"Today the Commission adopted an Action Plan to support the recovery and transformation of the media and audiovisual sector. These sectors, particularly hit by the coronavirus crisis, are essential for democracy, Europe's cultural diversity and di

New Zealand’s media sector looks set to cautiously emerge from the Covid slump, and is well positioned to report its first month of growth since March, with early SMI data for the month showing total market demand so far back just 2.2% with that data

Sinai Capital Partners said it has raised $600 million for two funds to finance impactful and social-change-oriented investments in tech, film and TV.

The Partners’ venture capital fund Sinai Ventures raised $500 million, which the company said was t

IAB Europe, the leading European-level industry association for the digital advertising and marketing ecosystem, has today released its ‘Buyer’s Guide to Digital Audio’ to help planners and buyers of media navigate the opportunities that a new world

Even after a Covid-19 vaccine, changes to how we shop, dine, work out and entertain ourselves are likely to endure

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"For months now, marketers and media buyers alike have been focused on near-term rather than long-term planning. That mindset is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. 

The near-term focus has already continued throughout the third and now th

Global majority seeks trustworthy news but may be vulnerable to disinformation

Ipsos research for the Trust Project finds limited appetite to pay for news and more confidence in one’s own acumen about the reliability of sources than in other peopl

Social media influences our political behaviour and puts pressure on our democracies, new report finds

The democratic foundations of our societies are under pressure from the influence that social media has on our political opinions and our behaviour

Roku’s stock price jumped higher on Thursday afternoon after the streaming device maker and content aggregator reported an unexpected Q3 profit and sales that ran well above Wall Street’s expectations.

For the third quarter, Roku reported that revenu

IAB Europe has been informed by the Belgian data protection authority, the APD, that it has completed an investigation into IAB Europe’s privacy and data protection practices in connection with its role as Managing Organisation of the Transparency an

Independent media consulting is a niche market where modestly-sized companies compete vigorously for their slice of a limited pie. It’s a valuable business for clients but not the most glamorous nor dynamic part of our industry. It rarely troubles th

Similar to other traditional media, radio is using data from new technologies to prove to marketers the medium is effective in selling product. A primary reason for the popularity of in-car radio listening for many advertisers has been their proximit

Andrea Coscelli, Chief Executive of the CMA, delivers a keynote speech to the annual Fordham Competition Law Institute conference on the CMA’s existing tools and a new regime to support competition and innovation in digital markets.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has affected both traditional media and online platforms. It’s not only an unprecedented economic challenge: social distancing disrupts the complete physical media value chain. It rewrites the basic rules of life, including comm

As the European Commission is digesting the (voluminous) results of its public consultation on the upcoming Digital Services Act (“DSA”) package and preparing a proposal for what is described in its “Inception Impact Assessment” as an “ex ante regula

Streaming services are increasingly vying for projects, talent, and viewers in Spain. Netflix began producing originals in Spain in 2016 and opened its first European production hub in Madrid in spring of 2019. Not to be outdone, HBO España and Amazo

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My inbox over the last few days has been filling up with emails asking for the Thinkbox view on a recent report from Samsung Ads, which reveals some interesting analysi

"Media owners must find a sweet spot in the balance between reader and advertiser revenue to be able to absorb market shocks and Bloomberg Media believes it is getting closer to that optimal business model.

According to Scott Havens, Bloomberg Media’

"When it comes to protecting users’ personal information and providing a safe online environment, social network users in the US give lower marks to Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter. According to Insider Intelligence’s annual “US Digital Trust Survey,”