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Media management company Red Bee Media has announced a multi-year deal with Samsung to provide rich metadata services for Samsung’s new range of Smart TVs across 13 European countries.The deal will see Red Bee Media provide rich EPG content, including localised programme descriptions and images, to power content discovery for over 2,500 channels in 23… Continue reading Red Bee to provide rich metadata for Samsung Smart TVs

According to Strategy Analytics’ estimates, 2% of UK homes can now be classified as ‘smart’ and revenues from related hardware, services and installation fees will exceed $0.5B in 2012 and grow to over $1.5B by 2017.The market for smart home systems and services in the UK is poised for growth and is set to become… Continue reading 2% of UK homes classified ‘smart’

In an effort to brighten up your Thursday night, the BBC last night rolled out the 16^th series of Silent Witness (BBC One, 9pm) specifically for those whose January blues were getting the better of them.

In the last 100 days we have seen amazing new devices bought by millions of people – with the ‘old’ devices expanding the total reach of smartphones. In the US it’s estimated that 40% of homes now have tablets; wondering what will be the next big tablet seems less useful than writing a strategy to get your brand onto the tablets already out there.

Sir Martin Sorrell’s advertising clients are heading back to Channel 4 after both sides reached a deal today.

Warc report predicts global adspend will rise by 4% in 2013 and 5.5% in 2014, ahead of the 3.9% uptick estimated for 2012. Within this, 11 of the 13 featured markets should grow this year, and all of them will next year.

Excited viewers of midweek television were treated to a second day of Stargazing Live (BBC Two, 8pm) as Dara O’ Brian and a bunch of overly enthusiastic children turned their attention to the heavens.

Watching our favourite shows is no longer a passive experience, and brands need to create content that engages if they want consumers to talk about their ads, according to Ivan Fernandes, global director, Mediacom.

A new study highlights how consumers are combining different channels to purchase goods and that different age groups have their own buying pattern – reiterating the importance of understanding buyer behaviour and the need for multichannel marketing.

BT Vision has signed a contract with Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), to bring leading TV entertainment channels, MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, to BT Vision’s fast-growing line-up of linear channels.