UK PSB Channel 4 has confirmed that all advertising on its network during coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will carry subtitles – enhancing Channel 4’s commitment to making its coverage of the Games the most accessible yet. The announcement builds on its recent commitment that every broadcast of live sporting action from the […]

Audiences will be immersed in the Olympic Games like never before this summer as a new collaboration between Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and YouTube is set to bring Paris 2024 to a diverse set of fans, further expanding the reach of Eurosport’s live coverage. The new content partnership will base a group of YouTube creators […]

Video streaming infrastructure provider Bitmovin has confirmed that MENA region multi-media technology streaming platform Anghami has selected its VOD Encoding, deployed on Amazon Web Services, to encode its expansive catalogue of content in the highest quality at speed and scale. Anghami recently completed a landmark deal and merged with the Dubai-based streamer OSN+, the leading […]

‘500 channels and nothing to watch’ is the familiar refrain of customers frustrated with expensive cable packages. In today’s streaming world, a similar question remains: with so many platforms and abundance of content from which to choose, what’s worth paying for? Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Monetization of Video study reveals that even with consumers feeling […]

With the start of the French top flight football Ligue 1 season fast approaching, a deal for the broadcasting rights for the upcoming cycle has finally been reached. Governing body the LFP had been seeking a €1 billion bid for the 2024-2029 cycle, however, received no bids at auction, leading to talks with individual broadcasters, […]

The latest report from Ampere Analysis focuses on YouTube’s significance in the media market. With a unique business model that places advertising as its main source of revenue – thanks to its huge user base – the platform is rarely compared to TV. In this analysis, Ampere compares its investment in content to the major […]

BBC Studios and Samsung TV Plus are to expand two BBC FAST channel brands in EMEA. BBC Drama will make its debut in MENA on Samsung TV Plus whilst Top Gear launches on Samsung TV Plus across MENA, Italy, Spain, France, Germany,  Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Already available in Spain, Italy and France on Samsung […]

DoubleVerify (DV), a software platform platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics, has revealed findings from its eighth annual DV Global Insights: 2024 Trends Report. The report reveals that the UK is lagging behind in terms of brand safety, with brand safety and suitability violations surpassing the global benchmark. UK violations stand at 7.6 […]

EFL club Carlisle United has partnered with Endeavor Streaming to launch its global streaming service, CUTV. The EFL League Two club will stream every league game live internationally to reach new audiences around the world and drive deeper engagement with its fans. Powered by Endeavor Streaming’s Vesper platform, CUTV will also offer viewers in the […]

From August 28th, as established in the National Service Contract between the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy and RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (the Italian public broadcaster), a mux of the public broadcaster (Mux B) will switch exclusively to transmissions in the DVB-T2 HEVC standard. In particular, Rai Storia, Rai Scuola and Rai Radio […]