DoubleVerify (DV), the software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, has announced the launch of its News Accelerator programme. The initiative aims to further align DV’s product innovation with the needs of the news industry, and encourage advertiser spending on news and journalism. Key components include the introduction of DV News Plus, a […]

Amagi, a specialist in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV (CTV), has announced its collaboration with Samsung TV Plus and news publisher LeadStory to launch a personalised FAST channel, built on a patent-pending technology from Amagi. The new offering, Your News Channel by LeadStory; was initially launched in Australia and New Zealand. It […]

Advertisers often express brand safety concerns around aligning their ads with traditional news content – like politics or the economy – even on trusted news sites. As a result, media platform Teads investigated whether advertising near traditional versus soft news content impacted attention, brand outcomes and perceptions. This comes at a critical time for advertisers, […]

With cable television viewership and revenue dwindling, CNN has rolled out a paywall and is asking some of its users to pay $3.99 a month for access to its website content as it looks to generate a digital revenue stream. The move comes at a time when several publications have already launched and seen success […]

Sky News and NBC News have partnered to launch The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim’ – a new podcast that will combine eyewitness reporting from the frontline of some the world’s most hazardous areas, with in-depth analysis and conversation with influential, global figures. Richard Engel is the Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News. […]

NHK World-Japan, the English-language international service of Japan’s public media organisation NHK, is expanding its distribution in Germany in collaboration with HD+. The German TV platform operator has integrated the channel into its streaming package HD+ IP as well as its multiscreen service HD+ MultiScreen, enabling reception on smartphones, tablets and further TV sets in […]

Pluto TV has announced the debut of a number of FAST channels dedicated to global and local news coverage across multiple international markets. FAST channels launching on Pluto TV include four channels from CBC News/Radio-Canada set to launch next month on Pluto TV in Canada, including CBC News Explore, CBC News Toronto, CBC News British […]

El Salvador 24 (ES24), a FAST channel targeting the US Salvadorean community, is now available on ViX, fubo, Sling TV and Sling Freestream in the US. The channel is owned by Hemisphere Media Group, the US media company targeting the US Hispanic and Latin American markets. ES24 offers a range of news and entertainment programming, […]

Brian Stelter, the media reporter who left CNN two years ago amid differences with the network’s previous leadership, is returning as its chief media analyst and writer of its Reliable Sources newsletter. Stelter will serve as an on-air analyst in addition to writing his newsletter and reporting for the network. “I loved my old life […]