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Vevo, Experian partner to enhance audience targeting

Vevo, the music video network, has announced a partnership with Experian, the data and technology company, that it says will strengthen audience targeting capabilities across Vevo’s distribution in the UK, including YouTube and FAST services, such as Samsung TV Plus and Rakuten. Through the partnership, Vevo will utilise Experian’s Mosaic UK segments, allowing advertisers to […]

April 10, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Sky expands Isle of Wight coverage

Sky has announced it will continue to air the Isle of Wight Festival as well as being the headline sponsor in a new, multi-year deal. The exclusive partnership will see content from the festival broadcast across three Sky TV channels for the first time – Sky Arts, Sky Showcase and Sky Mix – as well […]

April 3, 2025By Nik Roseveare

NHK implements VVC with video content layering

NHK public broadcaster, and in particular its Science and Technology Research Laboratories (STRL), has succeeded in developing a real-time multi-layer video encoder which is compatible to the international video coding standard VVC (Versatile Video Coding). The development will enable people to watch two (or more) different types of content through one broadcasting channel. This is […]

March 27, 2025By Chris Forrester

ITV to air An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile

ITV has announced An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile, a new primetime concert special featuring live performances, stories about the pair’s careers and their enduring friendship, plus an intimate look at their new collaborative album, hosted by Dan Levy. The music special will air on April 19th on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV […]

March 27, 2025

XITE VoD integrates into Amazon’s Fire TV Channels

XITE, the global music video platform, has announced the launch of a new VoD integration into Amazon’s Fire TV Channels free streaming service, providing viewers with the ability to explore and enjoy an extensive catalogue of on-demand music videos alongside the previously launched lineup of curated FAST channels, as well as via the XITE app. […]

March 26, 2025

Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party streaming exclusively on Paramount+

Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party is now available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the US and Canada and, from March 12th, in the UK, Australia, Latin America, France, Italy and Germany, marking the first time the fully restored version of the classic ‘80s documentary from legendary and Academy Award winning director Cameron Crowe (Almost […]

March 11, 2025

New XITE channels on Samsung TV Plus in US, Canada

XITE, the music video platform, has launched two new channels, XITE Reggae Vibes and XITE Christian Hits, on Samsung TV Plus in the US and Canada. Viewers can experience the uplifting and inspirational power of contemporary Christian music with XITE Christian Hits. This channel provides a collection of spiritually enriching music videos that aim to […]

March 4, 2025

Fifth Descendants movie coming to Disney+

Disney Branded Television has announced that the next chapter of the Descendants movie franchise is officially in the works for Disney+, with production on a fifth installment set to begin soon. The newly greenlit Original Movie will expand the music-and-dance-fueled stories centered around the teenage progeny of Disney’s most iconic characters and villains. Kylie Cantrall […]

February 26, 2025

O’Dessa to stream on Disney+ in March

Disney+ has announced that Searchlight Pictures’ O’Dessa, written and directed by Geremy Jasper, will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland on March 13th. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, O’Dessa is an original rock opera about a farm girl on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. Her journey […]

February 14, 2025

How online entertainment is taking over the industry

Online entertainment has become the norm. We do everything online, from working and paying bills to shopping, reading and learning. Why would entertainment be any different? Every aspect of the entertainment industry has shifted to the digital. We can still attend entertainment events in the real world, but increasingly, even live entertainment is offered online. […]

February 4, 2025