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Friday 24 July 2026 3 min 7 stories

AMTC News — 24 Jul 2026 (EN)

Today's briefing: Yospace stitches 11.57 billion World Cup ads · EU clears Paramount-Warner merger with conditions · Fransat begins shift from HD equipment to UHD · CMA opens comments on the Sky-ITV deal.

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AMTC News — 24 Jul 2026 (EN)

In this briefing

advertising technology

Yospace stitches 11.57 billion World Cup ads

Yospace stitched a record eleven point five seven billion addressable advertisements into live streams during the twenty twenty-six FIFA World Cup.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)
media consolidation

EU clears Paramount-Warner merger with conditions

The European Commission has conditionally approved Paramount Skydance's proposed one hundred ten billion dollar acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
distribution

Fransat begins shift from HD equipment to UHD

French satellite platform Fransat will phase out support for its HD equipment from October as it moves customers toward HEVC and Ultra HD.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
media consolidation

CMA opens comments on the Sky-ITV deal

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority is inviting comments on the proposed Sky and ITV transaction before deciding whether to open a formal investigation.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
production technology

Sony introduces the compact FX5 cinema camera

Sony's new compact FX5 cinema camera records five-K at sixty frames per second and four-K at up to one hundred twenty.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)
vertical video

S4C commissions a second vertical drama

Welsh broadcaster S4C has commissioned a second vertical drama for TikTok, extending its digital-first strategy after the format's initial success.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
live production

Riedel RefCam makes its international debut

And Riedel's referee camera made its international debut over a private five-G network during the Germany versus Ghana friendly.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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Full transcript
Jaspos stitched a record 11.7 billion addressable advertisements into live streams during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.