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Cannes is calling! The UpTalkTV team will be on the ground next week to talk about how publishers and brands can finally own the second-screen experience for TV. Please reach out if you are around—we'd love to connect and catch up. #CannesLions2026 #Innovation #TV #VideoWeekLive

The UK’s under-16 social ban is a crisis for how live TV, reality formats, and sports engage audiences. For years, broadcasters have outsourced their community engagement to third-party apps—and for youth and families, that loop is now legally broken. This ban pushes broadcasters to own the second screen rather than rent it. I'm very grateful to have been able to share my thoughts in the latest VideoWeek feature on how this forces a shift away from external platforms and accelerates the value of building resilient, compliant engagement within the publisher’s own environment. #Broadcasting #CTV #SocialMediaBan UpTalkTV #AudienceEngagement

Scaling a global platform requires a deep understanding of the media ecosystem. To help us and our partners navigate this landscape and maximise value, we are proud to welcome Francis Turner to the UpTalkTV Advisory Board. As the Co-Founder of native advertising platform and SSP ADYOULIKE, he successfully scaled the business internationally and led its commercial strategy through to its acquisition by OpenWeb. That experience is exactly what we need as we build scalable monetisation for our partners — connecting cross-device TV engagement to first-party data and bringing it to market through our shoppable formats and interactive sponsorships. Your shows. Your revenue. Welcome Francis! #UpTalkTV #AdTech #Programmatic #NativeAdvertising #InteractiveTV

UpTalkTV is partnering with VideoWeek Live in Cannes and we are looking forward to discussing how we can modernise the TV viewing experience. Reach out if you are going to be around - let's connect! #VWCannes2026 #Cannes #Broadcasting #SocialTV #CTV

Day two at NAB Show and the pace hasn’t slowed. Great to meet so many people across the ecosystem today including Marc Hoenig, Amagi, Kiel Fox Magnifi and Ed New, YoSpace. Conversations continuing to point in a very clear direction of travel - Real-time metadata as the foundation for what comes next. Not just as infrastructure, but as the enabler of truly contextual engagement and advertising, delivered in the moment, as content unfolds. For sports in particular, this is where things get powerful. The ability to respond to live moments, align messaging to context, and move beyond static delivery is becoming a clear priority. And just like day one, there’s a real willingness to partner. To connect the dots across broadcasters, streamers and technology to make this work in practice. Two days in, and it’s clear: the shift to real-time, context-driven TV is here. Who works in Vegas? We do! Timothy Rudder Deivydas Šabaras 😎

Day one at NAB Show 2026 in Vegas done! For a strong signal of where TV is heading, this is the place to be. Across conversations, one thing is clear: the industry is actively looking for partners to help solve real challenges for broadcasters and streaming services, not just technology for the sake of it, but solutions that genuinely move the experience forward. Content and chat was all about TV becoming more interactive and more connected across screens. From multi-screen engagement to creator-led content, there’s a growing recognition that the future of TV isn’t passive, it’s participatory. And that opens up a whole new layer of opportunity for publishers to engage audiences and unlock new value. Here’s to a busy, sunny day filled with brilliant conversations, spontaneous meetings, lively happy hours… and even basketball competitions at the entrance 🏀👏 Great to catch up with Manuel Bergerot and Julien Boyreau at Broadpeak , and David Steinacher at Bitmovin . More to come over the next few days..

From London to Las Vegas 🇬🇧➡️🇺🇸 After a packed week at New Video Frontiers, the UpTalkTV team has landed at NAB Show 2026 and we’re ready. We look forward to talking with partners and peers across the industry. One theme already coming through in conversations: The future of TV isn’t just what you watch, it’s what you can do with it. The interactive and social layer is changing the role TV plays from passive viewing to active participation. That’s where we’re focused. If you’re in Vegas and exploring how to make TV and video more engaging and measurable, we’d love to connect!

Kicking off day 2 at New Video Frontiers was a true highlight for UpTalkTV today! A big thank you to the VideoWeek team for inviting our Co-founder and CEO Timothy Rudder to present our innovative, interactive technology that’s disrupting the TV+ space, for all the right reasons. If you were inspired to add a social layer to your broadcast / CTV offering, get in touch! We are bridging the gap between a viewers phone and their TV, to turn every broadcast into a live, shared experience. The future is bright and interactive! uptalktv.com

As the Innovation Partner for #NVF2026, we will be shouting from the rooftops about the real and immediate opportunity for TV to embrace the second screen! Our very own Timothy Rudder will be opening the Main Stage on day two focusing on why TV should own the viewer relationship and build a modern, interactive experience. #NVF2026 #UpTalkTV #Innovation