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Harris' Acceptance Speech Draws Nearly 29M Viewers
NEW YORK—An estimated 28.9 million viewed all or part of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech during on Thursday, the final night of the Democratic National Convention, according to Nielsen, a half million more than viewed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s acceptance speech in July.A total 26.2 million viewers watched the fourth and final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which aired 9-11:30 p.m. ET across 15 television networks reported by Nielsen, with varied coverage televised on each. Harris’s speech aired from approximately 10:31 p.m. to 11:11 p.m. ET.On Wednesday, the third night of the convention—which featured Vice...
TV Tech's Weekly Product Wrap-Up
Missed any of our recent product news? Here is TV Tech's weekly wrap-up of new products, services and deployments we published in our newsletter between August 19 to August 23. The stories are listed from the newest on Friday August 23, day by day back to our stories from Monday August 19.Dish Business Launches News Evolve M2 Set Top Box for HotelsEvolve M2 allows hoteliers, senior living facilities and others to update internal systems and tailor settings and apps available to guests on each property.Nugen Audio to Celebrate 20th Anniversary at IBC 2024From the outset, Nugen Audio has been fully...
Nugen Audio to Celebrate 20th Anniversary at IBC 2024
AMSTERDAM―Nugen Audio will be celebrating 20 years of providing top-of-the-line audio editing plug-ins to audio professionals around the world during IBC 2024 at Stand 8.D79.Founded by an acclaimed DJ/EDM producer and the lead programmer of a top UK game development company, Nugen Audio first launched with stereo-image-related plug-ins for music production. Today, the brand has expanded to include award-winning loudness metering/correction, surround sound, mixing/mastering, tracking and audio analysis tools that are used by some of the world’s top names in post-production, broadcast and music.“I co-founded Nugen Audio in 2004 with the goal of changing the world of audio,” says Dr....
Peacock to Stream Record 1,500+ Hours of Paralympic Games Coverage
STAMFORD, Conn.—As part of its plans to stream a record-breaking 1,500+ hours of live coverage across all 22 Paralympic Sports, Peacock will also be offering Gold Zone and Multiview, two of the streamers highest profile initiatives its coverage of the Paris Olympics, during the Paralympic Games when competition coverage begins Aug. 29. The two features add to NBCUniversal’s already robust programming plan across NBC, Peacock, USA Network, and CNBC for this year’s Paris Paralympics, which run from Aug. 28 through Sept. 8.“Coming off its resounding success during the Paris Olympics, Gold Zone will make its Paralympics debut and provide a whirlwind...
Fubo Launches BKFC TV FAST Channel
NEW YORK—FuboTV Inc. has launched BKFC TV, the first FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) channel from Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). This marks the first time BKFC TV is available outside of the BKFC app. Maximizing the explosive popularity of combat sports, BKFC TV is programmed in partnership by Fubo and BKFC and showcases BKFC’s flagship events, BKFC Prospect Series events and BKFC Fight Night events 24/7.The launch builds on the fact that the league’s live combat fights already currently stream on Fubo Sports, Fubo’s owned and operated FAST network, and consistently rank among the network’s top 10 most watched programming.“BKFC fight...
Dish Business Launches Evolve M2 Set Top Box for Hotels
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—Dish Business announced the launch of Evolve M2, a groundbreaking, QAM-compatible, AndroidTV certified set-back-box (SBB) that seamlessly integrates into existing cable infrastructures. This new addition complements the existing Evolve M1 and is designed to provide best-in-class entertainment solutions, regardless of network limitations. With support for both IPTV and traditional coaxial systems, the M2 ensures that properties of all kinds can offer a cutting-edge entertainment experience to their guests.“Following the success of the Evolve M1, we are excited to introduce the Evolve M2, which extends our comprehensive entertainment suite to virtually any room,” said Peter Feeney, vice president, Dish Commercial Business....
Study: 20% of Broadband Customers to Hit 1TB of Data Usage Per Month in 2024
JERSEY CITY, N.J.—A new report from OpenVault highlights some of the major challenges facing broadband service providers with new data showing an anticipated spike in “Power Users” of 1 TB or more of broadband data and a growing disconnect in the traditional relationship between provisioned speeds and data consumption. The latest edition of the OpenVault Broadband Insights (OVBI) report found that the percentage of Power Users – including Super Power Users of 2 TB or more and Extreme Power Users of 5 TB or more – surged to 18.2% of all subscribers in 2Q 2024 and will exceed 20% of all...
Streaming Shake-up, Shakeout Brewing as Program, Economic Factors Shift
If there were any doubts that streaming TV has finally hit its stride in 2024, NBC was ready to knock them down this month.Although the network didn’t break out the share of 2024 Olympics viewing split between its three platforms—Peacock streaming, broadcast TV (NBC, Telemundo) and its cable channels (such as USA Network, E! and NBCSports)—the company’s enthusiasm about Peacock’s performance from Paris underscored the growing perceived value of streaming video in the media mix. NBC crowed that the 23.5 billion minutes of Paris Olympics coverage streamed via Peacock during the games, July 19-Aug. 11, was up “40% from all...
Five Nexstar Television Stations to Become CW Affiliates
IRVING, Texas—Nexstar Media Group, Inc. has announced that its owned and operated television stations in Augusta, Georgia (WJBF-D3 DMA #110); Monroe, Louisiana (KARD-D2 DMA #142); Wichita Falls, Texas (KFDX-D3 DMA #149); Terre Haute, Indiana (WTWO-D2 DMA #159); and Utica, New York (WFXV-D2 DMA #171), will become affiliates of The CW Network.All five local stations will begin carrying the network’s primetime entertainment, live sports, and special event programming beginning in September and October.“The addition of these affiliates will bring the number of Nexstar- and partner-owned CW stations to 54, covering more than 45% of U.S. TV...
Paramount+ Essential Added to Charter’s Spectrum TV Select and Mi Plan Offerings
STAMFORD, Conn. & NEW YORK—In a notable example of how pay TV operators are bulking up their streaming offerings and bundling them with traditional cable channels, Charter Communications, Inc. and Paramount Global have announced that the ad-supported version of Paramount’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, Paramount+ Essential, is now available in all Spectrum TV Select and Mi Plan Latino packages nationwide at no additional cost. As part of the companies’ new multi-year distribution agreement, Spectrum video customers can immediately begin streaming over 40,000 episodes of shows and movies, including top-rated original series like “Tulsa King,” “Special Ops: Lioness,” “SpongeBob SquarePants,” and “Big Brother,”...
Evertz to Focus on Software Defined Video Networking at IBC 2024
BURLINGTON, Canada—Evertz will show the latest updates to its Software Defined Video Networking solution at the 2024 IBC Show at the RAI Amsterdam, Sept. 13-17.Among the new additions are a small form factor network and analog timing module—the MIO-PTP—which is ideally suited to broadcast and telecom networks. MIO-PTP can be deployed in both baseband and IP-based networks to provide timing synchronization a root leader, boundary, or to extend timing over a WAN to locations that do not have a synchronization source (e.g. GPS).Also on show at IBC 2024 is NATX-LT, a next generation network fabric that offers a cost-effective entry...
PilotDesk and LG Ad Solutions Ink New Long-Term Ad Tech Deal
NEW YORK—PilotDesk, a no-code AI workflow automation platform for advertising and yield operations, has announced a long-term agreement with LG Ad Solutions that will expand the use of its YieldPilot product, an advanced automated publisher yield optimization and management solution enabled in its ad serving platform.The agreement follows a pilot project where PilotDesk demonstrated its ability to boost operational efficiency and revenue for publishers significantly. Over the four-month trial period, PilotDesk performed over half a million automated actions, equating to an impressive 25,000 hours of manual ad operations productivity time created."After a four-month trial period, LG Ad Solutions was able...
Yospace To Showcase Dynamic Ad Insertion Developments At IBC 2024
STAINES-UPON-THAMES, U.K.—Yospace will feature its ability to scale its dynamic ad insertion solution for major global events at IBC 2024, Sept. 13-16, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.The company will present insights gleaned from major sporting events this summer, which demonstrated the sheer scale of addressable advertising in the streaming age. Its technology powered the delivery of nearly 6 billion advertisements across four continents during Euro 2024 and 4 billion during the 19 days of the Olympic Games, the company said.All ads were one-to-one addressable and benefitted from real-time, transparent measurement. These events point towards the type of scale that...
Three Reasons Why Brazil’s TV 3.0 Decision Matters Here
The decision of Brazil’s SBTVD Forum in July to recommend the ATSC 3.0 physical layer was trumpeted by ATSC as a major achievement—an understandable large feather in the cap for the organization that began work on the NextGen TV standard more than a decade ago.But what does the accomplishment mean to U.S. broadcasters grappling with the myriad of challenges the voluntary transition to 3.0 has created? In other words, why does the SBTVD Forum’s decision matter to us?I put that question to ATSC president Madeleine Noland and Skip Pizzi, chair of ATSC’s Brazil Implementation Team, recently. Noland enumerated three reasons....
Multiple Trends Driving Dynamic KVM Market for ME
Short for keyboard, video and mouse, KVM switches allow multiple computers to be controlled remotely using a single set of peripherals. In this way, one person can manage workstations in many locations from the same desktop location in a manner that is efficient, productive and (from an equipment purchasing perspective) economical.These factors explain why KVM switches have long been popular in film and TV production as well as with IT departments, purchasing officers, support technicians and more. It also explains why the market for KVM switches is so dynamic, with many trends guiding its development.Heavy LiftingAs broadcast television moves from...
Study: Peacock Signed-Up 2.8M Subs During Olympics
In addition to the huge audiences the 2024 Summer Olympics delivered for NBCUniversal, a new study from Antenna found that the games also produced a burst of new signups to NBCU’s streaming service Peacock, which saw 2.8 million sign ups during the games. Typically, many of the biggest acquisition moments for streaming are related to the NFL, but the 2024 Paris Games approached those levels. Between July 25 and July 31, Antenna observed 2.8 million sign-ups to Peacock. The researchers also reported that average daily sign-ups to Peacock of 398k during the first week of The 2024 Olympics represented a 5.6x increase...
IBC Content Everywhere Exhibitor Profile: Comcast Technology Solutions
In advance of the 2024 IBC Show, Sept. 13-17 at the RAI Amsterdam, TV Tech spoke with Peter Gibson, vice president of product and marketing for Comcast Technology Solutions, who will be exhibiting in the show's "Content Everywhere" Zone. TV Tech: Why did you choose to exhibit in the Content Everywhere Zone this year? Peter Gibson: Thematically, the Content Everywhere Zone aligns with the core mission of Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS). We are focused on helping streaming providers, broadcasters, and advertisers to manage and monetize everywhere—reliably, securely, and at scale.TVT: What will you be highlighting at your exhibit?PG: In Hall...
MovieLabs Announces Industry Forum for Media Creation
SAN FRANCISCO—MovieLabs, the technology joint venture of the major Hollywood motion picture studios, has announced the formation of a new MovieLabs Industry Forum that will be focused on designing and developing the future of professional media creation.“We’re excited to announce the MovieLabs Industry Forum and invite organizations of all sizes and across the global media creation landscape to join MovieLabs and other industry leaders in accelerating the work we are all doing to help the industry forge ahead in achieving a more secure, interoperable and efficient media creation ecosystem,” explained Richard Berger, CEO of MovieLabs.MovieLabs said that applications for membership...
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