Broadband TV News

2 days ago | broadbandtvnews.com | Julian Clover

The BBC has begun a trial to establish how well its approach to low latency streaming performs in viewers’ homes. Over the next few weeks, viewers on selected devices that have opted into iPlayer’s ‘beta’ mode may see an experimental low latency stream of BBC Two when watching live on iPlayer. In a blog post Lead R&D engineer Chris Poole explained that while the delay on TV streamed over the internet had been significantly reduced, it was still around 40 seconds behind a traditional broadcast.

2 days ago | broadbandtvnews.com | Julian Clover

Ahead of NEM Dubrovnik (10-12 June 2025), Broadband TV News spoke with Sanja Božić-Ljubičić, CEO, Pickbox, Mediatranslations, Mediavision, NEM and Ivan Ljubičić, Managing Director, Mediavision and NEM. Broadband TV News: How are the ‘with ads’ offers impacting the local market? Ivan Ljubičić: The CEE market is unique, particularly due to its strong price sensitivity and the fact that, in many countries across the region, ad-supported streaming options are still largely unavailable.

3 days ago | broadbandtvnews.com | Julian Clover

RTL Deutschland and University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School have been investigating how generative artificial intelligence can be of benefit to broadcasters. An international team of MBA students from Cambridge Judge worked with RTL experts to identify and further develop new AI application fields along the entire value chain – from content planning to production and distribution to marketing.

3 days ago | broadbandtvnews.com | Julian Clover

Warner Bros Discovery shareholders have voted against a $51.9 million compensation package awarded to chief executive David Zaslav and his senior leadership team. The vote by 80% of shareholders is seen as a rebuke to Zaslav and the performance of the company, though is non-binding, meaning that Zaslav and his colleagues will likely receive their proposed packages in full. Warner Bros Discovery was formed in April 2022 from the merger of AT&T’s Warner Media and Discovery Communications.

4 days ago | broadbandtvnews.com | Julian Clover

Streaming services Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ enjoyed subscriber growth in the first quarter, but there were losses for Disney+ and NOW. The data from Barb’s Establishment Survey shows 20.1 million UK homes (67.5%) had access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service in Q1 2025. This is a slight increase from 20 million UK homes in Q4 2024.