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Audience & Distribution August 17, 2026: CBS Pittsburgh Debuts New AR/VR News Studio
TV station operations and regulatory battles this week: CBS Pittsburgh (KDKA-TV) debuted the region’s first AR/VR news studio during its 4 PM newscast on August 10, with; and Dielectric, through integrator Land Communications, completed…
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Audience & Distribution August 17, 2026: FOR-A To Highlight MixBoard, Viztrik AiDi Enhancement At IBC 2026
Broadcast technology and IBC 2026 previews this week: FOR-A will showcase MixBoard, viztrick AiDi, the FA-1616, and Hi-RDS at IBC 2026, Sept; and Vinten will demonstrate its latest manual and robotic camera support solutions at IBC 2026…
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Audience & Distribution August 17, 2026: NBCUniversal and YouTube’s Peacock Deal Is Really a Battle for the Home TV Screen
Streaming ad revenue and distribution deals this week: NBCUniversal’s expanded partnership with YouTube is being presented as a streaming distribution deal, but its larger; and Gracenote has announced a deal with Fox’s Tubi Media Group to…
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Audience & Distribution August 10, 2026: Acquire DoubleVerify Creating
Nielsen will acquire DoubleVerify for $13.60 per share in cash, a 30% premium to the 60-day VWAP, valuing the deal at roughly $2.15 billion.
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New Releases August 10, 2026: Spider-Man Brand New Day, UK won’t intervene
Streaming & Cinema New Releases this week: Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey both crossed $1 billion globally, with the MCU sequel posting a historic; and British regulators cleared Paramount’s $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros.
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SF August 10, 2026: R Martin-Backed Sci-Fi Novel Is, Stranger Things Claims All-Time Nielsen
Science Fiction this week: Silvia Park’s debut novel Luminous, which won the George R.R. Martin Sense of Wonder Scholarship and was pre-empted; and Nielsen’s H1 2026 streaming report shows Stranger Things setting an all-time record with 23.
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VFX August 10, 2026: Real-Time Location Digitalproduction, Maverick Render 2026 1 Adds
Visual Effects and CGI this week: Sonagraf Oy’s reconstruction of Tokyo’s Yoyogi Station for a film scene doubles as a rigorous case study in; and RandomControl’s Maverick Render 2026.
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Media Production August 10, 2026: IBC 2026 Riedel Communications Showcases
At IBC 2026, Riedel Communications will demonstrate an end-to-end IP production workflow via its Live Production Experience, integrating SimplyLive’s new ST 2110-capable Flex servers, MediorNet’s hybrid SDI-IP routing…
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Interactive Art August 10, 2026: exhibition where art tech, Best Outdoor Art Shows This
Interactive Art this week: Second Nature, an exhibition at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai, presents nine immersive; and Hyperallergic’s new NYC newsletter editor, Rhea, introduces MoMA PS1’s two-year courtyard commission…
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Photo & Cinema August 10, 2026: RED’s Compressed RAW, Going-Concern Warning Stays CineD, Photographic History Machine E Petapixel
Photography & Cinematography this week: Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld the invalidation of RED’s compressed RAW patent (JP 5231529), a; and Videndum’s H1 2026 results show flat like-for-like revenue of £110.