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C-Screens completes audit process with RSMB

C-Screens, the UK TV Out-of-Home (TVOOH) broadcaster, has successfully completed its audit process with RSMB. This compnay says this milestone “marks a significant step forward for the entire media sector, bringing parity between the planning, execution, and measurement of TV and TVOOH experiences, and a genuine new environment for premium brand advertisers”. In an industry […]

March 22, 2024

NBC to bring Olympics Coverage to AMC theatres in US

NBC will extend its daily live daytime coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics to AMC Theatres as a ticketed event throughout the US from July 27th-August 11th. Beginning the day after the Opening Ceremony, select daytime hours of NBCUniversal’s live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC will be shown in approximately 160 AMC […]

March 18, 2024

World Indoor Athletics Championships on BBC

In the build-up to the Paris Olympics this summer, BBC Sport is offering live coverage from the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, as global track and field talent descend on Scotland. Viewers can follow all the action live on BBC Two and iPlayer. Gabby Logan leads the BBC’s coverage of the World Indoor Athletics […]

February 28, 2024

Little Dot Sport produces Team GB original series

Little Dot Sport, the digital content studio and media network Little Dot Studios’ sport-specialist label, has been commissioned by Team GB to produce and distribute a new original content series, titled A Cut Above. Little Dot Sport, who currently manage Team GB’s YouTube channel and paid media strategy, have worked with Team GB to produce […]

January 17, 2024

Olympic Channel for France Télévisions

As official TV host to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, France Télévisions is aiming to give higher visibility to its digital platform france.tv. On May 8th, the day when the Olympic Torch is set to arrive in Marseille, the French PSB group will launch The Olympic Channel. While linear channels France 2 and France 3 […]

January 15, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

SNTV partners with Sport Buff

SNTV, a provider of sports video news and highlights, has announced a partnership with next-generation fan engagement platform, Sport Buff, to create enhanced fan engagement solutions around large sports events for broadcasters and publishers.  SNTV specialises in providing premium sports coverage and sports video news tailored to the needs of broadcasters and digital publishers worldwide. […]

January 11, 2024

Italy: RAI seeks postponement of DVB-T2 switchover

Italy’s state broadcaster RAI is vigorously lobbying the government to postpone the January 10th 2024 deadline for switching one of its three national DTT multiplexes to DVB-T2. While technically prepared for the transition, RAI general director Giampaolo Rossi is deeply concerned about excluding millions of viewers during the upcoming Euro 2024 football tournament and Paris […]

December 21, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

World Archery partners with Joymo

Joymo has announced partnership with World Archery encompassing the development of its archery+ online streaming platform, and the digital broadcast of its marquee events, on a multi-year basis. Under the terms of the alliance, World Archery, the international federation for the sport of archery, has appointed Joymo as the exclusive provider of its owned and […]

December 8, 2023

France 2, France 3 to be Olympics exclusive

The schedules of France 2 and France 3, French PSB group France Télévisions’ main networks, are set to be dominated by Olympic Games coverage during July and August 2024. With the exception of news bulletins and Sunday morning religious programmes, the Games will take up all broadcast slots of both channels, the official TV hosts […]

November 28, 2023From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Fautier: “UHD still an industry in formation”

Thierry Fautier, previously in a senior VP position with Harmonic and now MD at Your Media Transformation, has blogged one of his ‘long form insights’ about the recent UHD Forum and Summit in Malaga, Spain. Fautier says that the UHD event in Malaga is partly responsible for Spain’s enthusiasm for UHD. “Spain was the first […]

November 27, 2023By Chris Forrester