Digital TV News: IMDb
Roku's new Roku Pro Series televisions now available
Apr 10, 2024 – Roku (Nasdaq: ROKU) has announced that its Roku Pro Series televisions are now available. The TVs combine picture innovations and a new Voice Remote Pro with Roku's operating system.
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Roku, Chris Larson,, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, USA, UX
Project launched to improve entertainment metadata management and delivery
Sep 13, 2023 – Fabric is collaborating with IMDb, FOX, Paramount, ITV, EIDR and Xperi on the Authenticated Data Specification (ADS) Accelerator Project, aiming to improve the management and delivery of accurate metadata for content.
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Fabric, Tuncay Pervaz, Big Data, Digital TV, IBC2023, Worldwide
iKO Media Group launches iKOGUIDE TV guide editor
May 10, 2023 – iKO Media has launched iKOGUIDE, its TV guide editor. iKOGUIDE provides TV channels with an easy-to-use solution for managing, customizing, enhancing and enriching their TV guides and their TV channel.
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iKO Media, Sharon Malkiel, Big Data, Digital TV, Europe, Middle-East, Satellite, Streaming, UX
India Smart TV shipments grew 28% in 2022
Apr 4, 2023 – India's smart TV shipments grew 28% YoY in 2022, according Counterpoint Research. For Q4 2022, the growth was almost flat at 2% YoY due to a slowdown in demand after the festive season.
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Counterpoint, Akash Jatwala, Anshika Jain, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV
IMDb, Fabric, and AWS team up to deliver IMDb metadata
Mar 30, 2023 – IMDb and Fabric have announced a solution that allows media and entertainment companies to enrich their catalogs using entertainment data sets from IMDb. Licensing is fulfilled through AWS Data Exchange.
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IMDb, Fabric, AWS, Nikki Santoro, Rob Delf, Marc Aldrich, Renee McGinnis, Big Data, Digital TV, NABShow, Worldwide
Games revenue to reach $215bn by 2027 overtaking Pay TV and cinema
Mar 29, 2023 – Omdia research has revealed global consumer spend on games is set to reach $215bn by 2027. The transmedia space continues to expand as more videogame franchises make their way to the large and small screen.
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Omdia, Maria Rua Aguete, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, USA, Worldwide
Innovative Systems renews metadata deal with Red Bee Media
Mar 13, 2023 – Red Bee Media has signed a renewal with Innovative Systems enabling it to continue providing service providers with an engaging EPG experience using Red Bee's enhanced metadata.
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Red Bee Media, Innovative Systems, Jason Marchese, Scott Sobolewski, Big Data, Digital TV, North America, UX
Synamedia acquires content discovery platform provider, Utelly
May 25, 2022 – Synamedia has announced the acquisition of Utelly, a content discovery platform provider. Its offerings include metadata aggregation, search and recommendations, as well as content management and a content promotion engine.
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Synamedia, Utelly, Paul Segre, Romain Eude, Big Data, Digital TV, MandA, UK, UX, Worldwide
Roku concludes extension agreement with Amazon
Apr 4, 2022 – Roku (Nasdaq: ROKU) has concluded a multi-year extension to its distribution agreement with Amazon, enabling its customers to continue to access the Prime Video and IMDb TV apps on their Roku devices.
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Roku, Amazon, Digital TV, Streaming, USA, Worldwide
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