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AMTC NEWS
Thursday 30 July 2026 2 min 6 stories

AMTC News — 30 Jul 2026 (EN)

Today's briefing: CTV advertising earns only $0.21 per viewing hour · Netflix overtakes the BBC as viewers' first choice · HBO Max adds AI search and a Shorts feed · 5 adds eleven channels to Freely.

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AMTC News — 30 Jul 2026 (EN)

In this briefing

connected television advertising

CTV advertising earns only $0.21 per viewing hour

Omdia says connected television advertising generates only twenty-one cents per viewing hour across subscription, free and broadcaster-led streaming services.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
audience behaviour

Netflix overtakes the BBC as viewers' first choice

Ofcom finds twenty-six percent of British viewers now choose Netflix first when seeking something to watch, narrowly ahead of the BBC.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
streaming discovery

HBO Max adds AI search and a Shorts feed

HBO Max is adding conversational artificial-intelligence search and a vertical Shorts feed to help subscribers find programmes faster.

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

5 adds eleven channels to Freely

British broadcaster 5 has launched eleven streamed channels on Freely, expanding its free distribution as television viewing moves online.

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

QTV equips Commonwealth Games truck with Sony cameras

Scotland's QTV has deployed more than thirty Sony cameras in a new outside-broadcast truck working at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)
sports streaming

Dyn launches subscriptions for individual sports

German streamer Dyn will let customers subscribe to individual sports next season, separating handball, basketball, volleyball and table tennis packages.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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Full transcript
UMDIA says connected television advertising generates only 21 cents per viewing hour across subscription, free, and broadcaster-led streaming services.