Hisense has been announced as the first smart TV brand that will offer Freely, the online-only version of free-to-air service Freeview, from next year.

Some of the world’s most influential decision makers across the TV ecosystem were on stage over two days — the best bits are listed in this helpful guide.

ITV’s director of client strategy and planning Kate Waters urged the TV industry to come together to prioritise outcomes for advertisers, rather than audiences.

Editor-in-chief Omar Oakes breaks down takeaways from The Future of TV Advertising Global event alongside reporters Ella Sagar and Jack Benjamin.

Dynamic optimisation using AI should be a good thing for broadcasters’ connected TV services, but it’s uncertain whether the industry can adapt to make it happen.

ITV has restructured its audience analytics and data science into a single team led by Neil Mortensen, who has been appointed director of a new ITV Insights Group.

Are humans or AI smart enough to do contextual targeting well? ITV and Sky certainly hope so, judging from their advertising upfronts, writes the editor.

Review: ITV’s annual upfronts wanted to communicate the broadcaster ‘gets it’ by revamping its show at a new location. But a lot of the content was familiar, too, including jokes about Nigel Farage.

ITV has pledged to launch a full-service creative studio to deliver more ad-funded co-creations and encourage closer working between its commercial and creative divisions.

Broadcast video-on-demand services are not adding “any material viewing time” to advertisers’ media plans if it already includes linear TV and YouTube, consumer behaviour analysts have warned.