Warner Bros. is in business with Mick Jagger, thanks to a first-look development deal for up to seven narrative podcasts from the Rolling Stone singer’s Rainy Day Podcasts. Under the terms of the deal, Rainy Day will produce a slate of up to seven new podcast series stemming from original intellectual property. Projects may span […]
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605 Earns Third-Party SOC 3 Security Certification Compliance
TV measurement and analytics firm 605 announced that Audience App, built for Charter Communications, has achieved service organization control 3 (“SOC 3”) compliance. Audience App uses anonymized and aggregated subscriber viewing data, combined with third-party consumer data, to target specific consumer attributes. An independent SOC 3 audit and review performed by KPMG LLP determined that […]
Ampersand Launches The AND Platform, a Solution for Audience-Based TV Advertising
Ampersand, the data-driven TV advertising sales and technology company, announced the launch of The AND Platform, a TV ad planning, buying and measurement platform for audience-based TV advertising with reach across 85 million households, 120 cable networks and more than 55 percent of all addressable households. The AND Platform is the first advanced TV platform […]
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Streaming Premieres: The Week of January 26
January 27 YouTube: Justin Bieber: Seasons January 29 Netflix: Next in Fashion, Night on Earth, Omniscient, Close Enemies January 30 Netflix: The Stranger, Ainori Love Wagon: African Journey January 31 Amazon: Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, All or Nothing: CBF Netflix: Luna Nera, Ragnorak, BoJack Horseman
Audity Strikes a Production Partnership With Spotify
Audity, the audio company under the Asylum Entertainment Group banner, struck a production partnership with Spotify. Under the deal, Audity will produce podcasts and audio-forward content across all scripted and unscripted genres for Spotify’s audience. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Audity and AEG to bring their podcasts and projects to Spotify’s global audience […]
HLN Set to Launch Its First Podcast
HLN’s first podcast, Down The Hill: The Delphi Murders, launches Wednesday, February 5. Hosted by HLN producers Barbara MacDonald and Drew Iden, the eight-chapter series will look at multiple aspects of the horrific crime that took the lives of adolescent girls Abigail Williams and Liberty German in the small town of Delphi, Indiana three years […]
The Beginning of the End for Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars returns to Disney+ with 12 new episodes, starting February 21. The new Clone Wars episodes will continue the storylines introduced in the original series, exploring the events leading up to Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Created by George Lucas, with Dave Filoni as Executive Producer/Supervising Director, Star Wars: The Clone Wars stars […]
Kaltura Acquires Newrow to Deliver New Meeting Experiences
Video cloud Kaltura has acquired video conferencing and collaboration platform Newrow, founded in 2016, for an undisclosed amount. “The acquisition of Newrow kicks-off an exciting year for Kaltura, as we broaden our Meeting Solutions Experiences,” said Ron Yekutiel, Kaltura Co-founder, Chairman and CEO. “To date, different enterprise video conferencing and collaboration tools have catered to […]
DoubleVerify Launches CTV Certification for Programmatic Platforms
DoubleVerify, a software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, announced at connected TV Targeting Certification for programmatic platforms, designed to protect advertisers from fraud and invalid traffic in the CTV space. “DV has developed the most comprehensive and accurate CTV fraud identification in the industry, identifying millions of devices and hundreds of applications […]
ABC News’ ‘20/20’ Announces Multipart Podcast on Man Who Killed His Business Partner
Strange email messages following the disappearance of Christopher Smith led to the revelation that his business partner, Edward Shin, had murdered him, then covered it up. A two-hour 20/20 broadcast and multipart podcast tell the story of how authorities connected the dots to get Shin sent to prison for life. ABC News chief national correspondent […]
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