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Consumers will spend 800 hours on mobile internet in 2019
TV remains the biggest medium globally
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LG starts taking orders for 8K OLED TV
Uses deep learning algorithms to upscale 4K content
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Broadcast considered the most trusted media in Europe
EBU finds that 85 per cent of European countries trust radio and 75 per cent trust TV
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8K technology market predicted to be worth $26.8 billion by 2024
Market is currently predicted to be worth $2.9 billion in 2019
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Television most popular medium for live viewing
Almost three-quarters watch live programmes on a television
Technology
VO partners with Technicolor for simplified Android TV delivery
Provides highest security levels for premium video content protection
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European political bodies reach TV copyright agreement
Agree to facilitate access to online TV and radio content across borders
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New film and TV studio to open in Oxfordshire
Video game company Rebellion has bought the studio near Didcot
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Europe’s TV subscriptions to hit 262 million
SVoD subscribers predicted to triple between 2015 and 2018
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TV to represent 80 per cent of global video ad spend by 2023
New report from Strategy Analytics
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BARB begins measuring multiple-screen viewing
Will begin producing daily audience figures for those watching on TV sets, tablets, PCs and smartphones
Technology
Samsung to showcase new QLED 8K TV
Q900R will feature Real 8K Resolution and AI upscaling, Q HDR 8K and Quantum Processor 8K
Content
Guinness World Records names “Officially Amazing” TV shows
Parrot Analytics charted demand for series in 2017 using its real-time TV demand measurement system
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BuzzFeed launches live UK TV show on Twitter
#What2Watch is a weekly show offering viewers suggestions of what they should be watching
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Juventus unveils new in-house OTT service
The Serie A club has cancelled its linear TV channel
Features
Bringing TV to Life VIII: The innovation opportunity
An Accenture Global Video exec weighs in on the company's latest video market report
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Most watched TV programmes in the UK 2018 revealed
Programmes with the highest number of views per episode each month have been named
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Average TV viewing time in the UK decreased in 2017
Time spent per day watching TV dropped by nine minutes last year, reports Ofcom
Business
dock10 recruits Ian Dodd as head of post production
UK-based TV facility has bolstered its post production team with additional appointments
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Akamai reveals best bitrates for optimal viewing experience
6-8Mbps deemed optimal for connected TVs
Features
How technology is bridging the gap between advertising and TV
By Ryan Reed, director of innovation, TV and video, Lotame
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World Cup live streaming almost as popular as live TV
47 per cent of viewers are streaming more live video today than a year ago, according to study
Business
4K UHD to drive TV growth in 2018
Trade value predicted to rise by five per cent to $85 billion
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TV is YouTube’s fastest growing platform
Traditional TV screens account for about 15 per cent of overall time watching YouTube
Features
Focussing on a career in the TV industry
BBC Studioworks’ junior camera operator Fiona Donald reveals how she got her start in the industry…
Business
Film London unveils Equal Access programme
Seeks to match 150 talented Londoners to paid roles across film, TV and post production
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British adults’ media consumption rises, TV still dominates
British adults spend 7 hours and 56 minutes a day consuming media
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Gen Z moving away from text-based content and traditional TV
Report compared the media habits of both Gen Z (13 to 17-year-olds) and millennials (18-34)
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Smartphones now second-most owned gadget in US homes
US consumers now own 27 million more smartphones than they did in 2016, an increase of six per cent year-on-year
Business
EBU: Trust between traditional and new media widening
According to the EBU's Trust in Media 2017 report, broadcast media remains the most trusted media throughout Europe
Analysis
Changing perceptions: TV is an optimised marketing channel
With a prime-time 30-second ad on ITV costing between £10,000 and £30,000, and a commercial during one of Channel 4’s prime shows costing an...
Production & Post
AIMS adds three
Clear-Com, Bridge Technologies and Solid State Logic join the Alliance for IP Media Solutions
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TV still accounts for three quarters of viewing
Despite the rise of SVoD and OTT services, TV remains king, accounting for three quarters of video viewing. That’s according to the latest research...
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Freeview Play TV sales surpass one million
Freeview has announced sales of Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes have surpassed one million. Launched in late 2015, Freeview Play offers UK viewers...
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MEGOGO adds Kvartal to online portfolio
Comedy channel available to online viewers worldwide
Production & Post
BT TV harnesses Vistex for rights management
BT TV has selected Vistex’s Media Maestro solution to handle its rights management requirements. Vistex, which provides rights and royalties software solutions to the...
Features
Satisfying the audiences of tomorrow
Kris Hardiman talks about the seventh edition of Ericsson's ConsumerLab TV & Media report
Features
Intuitively interactive television
Walking away from my interview with the Axonista co-founders Claire McHugh and Daragh Ward, I could not prevent myself singing, ‘When Irish apps are...
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Retail unlocks the key to Amazon’s play for TV
Company 'building template' for future pay-TV services
Analysis
Tearing down the blockades
The growing use of ad blocking technology by today’s consumers continues to be a thorn in the side of publishers around the world. Indeed,...
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Sony announces new Bravia HDR range
The new flagship XBR-A1E Bravia OLED and XBR-X930E/X940E series TVs are designed to deliver wider brightness range, higher contrast and better picture quality. Both...
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Samsung releases “smartest ever” TV
Samsung has launched the new QLED TV series - described as its “smartest ever” TV range. The series, which spans the Q9, Q8, and...