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Do I need to worry about my kids eating in front of the television?
By Dr Claire Bailey Published: 20:58 EST, 24 January 2024 | Updated: 21:03 EST, 24 January 2024
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The Curse review: How reality TV culture killed the ‘real television’
Nathan Fielder’s shows have one prerequisite, if any, and that is viewers must leave their gag reflex behind. The comedian and artist from Canada has long been undersold by Comedy Central, the channel that aired his first fully-contained docudramas titled Nathan For You (2013-2017), before he went on to achieve cult status through HBO’s The…
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Data: Over half US homes watching FAST TV
Evidence-based insights and consulting company Kantar has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the US streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study uncovers the following behaviours and findings within the VoD market between October and December 2023: Video Streaming has reached near total market saturation. By December 2023, 123 million US households held at…
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TV demographic modelling partnership
datafuelX, a specialist in analytics and technology for multi-currency, cross-platform solutions, is partnering with MRI-Simmons, a provider of insights on the American consumer, to enable the scoring of device-level TV viewing data sets with age/sex propensities and other MRI-Simmons attributes for targeted advertising sales, and pre- and post-campaign reporting. This service will be offered to…
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LG Display reports Q4 profit
LG Display has reported its Q4 numbers bouncing back into positive territory with its first operating profit in seven quarters, helped by rising shipments of panels for TVs and smartphones. LG Display, a major manufacturer of display panels, reported an operating profit of 131.7 billion won (€90.2 million) for Q4 2023, compared with an operating…
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Spain’s UHD future “already proved”
Spain’s UHD Association held a briefing at the headquarters of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE) in Madrid, on the pioneering test of UHD-HDR broadcasting and next-generation audio (NGA), using 5G technology at different points of the chain, carried out in October 2023. The Association says that the event was “a milestone that opens…
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Static Waves launching VIDAA platform in Benelux, Poland
Amsterdam-based media company Static Waves and VIDAA, the streaming technology platform for Smart TVs, have partnered to launch VIDAA Channels, a FAST platform for all Hisense SmartTVs across Benelux and Poland. The platform will go live on March 1st. Static Waves and VIDAA have partnered with the local FAST channels that aims to enrich the…
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World Series Futsal lands TrillerTV+ deal
TrillerTV has announced a partnership with World Series Futsal (WSF) to stream its monthly All Star matches exclusively, live and on demand, as part of the TrillerTV+ subscription globally. The world’s best Futsal talent is represented from all over the world, with team groups representing Europe, South America, Australia and more. TrillerTV will present two…
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Ofcom: Broadband, pay-TV complaints rise
Ofcom has published the latest figures for complaints the media watchdog has received about major broadband, pay-TV, mobile and landline providers, covering the period from July to September 2023. On average, broadband, landline and pay-TV complaint volumes have increased from the previous quarter, while complaint volumes across all categories have slightly increased compared to the…
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Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations
The deadline to file the 2023 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2024, reflecting programming aired during the 2023 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of their compliance with the commercial limits in children’s programming during the 2023 calendar year must be placed in their Public Inspection File by…