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27/01/2023
TAG Cyber Issues Detailed Report on Deepfakes
NEW YORK Broadcasters, news organizations and entertainment companies struggling to deal with the growing problem of deepfakes now have a new resource to help t...
27/01/2023
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Adopts ATSC 3.0
The number of countries that have adopted the ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard is now up to four as The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago announced its approval of the...
27/01/2023
Riedel Promotes Rick Seegull to SVP Technology & Business Development, the Americas
WUPPERTAL, Germany Riedel Communications has promoted Rick Seegull to the role o...
27/01/2023
Streaming Viewing up 27% in 2022: Nielsen
NEW YORK Amid all the doom and gloom in the streaming industry regarding slumping stock prices and hefty losses, streaming audiences continue to grow at a signi...
27/01/2023
Peacock Paid Subs More than Double to 20M
PHILADELPHIA Comcast reported Q4 earnings showing that Peacock paid subscribers in the U.S. more than doubled, surpassing 20 million at the end of 2022 and that...
27/01/2023
With NextGen TV Transition 'Stalled, NAB Asks FCC for ATSC 3.0 Taskforce
WASHINGTON, D.C. In a meeting with FCC and in a filing with the agency, the NAB has asked FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to establish a task force on ATSC 3.0 wi...
26/01/2023
Friend MTS Names Daniel Harris Board Chair
LONDON Content protection and anti-piracy services specialist Friend MTS this week announced the appointment of Daniel Harris as its chair of the board of direc...
26/01/2023
FCC Proposes $504K Fine on Fox for EAS Violations
WASHINGTON The FCC has levied a fine of $504,000 against Fox for willfully violating commission rules on transmitting EAS Tones during regular programming. Th...
26/01/2023
Sony Unveils Two New Series Of Crystal LED Displays
PARAMUS, N.J. Sony has launched two scalable new series of its Crystal LED premium display: the bright and rich BH-series and the immersive CH-series....
26/01/2023
TSL brings IP into the MPA1-MIX
MARLOW, U.K. TSL has announced that it is working to help broadcasters migrate to IP infrastructures by launching the MPA1-MIX-NET. Building on the success of i...
26/01/2023
AWS Elemental MediaLive Adds Timecode Burn-In
SEATTLE AWS has announced that AWS Elemental MediaLive now offers timecode burn-in so that users can add timecode visually into individual video outputs from a ...
26/01/2023
MuxIP Delivers Live FAST Channels for Motorsports Network MTRSPT1
LOS ANGELES MuxIP, a leading provider of automated solutions for ad-supported streaming, has announced that it will deliver 24/7 live FAST channel capabilities ...
25/01/2023
Formula 1 to Deploy Helmet POV Cameras for 2023 Grand Prix Season
After several years of trials, Italian company Racing Force Group announced that it has struck a deal with Formula 1 to supply helmet cameras for all F1 drivers...
25/01/2023
Murdoch Abandons Fox, News Corp. Merger Plans
NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES The Fox Corporation has announced that the company's board of directors received a letter from Rupert Murdoch withdrawing the proposal...
24/01/2023
HPA Unveils First-Day Program For Tech Retreat
LOS ANGELES Speakers from Netflix, Vitrina Aim, Warner Bros, and Discovery are among the industry experts scheduled to present during Monday's TR-X at the H...
24/01/2023
Vegas Pro 20 Update Offers Support for More GPU Cards
MADISON, Wisc. Vegas Creative Software today announced a free update for its Vegas Pro 20 that adds the ONNX Runtime AI engine to make better use of GPU power f...
24/01/2023
New NextGen TV Products Highlighted at 2023 CES
LAS VEGAS Consumer electronics manufacturers at the 2023 CES exhibited several new products that support the ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard, including televisions,...
24/01/2023
Global SVOD Revenues to Hit $321.9 billion in 2030
LONDON A major new report on the future of the SVOD industry from MIDiA Research finds that global SVOD revenues will grow from $131.6 billion in 2023 by 24.4% ...
24/01/2023
Omdia: Global FAST Channel Revenue Set to Triple by 2027
LONDON A new report from Omdia is predicting that free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels are going to continue to grow at breakneck speed, with global r...
24/01/2023
FCC to Host Media Ownership Diversity Symposium
WASHINGTON, D.C. The FCC has announced that the agency's Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC) will host a Media Ownership Diversity Symposium ...
24/01/2023
CBS News Detroit Aims to Reinvent Local News
DETROIT As broadcasters grapple with declining ratings and their ongoing difficulties in reaching younger viewers with traditional newscasts, one fundamental qu...
24/01/2023
Fabric Acquires Internet Video Archive
LOS ANGELES The media and entertainment catalog management solution provider Fabric has acquired Internet Video Archive (IVA), which has a large inventory of en...
24/01/2023
BBC Board to Investigate Chair Richard Sharp
LONDON BBC chair Richard Sharp has asked the broadcaster's board to investigate conflicts of interest regarding his appointment to the role....
24/01/2023
EditShare Installs Two Storage Networks in the UAE
BOSTON, Mass. EditShare has announced that it has delivered two large-scale EFS storage network systems, alongside FLOW workflow tools, to clients in the UAE. T...
24/01/2023
Standard General Answers Critics as Comment Period Ends in FCC Review
WASHINGTON, D.C. Standard General held a media conference on Jan. 23 and filed a response to critics with the FCC arguing that the deal was in the public intere...
21/01/2023
CW Inks Deal to Carry LIV Golf
BURBANK, Calif. Nexstar's The CW Network has inked a multi-year TV and streaming rights agreement with LIV Golf ( LIV ) to become LIV's exclusive U.S. b...
21/01/2023
The Many Varieties of TV Tech at CES 2023
LAS VEGAS For the first time since 2020, I was back attending the CES in Las Vegas and once again on the lookout for all things related to NextGen TV. But while...
21/01/2023
Marcus Wheelwright Joins Riedel As Customer Success VP
WUPPERTAL, Germany Riedel Communications has appointed Marcus Wheelwright as vice president of customer success for the Americas, the company said this week....
21/01/2023
Telemundo Inks New U.S. Soccer Federation Deal
MIAMI, Fla. Hoping to build on the success of its presentation of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which saw record audiences, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises ...
21/01/2023
EuroHockey Indoor Championships Broadcast with Blackmagic Design's ATEM Constellation 8K
FREMONT, Calif. Blackmagic Design has announced that the EuroHockey Indoor Champ...
20/01/2023
Ofir Benovici Joins Zero Density As CEO
IZMIR, Turkey Zero Density has named Ofir Benovici as its new Chief Executive Office, overseeing its commercial and product strategy, operations and geographica...
20/01/2023
S&P: Media, Telecom Deals Hit 2022 Low in Dec.
NEW YORK Media and telecom deals continued at an anemic pace at the end of 2022, with deal volume among U.S. and Canadian media and telecom companies declining ...
20/01/2023
Nielsen: Streaming Audiences in Dec. Up 46% YoY
NEW YORK The ongoing shift towards streaming media among TV audiences boosted streaming audiences to record levels in Dec. of 2022, with time spent watching str...
20/01/2023
Netflix Adds 7.66M Global Subs in Q4
LOS GATOS, Calif. Netflix ended the year with financial results and subscriber counts that greatly exceeded its expectations as its executives issued positive c...
19/01/2023
Netflix Expands Audience Measurement Deal With Nielsen
NEW YORK Nielsen has announced an expansion of its audience measurement relationship with Netflix that includes a multi-year agreement to provide linear and str...
19/01/2023
L.A. Area Film, TV Production Slumps in Q4
LOS ANGELES FilmLA, which is the film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions, has issued a new report on L.A.-based TV and ...
19/01/2023
FCC Announces Two Media Bureau Appointments
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Federal Communications Commission has announced two appointments to the Media Bureau's leadership staff....
19/01/2023
Partners with Hudson Rock to Add New Security Features
TEL AVIV OOONA, a global provider of professional management and production tools for the media localization industry, has added new security features to its In...
18/01/2023
C-SPAN Cameraman Gutted' That He Missed Gaetz-Rogers Dust-up During House Speaker Marathon Vote
WASHINGTON The head of C-SPAN's camera crew broadcasting the marathon contes...
18/01/2023
Nexstar Ends Live Streams of Local Newscasts
IRVING, Texas As retransmission fees from pay TV operators are becoming an increasingly fraught issue and operators struggle with massive sub losses, Nexstar is...
18/01/2023
Video Streaming Traffic Grew by 24% in 2022
WATERLOO, Ontario New data from Sandvines 2023 Global Internet Phenomena Report shows that internet traffic continued to grow at a breakneck pace in 2022, with ...
18/01/2023
JW Player Acquires InPlayer
NEW YORK JW Player, a SaaS video platform for broadcasters, publishers, and other video-driven companies, has announced that it is acquiring InPlayer, a leading...
18/01/2023
IAB Tech Lab Unveils 2023 Priorities
NEW YORK IAB Tech Lab, the global digital advertising technical standard-setting body, has laid out its key priorities and roadmap for 2023, with a product road...
18/01/2023
Stephen Gregory Barr Named SVP, Non-Traditional Revenue, CBS Stations
NEW YORK Multiplatform media business development executive Stephen Gregory Barr has been named senior vice president of non-traditional revenue for CBS Station...
14/01/2023
IBC Issues Call for Technical Papers
IBC has launched its 2023 Call for Technical Papers. Winners will be announced at the IBC Awards, which will take place during the 2023 IBC Show at the RAI in A...
14/01/2023
Standard General's Kim: FCC Blocking Tegna Deal Could Force Cuts, Job Loses
WASHINGTON D.C. Standard General and its managing partner Soohyung Kim have responded to a letter sent by Senator Elizabeth Warren to the FCC urging the agency ...
13/01/2023
ESPN to Document History' in Spurs Record-Setting Return to Alamodome
The San Antonio Spurs are ready to take a record-setting step forward, with tonight's contest against the Golden State Warriors, marking the first time a te...
13/01/2023
Parks: Roku-Branded TV Launch Highlights Accelerated Move to Smart TVs
DALLAS Over the past seven years, U.S. households with broadband subscriptions have increased ownership of smart TVs from 38% to 63%, illustrating the trend tow...
13/01/2023
Lumens Digital Optics Unveils UltraHD PTZ Camera
HSINCHU, Taiwan Lumens Digital Optics has introduced the VC-A71P-HN UltraHD PTZ camera capable of transmitting 4K 60fps over SDI and HDMI....
13/01/2023
The Arena Group Acquires Fexy Studios
NEW YORK The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. has announced that it has acquired Fexy Studios, an award-winning creative agency that produces television shows, stream...
