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European Production is Back on the Growth Track (Senal News)

A new study revealed that 2022 marked the second-highest production level of feature films produced in the EU and UK, with an estimated total of 1,951 feature films.... More

The Kitchen Unveils New Dolby Atmos Suite in Turkey (TTV)

The Kitchen introduced the new Dolby Atmos suite at The Kitchen, located at The Kitchen Turkey in Ankara. The latest version of Dolby Atmos gives them superior mixing capabilities ... More

Danske Bank Invests in Cloud Technology, Signs a Multiyear Agreement with AWS

Danske Bank will migrate selected infrastructure, applications, and data, including systems for personal, business and institutional customers, to AWS. (more…)... More

BBC Studios and SABC Launch BBC Primetime in South Africa (DTVE)

BBC Primetime will feature a curated selection of dramas, factual entertainment and documentaries from the BBC Studios’ catalogue. ... More

Shepperton Studios Becomes World’s Second Largest Studio (Broadcast)

Home to Amazon MGM Studios and Netflix, the complex includes 31 purpose-built sound stages, workshops and production space. The expansion added 17 sound stages, 548,000 sq ft of pr... More

WBD Streamer Max Unveils Three French Dramas Ahead of Launch (TBI)

Warner Bros. Discovery’s streamer Max has ordered three scripted shows from France, marking the first commissions from the country for the service ahead of an expected launch lat... More

What’s Driving Streaming and Music Discovery? Luminate’s Trends Report Has the Answers (InsideRadio)

What was No. 56 among the most streamed audio tracks in the US in 2023? If you guessed any song from the past year – make that, past three years – keep going back. It was Fleet... More

Globo Presents its Releases and Scripted Formats at MIPTV (TTV)

Globo will showcase its latest releases and highlights, such as the series 'The End' and The Others', at MIPTV, the festival in Cannes that brings together major names in the enter... More

How Women Shape AI at SAP

Here, five SAP employees share about their roles, motivations, and tips for anyone wanting to step into AI. ... More

DAZN Introduces PGA Tour Pass in MENA and Southeast Asia (DTVE)

DAZN’s PGA Tour Pass will feature four live and exclusive feeds — Main Feed, Marquee Group, Featured Groups and Featured Holes. The PGA Tour FAST channel comes off the back of ... More

Warner Bros. Discovery to Launch Max in Europe on May 21 (Senal News)

Warner Bros. Discovery announced that Max, its enhanced streaming service, will launch in the first European countries beginning 21st May, Max will become available across the Nord... More

Beyond Broadcast: New Approaches for Localised Digital Advertising (Synamedia Blog)

Addressable ads have shown to get 20% more active attention and improve recall by 10%. For broadcasters, achieving a granular segmentation can be challenging with their existing de... More

Four Scottish Universities to Benefit from £1B Investment in New Technologies (FutureScot)

Four Scottish universities will benefit from a UK-wide £1 billion investment in new technologies including AI, green tech, quantum computing, semiconductors and telecoms.The unive... More

Cognizant and Google Cloud Expand AI Partnership to Drive Software Development Productivity

Cognizant will adopt Gemini for Google Cloud in two ways: first, by training Cognizant associates to use Gemini for software development assistance; and second, Cognizant is integr... More

NAB 2024: Vubiquity Addresses Global Distribution and Media Supply Chain

Solutions and service experts will be on hand at the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 14 – 17, 2024 to discuss Vubiquity Media Supply Chain services which include AI/ML-dri... More

ITV Triples UK Oscars Viewing (Advanced Television)

In total, the combined reach of all of ITV1 and ITVX’s Oscars content offerings – including exclusive red carpet and behind-the-scenes moments – hit 5.2 million viewers, 7-da... More

BBC Studios Acquires Spanish Prodco Brutal Media (TTV)

The addition of Brutal to its growing Global Entertainment production network will enable BBC Studios to respond to the increased appetite for BBC content from Spanish audiences an... More

Cermaq Extends Collaboration with Cognizant to Further Enhance Operational Efficiencies

The renewal comes after an existing ten-year relationship between the two companies which has enabled Cognizant to reliably act as a strategic ally on Cermaq's path towards digital... More

Irdeto: 53% of Service Providers Face Subscription Churn (Digital TV Europe)

The Irdeto/Caretta study also showed super aggregation was a major focus for service providers, with many of them prioritising content aggregation and a unified user experience. Ho... More

Disney+ Moves Into Soap Operas, Eyes ‘Commercial Chic’ Shows (TBI)

Disney+ is moving into soap operas with a 70-episode scripted series out of Spain amongst a clutch of originals unveiled by the streamer at Series Mania.... More

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