Media Consumption
Plex boosts AVoD quality with Advanced HDR by Technicolor agreement
The agreement aims to ensure streaming platform Plex can deliver high quality HDR AVoD services
Media Consumption
Artificial Intelligence
Samsung adds 8K AI upscaling, auto HDR remastering, AI translation model to latest TVs
“Samsung sees TVs not as one-directional devices for passive consumption but as interactive, intelligent partners," said the company
Media Consumption
Opinion: Following the viewer’s journey
Matt Ross, chief analytics officer at SVoD viewing measurement company Digital i, explains why broadcasters and streamers continue to need timely and insightful audience...
Media Management
Looking forward: industry insights into the coming year in media delivery, consumption and management
In the second of TVBEurope's special features looking at expectations for the year ahead, we focus on media delivery, consumption and management
Media Consumption
Samsung, Google partner on 3D audio technology for TVs
Content creators will be able to upload videos with Eclipsa Audio tracks to YouTube for viewing on Samsung's 2025 range of TVs
Media Consumption
HDR advancements in 2024 point toward a brighter 2025
Tim Walker, senior project manager at AJA Video, explains why, in 2025, HDR’s growing influence on every stage of the content lifecycle will become...
Media Consumption
Ateme integrates HDR by Technicolor into Kyrion product line
The integration of Advanced HDR by Technicolor into Kyrion paves the way for an easy transition to UHD HDR, said the company
Media Consumption
Red Bee and Fabric x Xytech form strategic partnership for EPG metadata
The aim of the partnership is to deliver a more personalised and engaging viewer experience across cable, satellite, and free-to-air services
Media Consumption
Ampere: streaming subscriptions to pass 2 billion by 2029
Worldwide revenues are predicted to top $190 billion dollars by 2029, said the analysts
Media Consumption
Paris 2024 reached 5 billion viewers, 84 per cent of global audience
The IOC's report also revealed 95,000+ highlights of the Games were generated using artificial intelligence
Media Consumption
Prime Video adds Apple TV+ in the UK
It joins Paramount+ and discovery+ which are also available as add-ons on the platform
Media Consumption
AI-Media rolls out live captioning across six countries for Central European Media Enterprises
With the flexibility to scale across additional content in CME’s portfolio, AI-Media’s future-proofed products allow CME to further expand its reach, said the company
Media Consumption
EFL agrees deal to put 8K cameras in football stadia
Immersive entertainment company Cosm has installed several 8K cameras around each match stadium to capture all angles, with the game then “stitched” together to...
Media Consumption
IMG Digital Trends Report: Sports D2C pivoting to gamification, no such thing as a ‘second’ screen
The seventh edition of IMG's annual report explores some of the technologies and developments that will shape the sports media landscape over the next...
Media Consumption
Report: Younger viewers are turning off live sport
A new report from Altman Solon found two-thirds (66 per cent) of sports executives are concerned that live sport is losing relevance
Media Consumption
Channel 4 becomes first UK broadcaster on Apple Vision Pro
The solution will enable viewers of Channel 4's Taskmaster game to experience the feeling of being immersed into the programme
Media Consumption
Government launches forum on future of UK TV amid fears up to 1.5 million may be ‘left behind’
The move follows research showing up to 5 per cent of households may be excluded by the shift towards online TV consumption
Media Consumption
Channel 4 reaches streaming high
According to figures from BARB, almost half (47 per cent) of all Channel 4 16-to-34 viewing in October so far has come through streaming,...
Media Consumption
Netflix lets fans capture a Moment
The feature is already available on iOS and will launch on Android "in the coming weeks", said the streamer
Media Consumption
Sky, NOW and Dogs Trust launch pop-up bonfire night TV channel
Sky has added 'bark' as a new voice command to its Sky Glass or Sky Stream remote
Media Consumption
Kantar: Disney+ retains UK top spot during Q3
The report shows the number of British households with at least one paid streaming service has risen to 19.6 million
Media Delivery
Amagi: Sports FAST channels score with EMEA viewers
Globally, Amagi's latest report reveals a 150 per cent increase in sports channel viewership on FAST
Media Consumption
Viewers can fact-check VP debate via on-screen QR code
"The idea is to give people that second-screen experience. The audience can get the takeaway they need in a responsible and smart way," said...
Media Consumption
Analysts: The rate of decline in broadcaster viewing is slowing
New research from Enders Analysis finds that by 2030 broadcasters' share of total video viewing will be 52 per cent, down from 58 per...
Media Consumption
Gracenote, Amagi partner on FAST metadata
The integration offers users faster ingestion of programmes and schedules into the Gracenote ecosystem, said the companies, allowing for more efficient content management and...
Media Consumption
‘Under 10 seconds latency’ and ML-created highlights: Prime Video is ready for Champions League kick-off
Prime Video is using low-latency technology across "the majority of devices", delivering live action from grass to glass in under 10 seconds, which it...
Media Consumption
BBC iPlayer ‘fastest growing VoD platform in the UK’
The broadcaster said its platform has seen 10 per cent more people watching than in summer 2023, with its "summer events" generating over 350...
Artificial Intelligence
Media Distillery uses AI to create VoD preview clips
The solution uses scene detection, content segmentation/chapters, topic detection, audio and speech detection and more to generate programme previews
Sponsored
AI-Media: Scaling up accessibility with AI captions
As broadcasters and streaming services look to put captions on more content and make it more accessible than ever before, AI-Media's James Ward explains...
Media Consumption
Opinion: How EPG and personalisation are shaping the future of FAST
Sri Hari Thirunavukkarasu, EMEA SVP sales, at Amagi, talks to TVBEurope about the changing roles of EPG and content personalisation in the FAST environment...
Media Consumption
Paris Paralympics on track to break audience records
Channel 4 said 7.2 million people watched its first day coverage, with a peak of 1.6 million tuning in to watch Tulley Kearney's gold-winning...
Media Consumption
Re-classifying broadcast: The slow history of change
Benjamin Shirley, product manager, broadcast at MainConcept, takes a trip through broadcast's recent history, from MPEG-2 to AVC, HD to UHD, and the arrival...
Media Consumption
Barb: UK SVoD breaks 20 million barrier
The report shows a 6.6 per cent year-on-year increase, reaching 20 million homes for the first time since the organisation began collecting data
Media Consumption
Kantar: discovery+ and Apple TV+ fastest-growing paid VoD services globally in first half of 2024
Almost half (49%) of households are now willing to accept ads for a cheaper service, found Kantar
Media Consumption
Paris 2024 ‘on track to reach half the world’s population’
Broadcast and digital figues for the Games "are going through the roof" said IOC President Thomas Bach
Media Consumption
Brits watched more TV in 2023, but broadcast reach declined
Video sharing platforms and broadcasters' on-demand platforms helped drive a 6 minute increase in the amount of time viewers spent watching TV and video...
Media Consumption
Warner Bros Discovery’s Olympics coverage hits one billion streaming minutes after two days
Eurosport's average linear audiences have also increased compared to Tokyo 2020, up 98 per cent so far
Media Consumption
Apple ‘preparing to take a bite out of AVoD market’
According to reports, the company has met with UK ratings body Barb about tracking ads on its streaming service, Apple TV+
Media Consumption
How will we watch the Olympics in 2032?
From VR headsets to volumetric video, the Video Labs team at InterDigital give us some insight into how we might watch (and produce) the...
Media Consumption
WBD surges to UK’s third-most popular SVoD in latest Kantar EoD study
Sport content has been a key driver for 1 in 4 new subscribers, helping Warner Bros Discovery (TNT/EuroSport/discovery+) increase market share, said Kantar
Media Consumption
Prime Video employs Amazon Bedrock to power new user experience
Prime Video is utilising Large Language Models (LLMs) to simplify the synopses for TV series and films
Media Consumption
FACT partners with Sky to sink streaming pirates
The crackdown has so far led to three arrests and 40 warning notices