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Apple confirms European launch date for Apple Vision Pro
visionOS 2 will enable users to watch up to five simultaneous streams so they can keep track of all their favourite sports and teams,...
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Report: Commercial broadcasters need bold streaming strategies to reclaim lost ground
According to Ampere Analysis, broadcasters need to invest in VoD platforms and enhance digital capabilities to meet the challenges of audiences transitioning to streaming
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UKTV to launch new masterbrand next month
The masterbrand will unite the broadcaster's content, enabling greater ease of use, said UKTV
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ITV targets pirates with Friend MTS
The solution identifies illegal streams for immediate takedown
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DAZN goes live with Sky UK
Sky customers in UK and Ireland can now access DAZN's live and VoD content
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Eurovision Song Contest grows audience in 2024
The viewing share of the Grand Final was 46.7 per cent - the highest since 2006
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Virtual feelings: how haptic technology is creating immersive environments
Philippe Guillotel, senior director of metavideo group, InterDigital, explains how haptic technology could be the next big thing in watching everything from sport to...
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Accedo supports ITVX expansion to PlayStation 4 and 5
The video solutions provider previously worked with ITV to support the launch of ITVX in 2022
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Channel 4 to offer 18 concurrent streams of Paralympics via YouTube
Channel 4 will be covering all the action from the Games, as well as the Opening and Closing ceremonies, from its remote production centre...
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Is TikTok preparing to take on YouTube?
The social media platform has expanded the length of its videos to 60 minutes for some content creators
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France Télévisions serves 2024 Roland Garros in 4K UHD
Roland Garros 2024 marks the first time a large scale live event will be shown across France in UHD HDR over digital terrestrial television...
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Bugs meet Mickey: Disney, Warner partner to offer ‘best value in entertainment’ to US subscribers
There has been no announcement as to whether the new bundle will be offered to subscribers outside of the United States
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Kantar: VoD continues to grow globally, except in Great Britain
FAST is also growing, with services now active in more than a third of households
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FAST channels continue to find viewers
According to Amagi's latest Global FAST Report, EMEA saw the number of hours viewers spent watching FAST channels rise by 111 per cent in...
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Freeview: Smart TV ownership now at 74 per cent
Freeview says it's sold more than enough TVs to entertain the combined populations of London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow
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Netflix tops 90 million EMEA subscribers for the first time
Globally, total memberships rose 16 per cent in the first quarter, reaching 269.6 million, well above the 264.2 million Wall Street had expected
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Meeting the Gen Z demand for interactive viewing experiences
ViewLift's Fabio Gallo, general manager Europe and Asia, comments on reimagining sports production to meet Gen Z's growing demand for interactive and personalised viewing...
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LaLiga achieves YouTube Diamond Play Button
Accumulating more than 3,000 million views, LaLiga joins just 19 sports channels worldwide to have achieved the landmark, among them NFL, NB, UFC, Olympics...
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NBCUniversal’s Peacock to offer ‘multiview’ option during Paris 2024
Peacock Discovery Multiview will offer an what it says is an industry-first, enhanced four-view experience, with real-time on-screen descriptions from NBCU’s Olympic experts
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Analysts: Western Europe facing pay-TV subscriber drop-off over next few years
According to Digital TV Research, Germany will lose 2.7 million subs, with the UK down by 2.0 million, Italy 1.5 million and France by...
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Channel 4 renews partnership with ThinkAnalytics to personalise streaming experience
The companies have been working closely on A/B testing customer journeys across Channel 4 streaming, optimising the user experience and content offering for its...
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Amazon, Disney, Netflix, WBD sign up to Thinkbox
“This is a hugely positive way to start 2024. Commercial TV is growing and stronger together," said Thinkbox CEO Lindsey Clay
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Report: We’re still glued to our TVs as linear and VoD viewing increased globally in 2023
2023 also saw significant improvements in Quality of Experience globally with a decrease of 38 per cent in the buffering ratio, said NPAW's report
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Apple, Dolby collaborate on Dolby Vision profile 20 extension for Vision Pro
Profile 20 is the first Dolby Vision profile to support Multiview High Efficiency Video Coding (MV-HEVC) and enables the delivery of Stereoscopic (3D) video
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Barb: Q4 2023 sees drop in SVoD subscriptions as UK households tighten purse strings over festive period
Almost all of the global streamers saw a decrease in UK subscribers during Q4 2023, apart from Paramount+, which could have benefited from the...
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Spain’s RTVE switches off SD DTT signal
The broadcaster had previously announced plans to cease its SD transmission as it moves towards both HD and UHD over DTT
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Report: 2024 will be a ‘pivotal’ year for FAST
Amagi's report found the news is the most-watched genre globally, put falls to second place behind films in EMEA
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‘Cloud production is not the future, it is the present’: Participants discuss 5G UHD-HDR broadcast trial
The proof of concept trialled UHD-HDR broadcasting and next-generation audio (NGA) using 5G contribution, cloud mixing, 5G Broadcast, and the public internet for signal...
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France 2 is now broadcasting in 4K UHD
The channel is available via digital terrestrial television (DTT) and the FRANSAT free-to-air satellite network from today
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Netflix adds another 5 million subscribers in EMEA, says price increases in UK, France ‘went better than forecasted’
Globally, Netflix added 13.1 million subscribers for the fourth quarter of 2023, a record for that quarter. As of the end of 2023, Netflix...
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Apple Vision Pro confirms Dolby Vision HDR content
The headset features a pair of ultra-high-resolution micro-OLED displays, creating 23 million pixels with wide colour, high dynamic range, and Dolby Vision
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UKTV Play saw 50 per cent increase in viewers during 2023
Views, active users and views per active user on UKTV Play increased year-on-year across every month in 2023, added the company
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Android TV’s race to the top
Carl Francis, head of operator solutions, Accedo, looks at how Android TV can help media companies launch a branded, high-quality service on a set...
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Formula 1 connectivity partner revs up for the move to 8K
Tata Communications' Dhaval Ponda has revealed work is underway for the move to the higher resolution
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Kantar: Average European sports fan pays €88/£76 on streaming services, but bundling isn’t far away
The company suggests sports streamers should "consider how forming partnerships can help them to create value, using sports to provide an entry point to...
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The evolution of the customer experience
Stuart Green, Accenture’s media and entertainment industry lead in the UK & Ireland, shares five trends that will shape the media industry in 2024
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Fast-forward: GridSearch launches innovative video search tool
The tool could help Strictly viewers watching on iPlayer skip directly to the dances they want to watch
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The festive season is pivotal for streaming – how can providers capitalise for long-term profitability?
Vijay Sajja, founder and CEO, Evergent, details why streaming companies need to re-think subscriber management around Christmas time to maximise profitability in the long...
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Report: Real-time data and on-screen graphics key to retaining Gen Z viewers
Over half (56%) of those aged 18-25 said they find it challenging to watch content from traditional broadcasters due to horizontal content not being...
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The trends of 2023: A renewed focus on the value of data
Patrick Béhar, global CEO, Kantar Media, takes TVBEurope through the changing streaming landscape in 2023, and why he believes broadcasters and platforms need to...
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Apple introduces spatial video capture on iPhone 15 Pro
The videos are captured in 1080p at 30 frames per second in standard dynamic range and HEVC compression said the company
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MetaBroadcast to employ Gracenote metadata and identifiers to speed up TV ratings reporting
The technology will enable Barb to better deduplicate content and accelerate reporting from seven days to three days, said the companies