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Downtown Abbey: A New Era heading to Peacock

Streaming service Peacock has announced that the Downton Abbey: A New Era movie, from Focus Features and director Simon Curtis, will premiere on Peacock on June 24th. Before fans return to Downton for the next chapter with Downton Abbey: A New Era they can relive every moment from the franchise on Peacock, with all six […]

June 15, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Ad industry unites on streaming standards

GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, has partnered with media companies across the advertising industry to create new standards in streaming viewability and CTV measurement. The initiative follows a joint study with TV ad measurement company iSpot that quantifies inflated CTV ad delivery counts and reveals that, on average, 8-10 per cent of streaming impressions play […]

June 14, 2022

SkyShowtime adds to leadership team

SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan has announced three key senior appointments to the company’s executive leadership team. The announcement comes as the new streaming service prepares to launch in more than 20 European markets before the end of the year. Sarhan commented: “A company’s greatest resource is its people and one of my top priorities has been […]

June 13, 2022By Nik Roseveare

European VoD companies inaugurate coalition

VoD companies have officially inaugurated the European VOD Coalition. The Coalition gives a voice to the successful European audiovisual streaming sector. It will engage with policy makers and regulators across Europe on behalf of companies who invest in and distribute audiovisual content in Europe as part of their core commercial activities. The European VOD Coalition […]

May 11, 2022

NBCUniversal unveils 5th slate of Commercial Innovations

NBCUniversal has launched its fifth-annual slate of Commercial Innovations designed to elevate the advertising experience for marketers and consumers. On the heels of One22 and the Peacock Newfront, the 2022 slate of new ad products and formats provide marketers with unique ways to engage consumers through advertising within the metaverse, creative development studio, across social channels and […]

May 10, 2022

Peacock at 28m subs; first original films

Peacock has announced three upcoming original films scheduled to premiere on the service in 2023: Shooting Stars, Praise This, and The Killer. Each film (more details below) is part of a previously announced collaboration with Universal Pictures to produce a number of films made exclusively for Peacock. “We know people join Peacock to watch movies, […]

May 3, 2022

NBCU, tvScientific ad platform partnership

NBCUniversal has confirmed a strategic investment and partnership with connected TV performance advertising specialist tvScientific to launch Peacock Ad Manager, a brand-new self-service with full-funnel attribution measurement. With Peacock AX — NBCU’s cross-genre streaming solution that unlocks access to all long-form and short-form streaming inventory across screens — reaching more than 180 million US adults […]

April 29, 2022

Peacock growth boosts Comcast

Comcast has announced strong subscriber growth in its Peacock streaming service which benefitfed from the return of major sporting events, as well as a post-pandemic boost from its theme parks. The company posted a 9 per cent increase in adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, at $9.2 billion in the first quarter, ahead […]

April 28, 2022

ITV studios America bolsters exec team

ITV Studios America has announced executive team promotions for Anuj Goyal being elevated to Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs and Neil Forcadela to Vice President, Production Finance, as well as the hire of Robert Sorkin as Vice President, Business Development and Strategy. The announcement comes following news of ITV Studios America producing FRANKLIN, starring […]

April 28, 2022

Amagi puts more personalisation & automation into Amagi PLANNER

Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has launched the advanced version of its content planning and scheduling platform – Amagi PLANNER. The product, introduced in 2021, makes planning and scheduling of channel programming seamless and cost-effective for digital-first companies. Amagi PLANNER enhancements include flexibility in ad break scheduling, […]

April 13, 2022