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Rohde & Schwarz To Showcase Latest Updates To Gallium, StreamMaster, PRISMON At IBC Show
MUNICH—Rohde & Schwarz will highlight infrastructure solutions that have been updated to leverage the latest software architectures and techniques at IBC 2024, Sept. 13-16, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.“Leading broadcasters in Europe and around the world tell us their critical issues are operational efficiencies, interoperability and security,” said Thorsten Sauer, vice president of Rohde & Schwarz Media. “Those issues have to be addressed whilst also delivering against the business needs for revenue optimization, compliance and viewer experience. “That is why we continue to innovate, to bring the right functionality into systems running efficiently on standard hardware,” said Sauer. “We push...
Dolby Acquires THEO Technologies
Dolby has announced that it has acquired THEO Technologies, a provider of video players, and solutions for low-latency, live delivery of sports and entertainment content.Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal will help Dolby expand its solutions for creating real-time live experiences that enable viewers to interact with content while watching on different screens, and make those experiences more engaging through gamification and other innovations. The combined solutions will be particularly important for sports and entertainment, providing real-time digital experiences for live events that will increase fan engagement with interactive and personalized content and experiences, Dolby said. “People want to engage with...
Study: Roku Is the Most Popular Brand of Streaming Players in the U.S.
DALLAS—Parks Associates' has released new data from its recently released Tech Ecosystem Dashboard that show Roku continues to be the most popular brand of streaming media players, with Amazon holding down second place. Parks Associates' consumer survey of 8,000 internet households found that 43% of streaming media player (SMP) owners report using Roku the most often. Thirty-five percent of SMP owners report they use an Amazon-branded SMP the most often to watch video content."Historically, Amazon and Roku have dominated the streaming media player market, and our research shows their dominance continues," said Sarah Lee, research analyst, Parks Associates. "Other competitors such...
Pino Barile Joins Riedel As Western U.S. Regional Sales Director
SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—Riedel Communications has appointed Pino Barile to the newly created position of regional sales director of the Western United States, the company said today."I am delighted that Pino has decided to join the Riedel team," said Riedel Communications Americas president and CEO Joyce Bente. "His extensive industry experience and proven track record make him a great fit for our team.”Barile will oversee the company’s western regional sales team and focus on expanding its market presence. Reporting to Kevin Collins, senior vice president of sales for North America, Barile will collaborate with eastern regional sales director Dave Caulwell and...
CPB Selects Four Public Broadcasters For Next Generation Warning System Grants
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded up to $1.37 million to four public broadcasters to upgrade equipment to deliver enhanced emergency alerting.To date, CPB has issued 17 grants through the first round of funding for the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).The latest public broadcasters to receive the grant include KMOS PBS in Warrensburg, Mo., PBS Fort Wayne (Ind.), KTOO Public Media (KTOO TV/FM) in Juneau, Alaska, and Kodiak Public Broadcasting/KMXT-FM in Kodiak, Alaska, CPB said.“Public media stations have long played a vital role in emergency alerting in...
Venu Sports Streamer to Launch at $42.99/Month
LOS ANGELES—Venu Sports, the upcoming standalone streaming service backed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, has announced that it will launch at $42.99 a month, with a seven day free trial. The service has yet to unveil an exact launch date, though the joint venture is hoping to launch it before the start of the NFL season. The hefty price tag for the service reflects the fact that its backers are targeting sports fans outside the traditional pay TV bundle and are hoping that it will not compete with or interfere with their ability to continue to extract hefty carriage...
Atomos Unveils Shinobi II HDR Monitor
MELBOURNE, Australia—Atomos has introduced Shinobi II, a slim, lightweight, 5-inch, 1500nit HDR monitor designed for vloggers, creatives and photographers and announced its immediate availability from the company’s authorized resellers.“The most common requests from Shinobi users have been for camera control and a brighter HDR screen,” said Atomos CEO Jeromy Young. “Camera control required a USB-C port for the widest-possible camera compatibility and a new, brighter screen required a redesign. So, Shinobi II has been rebuilt from the ground up for modern mirrorless/DSLR cameras and HDR or SDR video workflows, as well as amazing HDR photo shooting.”Shinobi II controls most Canon,...
iSpot Launches Cross-Platform Measurement Offering for TikTok
LOS ANGELES & BELLEVUE, Wash.—The TV measurement company iSpot has announced an integration with TikTok that will provide brands with a deeper understanding of how the audience reach of TikTok compares to American Linear TV viewers.The solution is now widely available to marketers via iSpot’s Unified Measurement Platform, which verifies and measures TV advertising across hundreds of streaming platforms, apps, services, and traditional linear networks, iSpot reported. In announcing the integration, iSpot also released some new data from the solution. It said that on average, 58% of TikTok impressions reached a unique audience of viewers who were unexposed to the TV...
DirecTV Unveils New User Interface For Satellite Customers
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—DirecTV has unveiled a substantial upgrade to its user experience for all DirecTV satellite customers who use a Genie or Gemini device. The update includes a redesigned menu at launch and an upgrade from the “Sports Central” that was introduced in 2023 for satellite customers.The menu revamp is the first for eligible DirecTV satellite customers in more than five years and will offer a user interface more closely aligned to the experience rolled out earlier this year to users who stream DirecTV with a DirecTV device, the pay TV operator said. Included in the new menu are the following prominent...
Audiences for Paris Olympics on Telemundo up 44% from Tokyo
MIAMI, Fla.—Audiences for the 2024 Paris Olympics are not only significantly up for NBCUniversal’s English language coverage. Telemundo is also reporting that its coverage through opening weekend of the 2024 Paris Olympics averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 318,000 viewers across Telemundo, Peacock and Telemundo streaming platforms, up +44% vs. Tokyo through the same point in the Games. On linear, more than 12 million viewers have watched Olympic coverage on Telemundo and Universo. Beginning with Wednesday’s fútbol coverage before Friday’s Opening Ceremony, total minutes consumed has surpassed 1.1 billion across Telemundo, Universo, Peacock and Telemundo streaming and social media platforms up +65%...
CommScope Launches STARLINE ESD 1.8 GHz Amplifiers
CLAREMONT, N.C.—CommScope has announced the general availability of its STARLINE 1.8 GHz Extended Spectrum DOCSIS (ESD) amplifiers. The product was previously announced in October.The BLE 180 Line Extender and MB180 MiniBridger amplifiers offer operators a simple and economical solution for introducing ESD to DOCSIS 3.1 networks as well as a clear path to DOCSIS 4.0, the company reported. Both amplifiers support ultra high-split operation of up to 1794 MHz in the downstream and up to 684 MHz in the upstream to maximize network reliability and data rates.“We designed the STARLINE 1.8 GHz ESD amplifiers for MSOs to upgrade their networks in...
Cineverse Inks Video Content Deal with Spotify
LOS ANGELES—Cineverse Corp. has announced a deal to distribute video content for the first time on Spotify. The agreement includes programming from both Cineverse's channel partners as well as additional titles curated from the company's content library of more than 70,000 films and television shows.The availability of this programming – typically only able to be watched on SVOD, AVOD and FAST – is the latest example of Spotify’s push to become a major new home for video content discovery. Spotify recently announced that there are now more than 250,000 video podcasts on the platform with more than 170 million users having...
The CW Network Adds Three New Affiliates
BURBANK, Calif.—The CW Network (CW) has announced new television station affiliates in Tucson, Arizona (DMA #64), Santa Barbara, California (DMA #122), and Corpus Christi, Texas (DMA #130). In Tucson, the new CW affiliate will be KTTU-TV, owned by Tegna Inc., in Santa Barbara, it will be KCOY-TV, owned by VistaWest Media, and in Corpus Christi, the new CW affiliate will be KSCC-TV, owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group, LLC.All three local stations will begin airing CW primetime entertainment programming and live sports on September 1, immediately becoming the exclusive homes of Pac-12 college football, ACC college football and basketball, NASCAR Xfinity Series Racing, WWE NXT wrestling, and LIV Golf in their respective markets. KTTU-TV will also be the local home of the 2024 Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop, live from Arizona Stadium in Tucson on December 28.
BIA Sees Retrans Revenue Flattening
After a period of strong growth, BIA Advisory Services is predicting that cord cutting and the shift towards streaming will produce a “flattening” in retransmission fees between 2024 and 2028. That marks and important change from recent years, where BIA estimates that local TV stations generated $12.3 billion in distribution revenue from MVPDs and vMVPDs in 2020, and this rose 22.5 percent to $15.1 billion by 2023. A blog post by BIA's Rick Ducey noted that “as shown below, NBC affiliated stations saw the largest increase in distribution revenue in this period, followed by CBS, FOX, and ABC. Broadcasters often negotiate...
Four-Day Total Viewing of Olympics up 77% over Tokyo
STAMFORD, Conn.—NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Paris Olympics continues to draw large audiences with four-day total viewership average up 77% from Tokyo Olympics and its Monday July 29 coverage delivered 31.3 million viewers on NBC, Peacock, and key NBCU platforms according to official data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics.The Monday July 29 figures were up 70% from the opening Monday of competition for the Tokyo Olympics (18.4 million across all platforms).Monday's coverage was highlighted by the U.S. men’s gymnastics team winning its first medal (bronze) in the team competition since 2008, beach volleyball, and medal-winning swimming performances by Katie Grimes, Emma...
WAVE-TV Leverages Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos To Enhance NextGen TV Derby Coverage
The Louisville, Ky., Gray Television station executed an intelligent plan to promote NextGen TV, showing viewers how enhancements like Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos immersive audio boost viewing pleasure, all centered on the Kentucky Derby.On-air promos, online education and a NextGen TV giveaway done together with a local retailer proved a success, spiking local 3.0 viewership and laying the foundation for continued NextGen Broadcast gains.This case study examines: How WAVE-TV leveraged its Kentucky Derby lead up and coverage to promote the benefits of NextGen TV.How Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos fit the plan.Why partnering with a local electronics retailer proved invaluable. Download the case study here.
Broadcasters Transmit Paris Olympics HDR Coverage in 56 U.S. NextGen TV Markets, Says Pearl TV
PARIS—Television viewers in 56 U.S. markets have access to coverage of the Paris Olympics in High Dynamic Range (HDR) thanks to broadcasters and NextGen TV, Pearl TV, a business organization of eight of the largest U.S. television groups, said today.In total, about 73 million U.S. households live in markets where NextGen TV signals are now transmitted with HDR video. Some 12,000 NextGen TV sets and ATSC 3.0 accessory devices, such as 3.0 set-top boxes for legacy DTVs, are being sold to Americans daily, it said.In all, broadcasters in 67 U.S. markets are transmitting a NextGen TV signal in HDR (not all...
Study: Broadcasters Continue to Expand Presence on FAST Channels
NEW YORK–A new report from Amagi indicates that the FAST channel business continues to grow and play an increasingly important role in the streaming sector, particularly among broadcasters who now account for 30% of the top 100 channels. The 12th Amagi Global FAST Report found that TV networks now account for 30% of the top 100 FAST channels, driving a 40% share in total hours of viewing (HOV) across these channels. The research also indicated that among Amagi-delivered FAST channels, global HOV was up 31% and ad impressions jumped by 26% during Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023. These findings underscore the significant...
Comscore Introduces Comprehensive Cross-Platform YouTube Audience Measurement
RESTON, Va.—Comscore has announced that it is now providing comprehensive measurement of YouTube audiences across all digital devices in the U.S. Comscore said that in July it began delivering a holistic view of YouTube traffic across desktop, mobile, and connected TV (CTV). This new capability expanded Comscore’s existing reporting for YouTube video traffic on desktop and mobile browsers, as well as in mobile apps. “Comscore is solving for the convergent shift in cross-platform audiences and continues to lead in digital and video measurement that incorporates person-level insights and deduplicates video audiences across digital,” said Steve Bagdasarian, Comscore chief commercial officer. “Bringing YouTube CTV to Comscore’s Video Metrix Multi-Platform suite will give publishers complete reporting of its reach across all video platforms.” With this upgrade, Comscore’s Video Metrix Multi-Platform now includes YouTube CTV data, inclusive of co-viewing, in the U.S. Additionally, this release includes the ability for Comscore clients to access Traffic Sharing in our YouTube CTV measurement. Regions outside the U.S. will see the total YouTube audience view beginning in 2025, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain and the U.K., the company reported.
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