https://www.rapidtvnews.com/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:05:16 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8.3 (obRSS 3.3.3) en-GB http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023120164443/time-is-the-latest-to-join-local-now-s-streaming-news-bonanza.html 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.]]> John Moulding Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:55:58 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023120164443/time-is-the-latest-to-join-local-now-s-streaming-news-bonanza.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023120164442/thinkanalytics-gets-aws-competency-status-for-its-ad-solutions.html 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.]]> John Moulding Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:52:11 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023120164442/thinkanalytics-gets-aws-competency-status-for-its-ad-solutions.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023120164441/saas-analytics-helps-proximus-optimise-pickx-multiscreen-service.html 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.]]> John Moulding Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:49:22 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023120164441/saas-analytics-helps-proximus-optimise-pickx-multiscreen-service.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023120164440/itvx-2024-roadmap-includes-regional-news-and-pause-advertising.html 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.]]> John Moulding Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:43:17 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023120164440/itvx-2024-roadmap-includes-regional-news-and-pause-advertising.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023113064439/print-journalism-creativity-unites-with-global-tv-production.html Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and news media organisation Guardian Media Group (Guardian) have announced a strategic creative collaboration that gives SPE exclusive first rights to the Guardian’s global journalism for TV and film adaptation.]]> John Moulding Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:56:34 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023113064439/print-journalism-creativity-unites-with-global-tv-production.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023113064438/bloomberg-tv-and-bloomberg-originals-come-to-freevee-as-fasts.html 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.]]> John Moulding Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:54:13 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023113064438/bloomberg-tv-and-bloomberg-originals-come-to-freevee-as-fasts.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023113064437/new-certification-programme-for-hl-api-implementations-of-prplos.html 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.]]> John Moulding Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:52:03 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023113064437/new-certification-programme-for-hl-api-implementations-of-prplos.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023113064436/14-of-samsung-tvs-use-the-same-app-whenever-tv-is-turned-on.html 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.]]> John Moulding Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:50:11 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023113064436/14-of-samsung-tvs-use-the-same-app-whenever-tv-is-turned-on.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112964435/fubotv-adds-ai-powered-fast-radio-channels-in-a-first-for-ott.html The sports-first live TV streaming platform FuboTV has launched 10 fully branded ‘FAST’ channel radio stations in the U.S. as part of its strategy to diversify the entertainment line-up, “and redefine what it means to be a cable TV replacement for the entire family.”]]> John Moulding Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:40:58 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112964435/fubotv-adds-ai-powered-fast-radio-channels-in-a-first-for-ott.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112964434/banijay-launches-dedicated-division-for-branded-entertainment.html Banijay has unveiled its all-new branded content department, called Banijay Branded Entertainment (BBE). This will leverage the studio/production giant’s global expertise to deliver against brand briefs, both at a local and global level.]]> John Moulding Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:33:29 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112964434/banijay-launches-dedicated-division-for-branded-entertainment.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112964433/uktv-announces-u-as-masterbrand-for-its-channels-and-streaming.html UKTV is creating a new masterbrand that will unite its family of free-to-air channels and its free streaming service, and the brand is ‘U’. There is a summer 2024 launch, when UKTV Play will become U and channels will include U&Dave and U&DRAMA.]]> John Moulding Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:25:37 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112964433/uktv-announces-u-as-masterbrand-for-its-channels-and-streaming.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112964432/zee5-global-becomes-streaming-aggregator-for-south-asian-content.html ZEE5 Global has set its sights on being a streaming aggregator for third-party South Asian streaming services in the U.S., and then extending this role to the world. It has introduced ‘Add-ons’ from multiple third-party services, with single log-in and unified billing.]]> John Moulding Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:18:08 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112964432/zee5-global-becomes-streaming-aggregator-for-south-asian-content.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112864431/q4-television-shipments-were-lowest-in-nearly-a-decade.html Market intelligence firm TrendForce says the traditional peak period for television set shipments, Q4, has seen a year-on-year unit decline of 1.7%. Just 54.55 million units moved. Q4 shipment volumes are the lowest in nearly a decade.]]> John Moulding Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:02:04 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112864431/q4-television-shipments-were-lowest-in-nearly-a-decade.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112864430/acr-enabled-geo-audience-data-to-power-omnichannel-targeting.html Hawk’s demand-side platform is going to ingest Samba TV’s first-party geographic audience data to give advertisers a privacy-safe and unbiased insight into TV advertising reach analysed at a geographic level.]]> John Moulding Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:59:05 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112864430/acr-enabled-geo-audience-data-to-power-omnichannel-targeting.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112864429/mainconcept-adds-vvc-and-lcevc-to-real-time-encoding.html MainConcept has added support for VVC/H.266 and MPEG-5 LCEVC to the latest version of its real-time encoding application for OTT and TV broadcasting workflows, Live Encoder 3.4. The company says v3.4 can help transform live video distribution.]]> John Moulding Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:55:40 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112864429/mainconcept-adds-vvc-and-lcevc-to-real-time-encoding.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112864428/six-u-s-svods-will-have-approaching-1bn-subs-combined-by-2029.html Global SVOD subscriptions will increase by 321 million between 2023 and 2029 to reach 1.79 billion, according to figures just released by Digital TV Research. The U.S. will account for 30 million new subscriptions during this period.]]> John Moulding Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:53:20 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112864428/six-u-s-svods-will-have-approaching-1bn-subs-combined-by-2029.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112764427/dtg-s-fast-guide-highlights-potential-role-for-new-metadata-spec.html DTG has released a guide to FAST TV that highlights opportunities for standards to support FAST distribution. Noting the potential role of DVB-I, it also flags the opportunity to develop a metadata specification to support FAST library content search and discovery.]]> John Moulding Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:23:39 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112764427/dtg-s-fast-guide-highlights-potential-role-for-new-metadata-spec.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112764426/fuse-media-localises-for-mexican-fast-with-ai-synthetic-dubbing.html
Papercup is shaking up the world of content localisation with its ability to create expressive synthetic voices for video dubbing, and the latest company to use its technology is Fuse Media. The content owner has dubbed 200+ hours so it can distribute into Mexico.]]> John Moulding Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:21:11 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112764426/fuse-media-localises-for-mexican-fast-with-ai-synthetic-dubbing.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112764425/hbbtv-opapp-improves-support-for-linear-channel-streaming.html HbbTV OpApp now has improved support for rendering IP-delivered linear channels, including enabling regular HbbTV interactive (Red Button) applications to appear alongside IP-delivered linear channels and operator-managed user interface elements.]]> John Moulding Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:18:44 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112764425/hbbtv-opapp-improves-support-for-linear-channel-streaming.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112464424/vidaa-brings-utomik-s-cloud-games-to-its-smart-tv-platform.html Users of Smart TV brands that use the VIDAA OS, including Hisense and Toshiba, will be able to play cloud-based games from the Utomik platform directly on the television set. Games become more accessible, and the move diversifies the VIDAA entertainment collection.]]> John Moulding Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:43:14 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112464424/vidaa-brings-utomik-s-cloud-games-to-its-smart-tv-platform.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112464423/osn-and-anghami-create-video-music-streaming-aggregator.html OSN+, the premium video streamer serving MENA, is set to acquire a majority stake in Anghami, the music and podcast streaming platform, in a deal the companies say will change the face of digital entertainment in the region. The businesses will be combined.]]> John Moulding Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:40:54 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112464423/osn-and-anghami-create-video-music-streaming-aggregator.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112464422/bouygues-telecom-saving-94-data-with-mabr-streaming-channels.html John Moulding Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:38:29 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112464422/bouygues-telecom-saving-94-data-with-mabr-streaming-channels.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112464421/world-rugby-reaches-fans-beyond-broadcast-deals-thanks-to-d2c.html The RugbyPass TV streaming service – a partnership between World Rugby and Endeavor Streaming – is being credited with helping World Rugby reach fans directly in markets where broadcast deals for the recent 2023 Rugby World Cup tournament were not in place.]]> John Moulding Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:36:30 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112464421/world-rugby-reaches-fans-beyond-broadcast-deals-thanks-to-d2c.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112364420/canal-company-thema-to-distribute-globo-content-across-asia.html Globo, one of the largest media companies in Latin America, has agreed a distribution deal with Canal+ company THEMA, covering the Asian market. THEMA will handle Globo titles starting in January, providing local expertise to support Globo’s regional outreach.]]> John Moulding Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:02:23 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112364420/canal-company-thema-to-distribute-globo-content-across-asia.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112364419/ateme-provides-disaster-recovery-for-ukranian-operator-voila.html Volia, a leading Pay TV and cable broadband provider in Ukraine, has chosen Ateme to supply a disaster recovery solution for its packaging and CDN platform. The redundancy capability has been live since May and protects cloud DVR services, among other things.]]> John Moulding Thu, 23 Nov 2023 08:59:21 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112364419/ateme-provides-disaster-recovery-for-ukranian-operator-voila.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112364418/vevo-introduces-programmatic-unified-auctions-for-its-global-ctv-inventory.html Vevo is introducing programmatic unified auctions for its premium connected TV inventory globally, helping it to maximise ad revenue. A significant upgrade in capabilities also enables TV-like controls for advertisers, like the ability to buy the first slot within an ad break.]]> John Moulding Thu, 23 Nov 2023 08:56:26 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112364418/vevo-introduces-programmatic-unified-auctions-for-its-global-ctv-inventory.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112364417/streamers-account-for-24-of-original-european-content-spend.html A new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory looks at spending on original European content, and reveals that global streamers increased their spending by 70% in 2022 (vs 2021) and took their share of all spending (on European original content) to 24%.]]> John Moulding Thu, 23 Nov 2023 08:53:03 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112364417/streamers-account-for-24-of-original-european-content-spend.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112264416/tbs-and-bt-announce-global-network-connectivity-alliance.html Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS) and BT have entered into an initial five-year strategic alliance to bring together each company’s global media network teams. It pools their vast network infrastructure and localised expertise.]]> John Moulding Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:52:46 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112264416/tbs-and-bt-announce-global-network-connectivity-alliance.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112264415/itv-launches-be-studio-to-produce-advertiser-funded-entertainment.html ITV has unveiled the launch of BE Studio – a full service creative studio to produce Ad Funded Entertainment (AFE). BE Studio will help brands build emotional connections with ITV's audience through the co-creation of entirely new formats.]]> John Moulding Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:50:03 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112264415/itv-launches-be-studio-to-produce-advertiser-funded-entertainment.html http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112264414/global-pay-tv-penetration-to-fall-for-the-first-time-next-year.html The latest research from Ampere Analysis finds that global Pay TV penetration will see its first yearly decline ever next year. This will follow Pay TV penetration peaking at 60.3% in Q4 2023. By 2028, penetration will have fallen by almost four percentage points.]]> John Moulding Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:47:56 +0000 http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023112264414/global-pay-tv-penetration-to-fall-for-the-first-time-next-year.html