Love TV Channels, a European start-up specialised in the production of thematic TV channels, has launched Nachrichten 360, a new TV channel that will offer 24-hour news and is available for free on Samsung TV Plus in Germany. Nachrichten 360 is a TV channel designed to offer news in collaboration with different news agencies, both […]
Public service media organisations from across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have sent a joint open letter to the Lithuanian Seimas, expressing serious concern about recent legislative initiatives that they believe could undermine the independence and stable financing of Lithuania’s public broadcaster, LRT (Lithuanian National Radio and Television). The letter — addressed to the Speaker […]
DoubleVerify (DV), a software platform to verify media quality and optimise ad performance, surveyed 1,970 marketers globally to explore their attitudes and investment decisions related to news content, and 60 per cent of respondents reported that inventory in news environments outperforms campaign baselines. The research highlights the opportunity that news presents for marketers looking for […]
ITN Productions, the factual content producer, has launched a new low-latency IP gallery for news bulletins. Responsible for delivering a leading public broadcaster’s daily news coverage across two newsrooms, ITN’s newly built production control room (PCR) delivers reduced latency and greater flexibility to production teams. Architected and delivered by Techex, the system combines TAG’s Realtime […]
Sky News is rebooting its Hotspots TV brands as a new digital-first format. The new Hotspots series takes viewers into some of the world’s most hostile environments with Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay, Special Correspondent Alex Crawford, and their teams as they navigate the dangers and complexities of frontline reporting. From dodging a gunfire in Syria to navigating […]
Tarkinia, a company specialising in television solutions for the hospitality sector through its TV Hotel service, is extending its reach into the domestic market with the launch of TV Home – a new proposition designed to allow households in Spain to access a curated selection of international TV channels. Aimed principally at the large communities […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has launched a digital archive of curated audiovisual news content documenting the war in Ukraine since February 2022. The EBU Ukraine Archive, created in partnership with EBU Members and supported by numerous international funders, contains more than 30,000 curated and searchable video and audio reports, as well as verified social media […]
BBC World Service has announced a series of programme changes as part of a commitment to move more programmes and services closer to the audiences and communities they serve. The changes will enhance our ability to tell African stories across the region and to bring African perspectives on global events, shared across the BBC’s international […]
Haystack News, the US news streaming service, is extending its presence on Roku with the addition of a dedicated Haystack News button on millions of remote controls, including the Roku Voice Remote Pro. The Haystack News button gives Roku customers one-click access to the Haystack News platform, a top news discovery app on Roku, which […]
Israeli lawmakers have advanced legislation to give the government wide-ranging new powers over television and radio groups. The bill — which must pass two more votes in parliament to become law — was put forward by Israel’s hardline communications minister, Shlomo Karhi, who has long sought greater control over the media. The new law would […]