All Connected TV & Devices articles – Page 4
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Barb teams up with IPA TouchPoints to tap audience behaviour
Broadcast Audience Research Board (BARB) has launched an integrated partnership with IPA TouchPoints, the organisation behind the cross-media-device database, to help its clients to understand more about its viewers.
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Disney+ strikes distribution deals in Italy and Spain
The Walt Disney Company’s answer to Netflix is going global with its European launch set for later this month amid a series of exclusive multi-year distribution agreements.
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GroupM launches addressable TV service in Canada
WPP’s media investment arm GroupM has announced the Canadian launch of Finecast, an addressable TV service enabling advertisers to target audiences in connected TV environments.
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Elon Musk at Satellite 2020 | SXSW cancelled | Formula 1 starts
9 – 13 Mar: Your guide on what to look forward to this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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Industry Trends
The Internet of Things: A progress report
Does the IoT herald a ‘slow revolution’ for content creation and other professional applications, or is 5G the catalyst for accelerated activity? Security remains an abiding concern, writes David Davies.
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Streaming surges in Australia with 6m terabytes of data consumed
Some 71% of Australian households paid for at least one streaming service in 2019 according to the latest study from the ACMA.
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Executive Interviews
Doubling down at Dplay and wrangling the beast
From founding an OTT startup to strategic monetisation and localising content, SVP digital and general manager at Discovery’s Dplay Winradit Kolasastraseni tells IBC365 that content is king but customer experience is a top priority.
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Comcast acquires ad-supported streamer Xumo
The free advertising-supported streaming service Xumo - founded by Myspace owner Meredith Corporation in a joint venture with Panasonic - has been bought by Comcast.
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Ex-CEO bids $1.2bn for Xperi ahead of TiVo merger
Xperi has received an unsolicited takeover bid from a group led by its former CEO Tom Lacey, causing a potential roadblock in its proposed merger with TiVo.
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Industry Trends
The future of TV is aggregation
2020 will see the launch of more subscription video services than ever before. With consumers tired of managing multiple subscriptions, is the future of pay TV in aggregation?
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Industry Trends
ISE 2020: Communication technology rampant
XR, Esports, smart buildings, and the evolution of screens are some of the core topics being discussed at this week’s ISE conference. Adrian Pennington investigates the AV Tech show.
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Samsung launches Galaxy S20 with 8K capability
Samsung has launched its new range of flagship smartphone devices, offering the ability to record videos in 8K 24fps.
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Industry Trends
Speaker smarts: Conversational AI and content delivery
Smart speakers and their AI controllers are revolutionising how we consume music and spoken word, but are broadcasters and platforms fully exploiting their capabilities for other content, such as video? And how can we trust what the AI offers us?
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IBC extends deadline for Technical Paper submissions
IBC has extended the deadline for submissions for Technical Papers for IBC2020 to 10 February 2020.
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BBC launches first multiplayer online game
BBC Children’s has launched a new free game for its young viewers, based on original IP, and putting safe environment at the forefront.
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Industry Trends
OTT: The future is in the eye of the consumer
In part one of a two-part series, Alana Foster looks at the OTT marketplace. With growing competition among services, will success be driven by content or technology?
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BBC postpones changes to red button
The BBC has responded to a petition urging the broadcaster by delaying the switch-off of its red button text services a day before it was planned to be phased out.
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Petition launched to save BBC red button
Protesters have handed a petition to the UK government and the BBC over the latter’s plans to switch off Red Button services in the coming weeks.
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Thought Leadership
CES 2020: Goldmines or Gimmicks?
Futurist Amelia Kallman reports from CES 2020 on the good, the bad, and the strange.
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Barb updates multiscreen viewing reporting
UK TV audience measurement firm Barb has begun reporting figures for programme reach and time spent viewing across multiple screens.