Comscore, a partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, and Spectrum Reach, the advertising sales business of Charter Communications, have announced Spectrum Reach is transitioning to the use of Comscore as its preferred source for US local audience measurement currency, beginning in its Southeast region. “The industry is ripe to move past traditional […]
Retail sales revenue for the tech industry in the US will reach a record-breaking $487 billion (€413bn) in 2021 – a 7.5 per cent jump year-over-year – powered by consumer demand for tech related to work, school and lifestyle, according to a report by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). “The pandemic strengthened consumers’ relationship with […]
LiveU, a specialist in live video streaming and remote production solutions, has announced that global investment firm Carlyle has acquired the company from investment firm Francisco Partners. Details of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, are not being disclosed. Founded in 2006, LiveU is a provider of a bonded cellular technology-based live video […]
Canela.TV, the video platform from Canela Media, a female and Latina-owned digital media company.and one of the first AVOD streaming services for U.S. Hispanics, has entered into a distribution partnership with UP Entertainment, home to UPtv, UP Faith & Family, AspireTV and Cine Romántico. Cine Romántico is the first U.S. Spanish-language free ad-supported streaming movie […]
LATIVO TV is launching in the US this autumn. LATIVO TV will be a multi-platform digital SVoD service offering a curated, relevant catalogue in both English and Spanish. Founded by Austin based American Mexican businessman and entrepreneur, Noel Tristan, LATIVO TV will feature an array of original scripted and unscripted TV series, movies, documentaries and […]
AT&T is due to officially reveal its financials on July 22nd, but it is already apparent that subscriber numbers are not good. AT&T, in an SEC filing, stated that its subscriber count for the combined DirecTV, AT&T TV and AT&T U-verse divisions totalled 15.412 million, which is a drop of 2.3 million year-on-year or 13 […]
Ericsson has announced a multi-year agreement with Verizon to provide its 5G solutions to accelerate the deployment of Verizon’s next-generation 5G network in the US. Niklas Heuveldop, President and Head of Ericsson North America, said: “This is a significant strategic partnership for both companies and what we’re most excited about is bringing the benefits of […]
Haystack News, an ad-supported streaming service that connects viewers with hyper-relevant local, national and world TV news, has launched two dedicated pop-up news streaming channels on its curated on-demand and live news platform, and revealed plans for special coverage for a third. Pop-up channels on Haystack News in July include: Gun Violence in America (July […]
The Exchange and Comcast NBCUniversal have announced that US service members and honourably discharged Veterans worldwide will be able to stream NBCUniversal’s extensive coverage of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games from their personal devices and computers through ShopMyExchange.com. This marks the third time the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has worked with NBCUniversal […]
Global distribution company MusicScreen and Digital Solutions company OKAST have developed a bespoke video player platform to serve independent cinemas. The system has the unique ability to integrate seamlessly with cinemas existing ticketing system thereby preserving the ‘theatrical release’ status of the content. CEO David Pope commented: “We wanted to provide our cinema partners with […]