In today’s Digest, we discuss Apple winning fast-track access to OpenAI evidence in its trade secrets fight, Tencent raising $5.7bn through bond sales despite concerns over AI spending, and ITV’s generative AI ad tool attracting 16 first-time TV advertisers in [...]

This week, regulators stepped up scrutiny of major technology platforms, the media industry saw another significant consolidation move, and new standards emerged to address how AI systems use publishers’ content. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Brussels weighing a corporate [...]

Adam Mugridge, AVP, Creative Solutions at Nexxen Studio looks at why the home screen is the next big premium environment…

Nexxen, the advertising technology platform powered by unique data and media, today (24th September, 2026) announced that the first-to-market capability to programmatically activate native Smart TV inventory, known as Nexxen TV Home Screen, is available across EMEA. Powered by its [...]

Shirley Marschall found herself in a hotel room with only local, linear TV to keep her company. Of course, it got her thinking about the state of modern media…

In today’s Digest, we discuss The Trade Desk laying off 15% of its workforce as its CEO frames the cuts as a strategic reset, VodafoneThree launching a TV service and premium mobile tier in a UK market push, and DAZN [...]

USA TODAY FAST Channel, programmed and operated by VideoElephant FAST Managed Services, streamed Fox First Run’s Battleground Midterms with S.E. Cupp and Bill Anderson on Monday, August 31. USA TODAY’s FAST channel was the only non-Fox-related channel to carry the [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Sky agreeing to a £1.6bn deal to acquire ITV’s broadcast and streaming business, Uber pausing its European Eats expansion amid its pursuit of Delivery Hero, and Alibaba Cloud capturing 40.1% of China’s AI cloud market.

Today (23rd June, 2026), Universal Ads, Comcast’s self-service advertising platform for the premium TV industry, has officially launched in the UK in partnership with Channel 4, ITV and Sky. The launch, first unveiled by the cohort at Cannes Lions 2025, [...]

New York Post Media Group (NYPMG), home of The New York Post, The California Post, Page Six, Page Six Hollywood, and Decider, is launching a new FAST channel in collaboration with VideoElephant Fast Managed Services. The deal expands VideoElephant's longstanding [...]