AWS Clean Rooms

Upwave, an analytics platform for brand advertising, is expanding its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable its customers and partners with AWS Clean Rooms, a privacy-enhanced data collaboration service that helps companies easily and securely collaborate on their collective datasets—all without sharing or copying one another’s underlying data. AWS Clean Rooms enables a […]

June 14, 2024

DAA updates opt-out tool

The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) has announced an update to the advertising industry’s AdChoices programme for interest-based advertising (IBA). The new tools were previewed at the DAA Summit 2024 in New York City to advertisers, publishers, agencies, and ad tech companies. Through the update, the DAA will shift the technology platform for its participating companies […]

June 13, 2024

UK electrical manufacturers see sharp revenue decline in Q1

Revenue for SME electronics and electrical manufacturers dropped in the first quarter of the year, according to new figures reported in the latest Manufacturers’ Health Index, an assessment of SME manufacturers in the UK. It is compiled quarterly by inventory management software brand Unleashed, based on data from every purchase, sale and stock movement made […]

June 11, 2024

The law is the law?

‘The law is the law’ is often a less black and white statement than it appears, even when talking about a single country. When talking about international or global issues, the law becomes ever more uncertain, in its interpretation and, even more, in its implementation. And that is why it is close to impossible to […]

June 6, 2024

The Mallorca Files season 3 coming to Prime Video

Prime Video has announced that detective drama The Mallorca Files is returning with Season Three premiering on August 8th. The all-new season will be made available to Prime Video customers in select territories around the globe, including the UK, US, Germany, Australia and Mexico. All eight episodes will be available on premiere day. The first […]

June 6, 2024

Study: 1 in 10 smart home apps use collected data for tracking

Surfshark has published a study titled Smart Home Privacy Checker which looks at smart home devices and the significant privacy issues they raise. Tech giants Amazon and Google developed the most data-hungry smart home device apps. Amazon’s Alexa gathers 28 out of 32 possible data points, which is more than three times the average collected […]

June 5, 2024

Forecast: Retail media ad spend at $153.3bn in 2024

WARC Digital Commerce has published its annual report looking at the trends having an outsized impact on the future of this dynamic and hyper-competitive space. Gregory Grudzinski, Reports Editor, WARC Digital Commerce, and author of the study, commented: “Following the explosion of digital commerce onto the advertising landscape, this report looks at trends in four […]

June 4, 2024