Just in time for the 2020 election, Haystack News, the US ad-supported streaming service that connects viewers with local, national and world TV news,has introduced 16 live 24/7 viewing from leading streaming news network. Haystack News has added ABC News Live and CBSN, in addition to Al Jazeera, Euronews, Newsmax, Yahoo Finance and select live […]
As the build-up to the US Presidential Election continues, Sky News has unveiled coverage plans for the night of November 3rd, including live results, expert analysis, special guests and a bespoke augmented reality studio allowing viewers to visualise the ‘Race to the White House’. With the US Election dominating media coverage around the world, Sky […]
Samba TV, a provider of global TV data and audience analytics, has released its inaugural State of Viewership Report for 2020. This new quarterly research report provides an overview of television, movie, Connected TV (CTV), and advertising viewership in the US. It provides insights on trends and movements of audience consumption in 2020’s unique and […]
With less than two weeks until the US presidential election, fewer households tuned in to the final debate, and the viewership rate (fraction of households watching) dropped in seven
FOX News Mediawill unveil state-of-the-art election technology across its linear and digital platforms during 2020 presidential race coverage on November 3rd. Broadcasting from FOX News Channel’s (FNC) flagship Studio F, Special Report’s Bret Baier and The Story’s Martha MacCallum will utilize new immersive 3D graphics and enhanced studio technology for live updates, providing viewers unprecedented access to the election […]
BritBox has announced that its satirical puppet show Spitting Image will have two specials to cover all the key moments and circus around the 2020 US Election. Viewers will have a one-off chance to watch the first episode of the special on ITV on October 31st. Both episodes will then be available to view only […]
US President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden participated in ‘town halls’ in the US on NBC and ABC, respectively, on October 15th. According to analysis by Samba TV, the cross-screen television data and analytics provider, 6.3 million US households tuned into Trump’s town hall, a 209 per cent increase from the previous […]
NCTA, the Internet & Television Association, has joined technology and advertising organisation to push back on US President Donald Trump’s executive order on “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping,” saying it should be dropped. In the September order, Trump called it a “pernicious and false belief” that the country is “an irredeemably racist and sexist country,” […]
FOX News Channel’s (FNC) coverage of the debate between incumbent Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris set a record for the highest-rated US vice presidential debate in the country’s cable news history, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. FNC’s coverage averaged 11,315,000 in total viewers and 2,905,000 in A25-54, […]
BritBox has ordered a second season of Spitting Image that will air in autumn 2021. The satirical puppet show returned to UK screens on October 3rd as the first BritBox original, and received critical acclaim; new subscribers for BritBox increased ten-fold compared to the average daily rate for the BBC and ITV created streaming platform. […]