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PlayBox Neo Maintains a Strong Presence Across the World Showcasing Latest Innovations across APAC, MENA, America throughout 2025
PlayBox Neo Highlights Strategic Visibility at Key Industry Events 26 June 2025, Sofia, Bulgaria – PlayBox Neo is only half way through the year and has already experienced sustained demand for the company’s wide range of smart media solutions, reporting yet another...

Meeri Cunniff to Lead Programming for FX, Freeform Networks and Disney Entertainment FAST Channels
Disney appointed the exec to develop platform strategies that maximize viewership and engagement Disney and ABC News Group have appointed Meeri Cunniff to oversee the content planning and programming strategy for FX Networks, Freeform and Disney Entertainment’s free...

Netflix Is the New Cable TV. Its Major Deal in France Marks the Next Step
By inking a pact with French broadcaster TF1 to carry its live sports, drama series and reality shows, the streaming giant is evolving into a giant aggregator — that looks a lot like the Pay TV interface of old. Netflix may entice its subscribers to chill, but the...

Disney Plans Virtual ‘Concession Stand,’ ‘Storefronts’ for Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Streamers
Choosing a Marvel, Star Wars or FX program when surfing Hulu or Disney+? Pretty easy. Adding shopping into the mix? Not always so. Disney hopes to meld streaming and selecting by adding new virtual “storefronts” to its popular broadband venues that will allow viewers...

A Rental Company Changed Its Shared Storage Offering From Spindles to Flash with the MiniDDP24DF and MicroDDPs
A success for all parties Some years ago The rental company has been a DDP customer for a long time and started using DDP systems based on hard drives. Their customers are worldwide and range from storage for MTV Awards and Tomorrowland to corporate presentations for...

Multichannel Ingest and Postproduction With DDP, Streaming Concerts With a Multichannel DDP
Since the pandemic more and more symphonic orchestras stream concerts. In this case the orchestra had installed eight remotely controlled cameras to stream the orchestra and to zoom in to groups and soloists. Each camera uses AVC Ultra (100MB/s). They needed a 1PB...

Tegna Announces Local News Expansion
The broadcaster is adding more than 100 hours of new daily programming across 50+ markets with dedicated 7-9 a.m. streaming programming to meet increased demand for local coverage on connected TV platforms. Tegna Inc. today announced that its stations will be...

YouTube Shorts Now Averages 200 Billion Daily Views
CEO Neal Mohan also shares that AI model Veo 3 will be coming to the social media platform this summer YouTube has crossed another major milestone. The platform’s short-form video offering YouTube Shorts is now averaging 200 billion daily views, according to CEO Neal...

Acorn TV Reaches New Viewership Highs In May With Month-Long Murder Mystery Event, Fueling Growth For ‘Harry Wild’ & ‘The Brokenwood Mysteries’
Acorn TV saw its best performance ever last month thanks to the launch of the the month-long programming event Murder Mystery May. Deadline can exclusively reveal that the streamer surpassed 20M monthly hours watched for the very first time, according to data from...

‘The Pitt,’ ‘Nobody Wants This,’ ‘Only Murders in The Building’ Publicity Campaigns Win at 2025 TPEC Awards
TPEC (Television Publicity Executive Committee) has announced the recipients of the annual 2025 TPEC Awards, honoring publicity campaigns across television. The TPEC Awards were held in Los Angeles, where the ceremony recognized individual achievement, including this...