Barb is now measuring Rakuten TV.The streaming service says it is now speaking the same measurement language as the wider industry.

The measurement vendor has introduced IAS Total TV to ensure media buyers understand genre, age rating, language, channel classification and more across streaming TV.

The broadcaster will harness talent to generate interest in every team, is launching a tournament companion app, and will use recommendations to keep light ITVX viewers on the platform.

Stagwell Curate takes care of inventory curation and deals. It should improve programmatic auction win rates for advertisers buying CTV.

CTV’s true value will only be realised through better data and a smarter strategy. Household-level insights provide the missing piece of the jigsaw, writes Outra’s Graham Field.

Out-of-market YouTube creators have the chance to dub their videos into more languages. This could mean extra competition for existing content owners.

A study from Gracenote found that this age group rates chatbot services as superior to streaming and cable user interfaces and programme guides when seeking TV and movies.

One customer of the channel creation software vendor will launch channels this quarter where programme scheduling is being performed by AI.

The national broadcasting service is using the Leyra streaming platform to reach smart TVs initially. The company wanted to minimise the cost of streaming.

Subscriber retention has become a priority for streaming services and the subscriber management vendor has introduced four AI agents to make this easier.