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Comcast Technology Solutions Folds Ateme's Encoding and OTT Stack Into Media360
Comcast Technology Solutions Folds Ateme's Encoding and OTT Stack Into Media360 Comcast Technology Solutions will integrate Ateme's TITAN video compression, NEA OTT delivery and monetisation platform, and Ateme+ SaaS services into its Comcast Media360 managed-services platform for live encoding and distribution. Framed as a framework for ongoing joint development of cloud-native and AI-enabled live media services, the deal will be showcased at IBC 2026 on 11-14 September and follows CTS's launch of six AI workflow applications two days earlier.
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Arte Plans Expansion From 7 to 24 Languages in Pan-European Streaming Push
Arte Plans Expansion From 7 to 24 Languages in Pan-European Streaming Push Arte president Bruno Patino said the Franco-German public broadcaster intends to expand its streaming platform from seven languages — Romanian was added most recently — to at least 24 in the coming years, integrating further EU territories. The ambition positions Arte as a genuinely pan-European public streaming service.
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Kaltura and Verimatrix Partner on OTT and Cloud TV Content Protection
Kaltura and Verimatrix Partner on OTT and Cloud TV Content Protection Kaltura and Verimatrix announced a partnership combining Kaltura's Cloud TV platform with Verimatrix's DRM and security capabilities to provide enhanced protection for OTT and Cloud TV services. The deal lands a week before IBC, as streaming vendors increasingly bundle security into platform offers rather than leaving it to third-party integrations.
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Quickplay Launches AI-Powered Live Operations Platform Ahead of IBC
Quickplay Launches AI-Powered Live Operations Platform Ahead of IBC Quickplay unveiled Live Operations, a cloud-native control plane that centralises scheduling and EPG management, SCTE-35 ad-break signalling, automated VOD fallback and live-to-VOD clipping for broadcasters and FAST channel operators. The platform layers AI-enriched orchestration over live channel workflows and debuts at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam on 11-14 September.
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Prime Video Claims 17 Million Monthly Ad-Supported Viewers in Germany as Programming Chief Exits
Prime Video Claims 17 Million Monthly Ad-Supported Viewers in Germany as Programming Chief Exits At a Berlin advertiser event, Prime Video Germany disclosed it now reaches more than 17 million monthly ad-supported viewers, presenting a 2026/27 slate anchored by LOL: Last One Laughing and a first Sat.1 co-production. The company also confirmed programming chief Philip Pratt has left, with no successor named.
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Netflix Expands Atresmedia Alliance, Folding Spanish Drama Label Into Its Library
Netflix Expands Atresmedia Alliance, Folding Spanish Drama Label Into Its Library Netflix announced an enhanced partnership with Atresmedia giving it expanded access to the Spanish group's drama output, with the Series Atresmedia label integrated into Netflix's streaming library. Equipo de investigación arrives on 5 September, with further programming following from 7 September.
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Isba and Ebiquity: Total TV Drives 54% of Advertising Profit Despite Fragmentation
Isba and Ebiquity: Total TV Drives 54% of Advertising Profit Despite Fragmentation An Ebiquity analysis of more than £100 million of UK TV investment, conducted with advertiser body Isba, found that 'total TV' — linear, BVOD, SVOD, CTV and YouTube combined — drives 54% of media-driven advertising profit. That matches the headline finding of Thinkbox's 2024 Profit Ability 2 study, which defined TV narrowly as linear and BVOD only.
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The Trade Desk Cuts 15% of Its Workforce as Revenue Decline Looms
The Trade Desk Cuts 15% of Its Workforce as Revenue Decline Looms CEO Jeff Green told staff on 3 September that The Trade Desk would shed about 15% of its 3,843-person global workforce — roughly 575 jobs — effective the next day, reorganising remaining teams into smaller pods. Q2 revenue grew just 3% to $715 million and Q3 guidance of at least $650 million implies a 12% year-on-year drop, the first decline in the DSP's history as a public company, though Green points to $1.5 billion in cash and no debt.
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Netflix Raises UK Prices Across All Tiers, With the Ad Plan Up 33%
Netflix Raises UK Prices Across All Tiers, With the Ad Plan Up 33% Netflix increased UK subscription prices effective immediately, lifting Standard with Ads from £5.99 to £7.99 a month — a 33% jump — and ad-free Standard from £12.99 to £13.99, with the Premium tier also rising. The move extends the device and streaming price wave seen from Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV and Google TV in recent weeks.
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Disney+ and M6 Strike Content, Pluto TV and Ad-Sales Alliance in France
Disney+ and M6 Strike Content, Pluto TV and Ad-Sales Alliance in France Disney+ signed a deal with Groupe M6 bringing four flagship M6 formats — Scènes de ménages, En famille, Mariés au premier regard and The Power, several hundred episodes in all — to the platform from 25 September 2026, extending a 30-year relationship. The agreement also puts dedicated M6 channels on Pluto TV, embeds a branded Pluto TV area inside M6+, and includes an advertising sales tie-up between the two groups.
