Subscription streaming’s first boom period, which lasted roughly from 2019 to 2021, was “based on the false premise of exclusivity,” said a panelist. It also was “about convenience.” Now that content owners are more readily licensing titles out to multiple players and no longer hell-bent on clawing back exclusive rights, a new model and orientation toward relevance can assert itself.
Four Big Questions About Gen AI
With AI advancements proliferating and its role in media growing, media companies should step back and ask some key questions about the data being used to fuel its advancements.
Television usage increased 1.7% in December to its highest levels since January 2023, but the biggest jump came from video-game consoles, with streaming, broadcast and cable all losing share, Nielsen said. Broadcast viewing fell 4.3% — the first drop since July — and its share of TV usage dropped to 23.5% from 24.9% in November. Sports represented 28.5% of broadcast viewing. Compared to a year ago, broadcast usage was down 5.9%. Cable usage was up 1.3% but cable’s share of viewing dipped to 28.2% from 28.3% in November.
Per a company press release, Blackbird plc, the technology licensor, developer and seller of the cloud-native video editing platform, Blackbird, announced that its new creator SaaS product, Elevate.io, is on […]
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a president and CEO, a broadcast maintenance technician and a remote traffic coordinator.
As AI generators like Midjourney are increasingly able to replicate movies frame by frame, it won’t be long until they can re-create the Avengers: Endgame with an alternate finale. Will Hollywood just let that happen?
SMPTE, the association for media professionals, technologists and engineers, announced new membership benefits starting this year. These changes, the group says, “reflect the needs of the SMPTE community and include […]
TAG Video Systems, a global provider of software-based IP monitoring and visualization solutions, has formed a partnership with Amagi, an international provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected […]
IBC is now accepting entries of technical papers for the IBC 2024 Conference. IBC is for the quality, timeliness and innovative subject matter of its Technical Papers. The event is […]
Founded in 1912, the City Club of Cleveland, is one of the oldest independent free speech forums, renowned for its tradition of debate and discussion. When the organization moved to a […]
Replica Studios, an artificial intelligence voice technology company, and The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced a “groundbreaking” AI voice agreement during an event at CES. This new […]
Marshall Electronics has released its VS-PTC-300 PTZ camera controller, providing the ability to manage multiple protocols, including NDI, RS232/RS422/RS485 and IP, VISCA over IP and ONVIF. The VS-PTC-300 IP POE PTZ […]
Manifold Technologies, provider of service-oriented software solutions for Tier-1 live broadcast says its Manifold Cloud software-based, live production router, multiviewer and audio/video processing software is the recipient of the 2023 Digital Media World’s Gold Award in the […]
PureIntegration, an IT and ad tech consultancy and software solutions provider, has launched a new SaaS offering that automates the classification and compliance review process for video advertising content. The cloud-based […]
Pearl TV, the consortium of U.S. broadcast companies leading the nation’s transition to NextGen TV and its network partners, congratulated TCL’s participation in the NextGen TV transition and its new […]
Roxi, the U.K. based music video service launching in the U.S. in the first quarter, is working with Sinclair to orchestrate three interactive music video channels using the new ATSC 3.0 technology early this year. Sinclair is handling advertising sales and other business and technical aspects of the channel, including distributing it in markets where Sinclair does not own TV stations.
Fox Releases Verify, An Open-Source AI Content Solution
Fox Corp. has unveiled Verify, a technical protocol available on an open-source basis that lets media companies register their content and grant usage rights to AI platforms along with enabling consumers to verify content authenticity.
A congressional committee made the demand of the Commerce Department after the New York Times reported on concerns among U.S. intelligence officials over the Emirati company, G42.
Another television manufacturer is joining the NextGen TV bandwagon, with the announcement on Monday that TCL is planning new TV models equipped with integrated NextGen TV capability. More than 100 NextGen […]
In the hands of anonymous internet users, AI tools can create waves of harassing and racist material. It’s already happening on the anonymous message board 4chan.