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NewsOnce Upon a Time in Northern Ireland and All that Breathes Lead Grierson Winners
The Grierson Trust has announced the winners of the 2023 British Documentary Awards in association with All3Media.
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NewsNetflix Ad Tier Hits 15m Monthly Users
Netflix says it has reached 15 million global monthly active users for its cheaper, ad-supported tier.
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NewsParamount to Combine My5 and Pluto TV Platforms in UK
Paramount is to combine Channel 5’s broadcast video-on-demand (BVOD) service My5 with its FAST service Pluto TV in the UK in 2024.
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NewsGB News signs former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is joining GB News as a presenter, programme maker and commentator.
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NewsDisney to Sell India Operation to Rival Reliance Industries - Reports
Disney is reportedly set to sell its India operations to local rival Reliance Industries which is controlled by billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani.
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NewsApple TV+ Hikes Streaming Prices
Apple TV+ has become the latest streaming service to raise its the subscription price.
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NewsNetflix Exceeds Expectations with Near-9m Subscriber Rise
Netflix added 8.76 million global subscribers in the third quarter, taking its total subscriptions to 247.15 million.
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NewsWBD Max European Launch Set for 2024
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is to launch its Max streaming service in 22 European countries in Spring 2024, followed by launches in France and Belgium later in the year.
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NewsBBC Blames Soap Cancellation on ‘Super Inflation’ in Drama Production
The BBC has cancelled daytime soap Doctors after 23 years on air, blaming ‘super inflation in drama production.”
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NewsGerman Broadcasters ARD and ZDF Launch Streaming Network
German broadcasters ARD and ZDF have officially launched a joint streaming network which allows viewers to watch their shows on either of their platforms.
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NewsITV Launches Linear Addressable TV Ad Offer
ITV has started offering linear addressable advertising across its ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and ITVBe networks in YouView homes, opening up addressable targeting for advertisers in live broadcast viewing across 1.3 million households.
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NewsMeta Rolls out Generative AI Tools for Advertisers
Meta Platforms has begun rolling out generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can create content like image backgrounds and variations of written text for all advertisers.
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NewsGlobal Streamer Content Spend Up 7% to $42bn
The major global streaming platforms will invest $42bn in original and acquired film and TV content in 2023, according to research by Ampere Analysis.
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NewsSports Rights Ownership Fragments as Western Market Spend hits $35bn
Broadcast rights to popular sports competitions are increasingly being split across a growing number of services in major Western markets, according to research from Ampere Analysis.
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NewsAmazon to Introduce Ads for Prime Video Streaming
Amazon Prime Video is to introduce adverts to its streaming service in 2024.
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NewsUK broadcasters team to launch live TV streaming service Freely
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have collaborated on the development of Freely, a new free TV service that will deliver live TV over broadband.
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NewsStreaming homes in Western Europe set to overtake North America in 2024
The number of households taking at least one subscription OTT service in Western Europe is set to surpass North America next year, with the UK and Germany driving much of the growth.
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NewsPact Census: TV production revenues hit all time high in 2022
TV sector revenues reached their highest ever levels in the UK in 2022, according to the annual 2023 Pact Census.
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NewsIBC2023: Sports streaming - ‘Critical to monetise younger viewers’
A key challenge facing sports streaming services is harnessing the potential of younger sports fans, that was the view of a panel of experts in sports streaming, speaking at the IBC2023 Content Everywhere stage.
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NewsIBC2023: Omdia – Value of Gaming IP is Rocketing
At a premium delegate session at IBC2023 in Amsterdam, Maria Rua Aguete, Technology Fellow and Executive Director, Media, Service Providers & Platforms, Omdia, unveiled the research company’s latest report on gaming IP, drawing the audience’s attention to a series of factors that are combining to super-charge the market.
