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Category: Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts
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Audience & Distribution September 21, 2026: Screen Producers Australia joins global push to protect local stories (Tvcentral.Au)
Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts this week: Screen Producers Australia has joined 22 international screen groups calling on governments to protect domestic; and Roku is introducing a customizable set of bundles with 30 new…
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Audience & Distribution September 14, 2026: Fabric Data, TMT Insights Merge to Create Fabric Insights
Fabric Data and TMT Insights are merging to form Fabric Insights, a company combining authoritative data, software, automation, and transformation expertise under one roof.
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Audience & Distribution September 14, 2026: TV Skyline Becomes The World’s First Ultrix FR30 Customer
IBC2026 Product Launches and Tech Partnerships this week: Ross Video has announced that TV Skyline, a leading German broadcast and media services provider, is the world’s; and Grass Valley announced AVORA, a new standalone all-in-one live…
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Audience & Distribution September 14, 2026: Jimmy Kimmel Shifts Political Interview to YouTube Over FCC Worries
Jimmy Kimmel announced that his Sept. 10 interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will stream on YouTube rather than air on TV, citing FCC pressure over political equal-time rules.
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Audience & Distribution September 7, 2026: Australians could get an algorithm ‘off switch’ as federal government prepares new social media laws – The Australia Today (Theaustraliatoday.Au)
Regulatory and Copyright Enforcement in Media this week: The Albanese Government is preparing a Digital Duty of Care framework that would require social media platforms to; and The Nigerian Copyright Commission seized pirated books with a…
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Audience & Distribution August 31, 2026: The Trade Desk forges metadata pact with Nielsen’s Gracenote
Ad tech and platform shifts: Nielsen, Google, Meta, and more this week: Gracenote and The Trade Desk have formed a partnership that will bring Gracenote’s programming intelligence into; and Google is expanding the number and specificity…
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Audience & Distribution August 31, 2026: Cable TV subscriptions fall below 50% of U.S. homes as streaming dominates
Cable TV subscriptions have fallen below 50 percent of U.S. households for the first time, down from 88 percent in 2010, according to Leichtman Research Group and CableCompare. Streaming now accounts for 47.
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Audience & Distribution August 24, 2026: YouTube’s new view-counting system explained: Why public views will rise from August 24
YouTube will change its public view-counting system on August 24, 2026, counting a view as soon as a video starts playing, including from its first frame.
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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…