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VMO2, Hubbub award £500k to e-waste projects
Some of the UK’s most innovative projects which tackle electronic waste and support digital inclusion are being awarded a share of £500,000 (€584,441) from Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Time After Time fund. Eight winning projects have been selected from more than 120 entries by a panel of judges including TV presenter and environmentalist George…
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Max begins European roll out
Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) Max, streaming service is now officially live in 20 countries across the Nordics, Iberia, and Central and Eastern Europe. The countries include Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. Max offers subscribers an…
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Report: Over 1,940 FAST channels in US
A report from FASTMaster – a source of FAST data and analysis in the US created by industry thought leader Gavin Bridge – reveals that not only are there the biggest number of FAST Channels in the US to date, but even though the medium has matured, it is still growing. In addition to presenting…
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Channel 4, YouTube team to cover 2024 Paralympics
Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube channel will broadcast every single televised moment of live sport from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The announcement of the new partnership comes with 100 days to go until the first day of competition. Channel 4 – the official UK media partner for the Games – is enhancing its long-standing partnership with…
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MPs: ‘Big tech, social media information failures’
Ahead of the Ministerial evidence session for its inquiry on Defending Democracy with the Minister for Security, Tom Tugendhat and the Secretary of State (DSIT) Michelle Donelan, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) of the UK Houses of Parliament has published the final pieces of written evidence received from big tech and…
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The Rundown: How Amazon is wooing publishers to bolster its $50 billion ad business
Amazon Advertising’s revenue neared $47 billion last year, up from 24% compared to 12 months earlier, with analysts suggesting its media earnings growth now outpaces Facebook and Google. An eMarketer forecast maintains the e-commerce giant’s advertising revenue will top $67 billion by 2025, and earlier this week at Amazon Publisher Services’ summit, it revealed new…
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How sending fewer emails and content previews improved The New Yorker’s newsletter engagement
The New Yorker has refocused its newsletter strategy in an effort to retain its cohort of 1.2 million paid subscribers and grow its audience beyond that — by sending fewer emails. Last August, The New Yorker began sending newsletters less frequently and giving paid subscribers early access to content in their inboxes. As a result,…
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Channel 5 scores Stormy Daniels doc
Channel 5 has secured the first UK exclusive rights to air documentary Stormy – a documentary telling the story of Stormy Daniels in her own words. The programme is produced by Sarah Gibson and Erin Lee Carr, the duo behind the hit documentary Britney vs Spears. Stormy delves into the compelling and controversial story of…
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‘We got the energy’: Irish children’s rap video goes viral
The Spark, a song created by a group of nine-to-12-year-olds including refugees, has amassed 8.6m views It is called The Spark and has been declared the song of the summer – a viral sensation from a group of children in Ireland who filmed the video in a day. Since launching on 15 May, the song…
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‘We got the energy’: Irish children’s rap video goes viral
The Spark, a song created by a group of nine-to-12-year-olds including refugees, has amassed 8.6m views It is called The Spark and has been declared the song of the summer – a viral sensation from a group of children in Ireland who filmed the video in a day. Since launching on 15 May, the song…