Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, has announced the launch of Rise Up UTC Mentoring Programme, its first mentoring programme for young women aged 16 to 18 years in partnership with University Technical Colleges (UTCs). With a focus on STEM subjects and funded by Government, Rise is partnering […]
Dr Daniel Koch, UEFA’s medical advisor, has said that the Euro 2020 tournament will definitely go ahead this year, and believes that fans could yet be allowed to travel internationally to the games. The tournament was postponed last summer because of the pandemic and rescheduled for June 11th to July 11th this year. “There is […]
ITV has announced full details of Data Match, their new Planet V solution enabling insights, targeting, and full-funnel measurement using advertisers’ own first party data. ITV is working with Omnicom’s client base as the launch agency partner and Deliveroo as the first brand partner. Available exclusively to Planet V customers, the solution utilises ITV’s partnership […]
SendtoNews Video (STN), the independent online video platform, has announced that digital video content from ITN, the UK-based television production company, is now available to STN’s 1,800 publishers within North America. ITN will be supplying STN with up to 200 videos per month covering global news, entertainment videos and royal family news. “Providing quality digital […]
BBC Studios and ITV have confirmed that Reemah Sakaan, currently Group Director ITV SVoD, has been appointed as BritBox International’s new CEO charged with steering the roll out of their joint venture SVoD service to up to 25 countries worldwide Sakaan will start in April 2021 and will lead a team of around 100 content, […]
Three BBC dramas – Normal People, Small Axe and I May Destroy You – lead the nominations for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild TV and Streaming Awards, alongside two ITV dramas, Des and Quiz. Normal People is shortlisted as Best Drama Series (5+ episodes), and its stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal are nominated as […]
The pandemic has had a significant impact on television throughout the world. Viewers, particularly young people, have spent more time watching TV. The latest methods of content delivery have continued to grow: on demand, catch-up, preview, and streaming. Current concerns are also reflected in the programmes themselves, as the New on The Air (NoTa) report […]
BBC Studios and ITV have revealed that their SVoD joint venture BritBox is to launch in South Africa in the second half of 2021. The service will expand into its fifth worldwide territory, following successful launches in the US & Canada, the UK and, most recently, Australia. In 2020, BritBox announced a global roll out […]
ITV Studios has appointed Gisela Asimus Minnbergh to the new role of Executive Vice President, EMEA Sales & Distribution. The new hire sees the team grow from two EVPs – Greg Johnson current EVP, EMEA & Americas Sales & Distribution, and Augustus Dulgaro EVP, Asia Pacific Sales & Distribution – to three. She joins the […]
With the UEFA Euro 2020 confirmed for a hotly anticipated return in Summer 2021, ITV Commercial today announces it will be reviving its creative contest that will see one advertiser scoop a free ad spot during the rescheduled Euro 2020 final. Partnering with System1, ITV are issuing a call out to all advertisers, media agencies […]