The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has announced global broadcast viewing figures for The Collins Cup, the PTO’s inaugural flagship event which took place on August 28th in Šamorín, near Bratislava, Slovakia, which have surpassed expectations. The PTO has worked alongside YouGov Sport – global sports, sponsorship and entertainment research company – to gather audience data […]
MediaRadar data shows that 2021 preseason NFL games generated $41.9 million (€36m) in TV ad revenue, while, to date, regular season NFL games have generated $1.1 billion across six networks in the US: CBS, Fox, ESPN, ABC, NBC, and NFL Network. After a cancelled preseason and interrupted regular season last year, TV ad revenue for […]
Sony Pictures Television has sold its entire network channel portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe to Antenna Group. The deal covers 22 pay-TV channels and two OTT services in 12 territories. The deal will see Antenna Group take control of the Central and Eastern European AXN, Sony and Viasat pay-TV channels and on-demand services. The […]
Software and data platform, VideoAmp, has announced a partnership with ViacomCBS in which it will provide the media and entertainment company with an alternative currency to plan, transact and measure national media campaigns. Through this partnership, ViacomCBS will leverage VideoAmp’s proprietary commingled TV Viewership dataset to guarantee linear media transactions against age and gender demographics. […]
Findings from the Future of Audience and Revenue Study from AI-driven audience engagement and sales intelligence solutions provider Futuri, with SmithGeiger, reveal tectonic shifts in how Americans perceive, consume and pay for media content, as well as media executives’ predictions for the sector and confidence in their ability to meet emerging challenges. The study explored […]
US TV station streamer Locast has been ordered to close its operations permanently. The service had previously been ordered to suspend all operations, but now a New York federal court has ordered a permanent injunction that bans Locast from operating. The owners of the major broadcast networks in the US – namely ABC, CBS, NBC […]
Following the adverse court ruling that US TV station streamer Locast could not rely on the premise that because it was a non-profit company it did not have to ask permission from broadcast stations or pay them to retransmit their signals online, the service has suspended all operations. The owners of the major broadcast networks […]
CBS Reality, the #1 factual entertainment channel in the UK amongst women 16+, announced the line-up of new true crime original programming for the Autumn, including premiering series “Donal MacIntyre: Released to Kill” and “Murder: First on Scene” and season six of “Murder by the Sea”. Sam Rowden, Vice President of Content and Production, CBS […]
The Professional Triathletes Organisation and CBS Sports have announced a deal that will see The Collins Cup highlights show as well as the Beyond Human documentary televised across the US on CBS Sports Network. The Collins Cup is the PTO’s inaugural flagship event taking place on August 28th in Šamorín, near Bratislava, Slovakia and is […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS) and KAONMEDIA have jointly announced the completion of their hybrid STB (set-top box) integration for Nordic pay-TV giant Allente. This accomplishment is a milestone achievement which makes Allente one of the world’s first operators to complete Google Common Broadcast Stack integration for an Android TV Operator Tier STB. The project was […]