ITVX 2024 roadmap includes regional news and pause advertising
OTT
01-12-2023
Nearly a year after launch, ITV has hailed the success of its streaming service ITVX, with 216 programmes that have been watched by 1+ million viewers so far. Plans for 2024 include regionalised news, news pop-up channels and pause advertising.
SaaS analytics helps Proximus optimise Pickx multiscreen service
IPTV
01-12-2023
Proximus, the Belgian telco with approx. 1.7 million TV customers,
has optimised delivery of its Pickx multiscreen service with performance insights from Velocix Analytics. The company gains detailed insights on VX, customer device behaviour and CDN performance.
ThinkAnalytics gets AWS Competency status for its ad solutions
Ad Tech
01-12-2023
ThinkAnalytics has achieved AWS Advertising and Marketing Technology Competency partner status, demonstrating technical proficiency and proven customer success in running cloud solutions on AWS for the advertising and marketing industry.
TIME is the latest to join Local Now’s streaming news bonanza
OTT
01-12-2023
Local Now, the leading U.S. free streaming service for local news, weather, sports, traffic and entertainment, is adding the TIME FAST channel to the Local Now platform. The company announced the addition of USA TODAY and USA TODAY Sports channels in October.
14% of Samsung TVs use the same app whenever TV is turned on
Media Analysis
30-11-2023
The latest ‘Behind the Screens’ report from Samsung Ads Europe looked at app-based TV viewing and found that 14% of devices use the same app every day or whenever the TV is turned on. The figures relate to UK users of Samsung Smart TVs.
New certification programme for HL-API implementations of prplOS
Infrastructure
30-11-2023
Broadband providers can now trust that vendor CPE running prplOS will interoperate with their device management systems and burgeoning application ecosystems, through the new HL-API certification programme from the prpl Foundation.
Bloomberg TV+ and Bloomberg Originals come to Freevee as FASTs
OTT
30-11-2023
Bloomberg TV+ and Bloomberg Originals are now available as FAST channels on Amazon Freevee in the U.S., UK and Germany.
Bloomberg TV+ was already on Prime Video in Canada, Mexico, Australia and Brazil, offering its global business news and analysis.
IBC 2022 - Video Interviews
Sponsored by Amagi
Unleash growth and agility with unified workflows on the cloud
What’s the secret to be a successful broadcaster today? Getting the balance of TV and OTT right. If you are a broadcaster, you need more than just TV presence to thrive in today’s multiscreen world. To keep up with the ever-evolving viewer demands and make the most of your content libraries, you need to diversify your presence across OTT and CTV/Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST).
Tech Talks
Industry Insights
ZEE5 Global becomes streaming aggregator for South Asian content
UKTV announces ‘U’ as masterbrand for its channels and streaming
Banijay launches dedicated division for branded entertainment
FuboTV adds AI-powered ‘FAST’ radio channels in a first for OTT
Six U.S. SVODs will have approaching 1bn subs combined by 2029
MainConcept adds VVC and LCEVC to real-time encoding
ACR-enabled geo audience data to power omnichannel targeting
Q4 television shipments were lowest in nearly a decade
HbbTV OpApp improves support for linear channel streaming
Fuse Media localises for Mexican FAST with AI synthetic dubbing
DTG’s FAST guide highlights potential role for new metadata spec
World Rugby reaches fans beyond broadcast deals thanks to D2C
Bouygues Telecom saving 94% data with mABR streaming channels
OSN+ and Anghami create video + music streaming aggregator
VIDAA brings Utomik’s cloud games to its Smart TV platform
Streamers account for 24% of original European content spend
Vevo introduces programmatic unified auctions for its global CTV inventory
Ateme provides disaster recovery for Ukranian operator Voila
Canal+ company THEMA to distribute Globo content across Asia
Disney-Charter deal is framework for future aggregation model
Global Pay TV penetration to fall for the first time next year
ITV launches BE Studio to produce Advertiser Funded Entertainment
TBS and BT announce global network connectivity alliance
Subscription service leaders support telco super-bundling
Demo shows how rich sports data can be built into main screen UX
RTL AdAlliance formally completes its unification process
WBD offers 70% off Black Friday deal on Max with Ads
LiveLike helps TF1 drive interactive engagement for Star Academy
OpenX seeks to improve trust in programmatic connected TV
Channel 4 breaks its own single-month and single-day streaming records
Stingray to add music video channels to Samsung TV Plus
60% of U.S. viewers will favour platforms with better content discovery
