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China launches new 4K/8K satellite to support Beijing Games
China Media Group is planning to launch what it calls the world's first 4K+ HD, 24/1 TV channel dedicated to the Winter Games later...
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M2A Media, InSync partner on ‘world first’ cloud-based live frame rate converter
Converter makes it easier for broadcasters to accept content in any frame rate and convert it to a high-performance feed for local output, regardless...
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Conviva: European streamers seeing ‘spinning wheel of death’ less often
According to company's latest report, in Q2 2021 video start failures were down 12 per cent in Europe overall
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Euro 2020 reaches cumulative global audience of 5.2 billion
On average, matches during the tournament reached audiences of more than 100 million fans
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BritBox launches on Roku
The "British Netflix" is now available on Roku streaming players and Roku TV models
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Feature: Are independent voices becoming lost in streaming TV shuffle?
Navdeep Saini, co-founder and CEO of DistroScale, parent company of DistroTV, looks at the Covid content collapse, where the streaming market is headed, and...
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2020 Paralympics ‘set to break all broadcast viewing records’
Live coverage from 21 disciplines across 19 sports, more than ever before, will be made available to broadcasters by Olympic Broadcasting Services
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Germany’s DFL Supercup streams in 9:16 on TikTok
It was the first time the event had been broadcast in the 9:16 format
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Euro 2020 scores more streams than the Olympics
UEFA Euro 2020 traffic peaked at 35 Tbps on the Akamai paltform versus a peak of 10 Tbps during the Olympics
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Could Freeview get an HD upgrade?
Consortium of investors is said to have pledged to make "substantial payments" to the government if it decides to auction the Freeview licence
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BT Sport gets into Hype Mode for new Premier League season
New feature includes enhanced graphics around key plays, players and shot speeds
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Discovery: More than 372 million viewers across Europe watched Tokyo 2020
Discovery presented Tokyo 2020 in 50 markets in Europe featuring 11 national productions and coverage in 19 languages
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SeaChange enables enhanced data analytics with AWS
SeaChange will leverage AWS artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) services to gain a deeper understanding of end-user engagement
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Brazil’s Globo tests 8K at Tokyo 2020
Globo partnered with Intel on the tests, with 8K HDR standard images reaching 33 million pixels
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BARB adds smartphones to four-screen viewing data
"Collecting smartphone data from our panel means that we can now report on people rather than devices," said BARB.
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Ofcom: Netflix more popular with UK viewers than pay-TV
Broadcast TV’s share of all adults’ total viewing dropped from 67 per cent in 2019 to 61 per cent
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ProSiebenSat.1 launches UHD channel
New channel kicks off with UHD coverage of the Bundesliga match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich
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Discovery reports three-quarters of a billion streaming minutes during first week of Tokyo 2020
The broadcaster has also reported increases in linear viewing, particularly in the Nordic markets
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Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony ‘first mainstream 8K rip on pirate sites’
File, which includes 8K HLG and 22.2 surround sound, appears to have been taken from Japanese broadcaster NHK
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Sky dumps One, takes it to the Max
Broadcaster to replace Sky One linear channel with two new brands
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Advertising technology: A TVBEurope explainer
Watch TVBEurope's interview with Google's Justin Gupta as we try and decipher the terms and technology of advertising technology
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NASA upgrades the ISS for 4K UHD
The agency hopes to begin streaming live events from the International Space Station in 4K
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Ofcom launches full assessment into BBC Three’s linear return
The assessment now has six months in which to conduct a BCA into the proposed television channel before issuing both a proposed and final...
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How the BBC produced Euro 2020 in UHD HDR for iPlayer
For BBC One HD, the feed was downscaled to 1080i25
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Harmonic implements public cloud support for Dolby Vision live content delivery
According to Harmonic, implementing Dolby Vision within its VOS and XOS solutions provides operators with the ability to deliver UHD HDR services with a...
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Akamai: Euro 2020 final streaming five-times higher than in 2016
Average peak traffic for all 51 tournament matches was 17.5 Tbps, which Akamai said is more than four times higher than the 4.1 Tbps...
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Belgium’s RTBF OTT platform served over 12 million personalised ads during Euro 2020
Smart AdServer's adtech solution for live OTT ad break management and ad-decisioning enabled the broadcaster display personalised ads to more than 100,000 viewers, in...
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Euro 2020 final scores biggest UK TV audience since 1997
Ratings peaked at almost 31 millions as England's men's team missed out on their first major trophy since 1966
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Spain’s Telefonica testing 4K Olympics channel
Movistar is carrying out tests in conjunction with Eurosport
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ITV becomes first UK broadcaster to launch shoppable TV
AI technology identifies and tags featured products during programmes and notifies viewers that products on-screen are available
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Eurosport reports record digital growth
Numbers for the first half of 2021 sees record digital growth for Eurosport with 75 per cent increase in streaming viewers as it continues...
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Tokyo 2020 to employ 5G, UHD and AR to enhance the viewing experience
Tokyo 2020 is working with NHK and the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association, as well as Intel Corporation, NTT and NTT DOCOMO
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AI and an augmented reality Andy Murray keep fans connected to Wimbledon
Tournament is again working with IBM Watson on creating personalised highlights
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AWS Elemental MediaLive converts image-based subtitles for mobile playback
Previously, web and mobile video players have not been able to handle image-based subtitles
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England v Scotland scores for ITV
Friday's match reached an audience of 18.4 million viewers - much more than the corresponding game at Euro 96 when there were 250 fewer...
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Why balancing digital opportunities is vital to broadcaster survival
As online consumption grows and targeted ads become more important, Smart AdServer chief strategy officer Romain Job says going hybrid is paramount to future-proof...
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UHD Spain carries out UHD HDR/SDR simulcast
Organisation aims to demonstrate standard's potential both to the industry and viewing public
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CNN to sell moments from its archive as NFTs
The tokenholder of each Moment will own the digital copy for collectible purposes, with some limited edition sets available with a premium video display...
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Watching one hour of online video is equivalent to boiling an electric kettle three times
The carbon footprint of watching online video on a 50-inch TV is roughly 4.5 times more than watching on a laptop, and 90 times...
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Sky, Channel 4 and ITV’s new advertising metric takes CFlight
New post-campaign online evaluation tool uses combined linear TV and broadcaster VoD (BVoD) data to show media buyers how popular their campaigns have been
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Could Netflix stream content in 8K?
Per title encoding will be "critical" to achieving manageable bit rates for 8K content, says the 8K Association
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Apple’s FaceTime update will let audiences watch together
Apple has already partnered with Disney Plus, HBO Max and more on the technology