Digital TV News: Placed

PFT unveils ad break automation powered by AI at IBC 2023
Sep 14, 2023 – Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has launched Ad Break Automation, powered by CLEAR AI, enabling content owners to automatically identify the best spots for ad placement on FAST and AVOD platforms.
News categories: Prime Focus Technologies, Advertising, Digital TV, IBC2023, Streaming, Worldwide

Vestel to make DVB-I compatible Smart TVs available in Italy
Sep 14, 2023 – Vestel has announced it will make available in Italy the first televisions compatible with DVB-I standards, allowing Italian broadcasters to test the market for a Smart TV offering.
News categories: Vestel, Mediaset, Baris Altinkaya, Alberto Bruno, Digital TV, Italy, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming

Amagi and Imagine Communications unveil FAST monetization solution
Sep 6, 2023 – Amagi, with Imagine Communications, has unveiled a FAST monetization solution for direct inventory sales. The solution integrates Amagi's dynamic ad insertion platform with Imagine's video ad server.
News categories: Amagi, Imagine Communications, Baskar Subramanian, Tom Cotney, Advertising, Digital TV, IBC2023, Streaming, Worldwide

ADTH begins NEXTGEN TV receiver shipments
Aug 23, 2023 – Atlanta DTH has confirmed that shipments of its ADTH NEXTGEN TV Box have begun. The box allows ATSC 3.0 NEXTGEN TV and ATSC 1.0 FTA TV programs to be viewed on any IP-compatible TV display.
News categories: Atlanta DTH, Ivy Shou, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DRM, Set Top Box, USA

Africa to add 10 million SVOD subscriptions by 2029
Aug 14, 2023 – According to Digital TV Research, African SVOD will see plenty of growth in the coming years. Africa will have 18 million paying SVOD subscriptions by 2029, up from 8 million at end-2023.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Africa, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

STN upgrades PlayBox Neo playout installation
Jul 18, 2023 – PlayBox Neo has completed a system upgrade at STN. The latest Neo-20 software features a more efficient user interface, and allows easy expansion for clients wishing to move to 4K-UHD.
News categories: PlayBox Neo, STN, PBT Adria, Mitja Lovšin, Vladimir Stanic, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Slovenia

Ateme OTT solution running on AWS selected by Swisscom
Jul 11, 2023 – Ateme has announced that Swisscom has chosen Ateme’s end-to-end OTT solution to migrate the Cloud Digital Video Recording (CDVR) platform of its blue TV service to AWS.
News categories: Ateme, Swisscom, Yoann Poizeau, Marco Lötscher, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Switzerland

TRAI releases Consultation Paper on OTT regulation
Jul 7, 2023 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a Consultation Paper on regulation of OTT communication services. Comments are to be submitted by August 4, 2023.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Digital TV, India, Regulation, Streaming

A+E Networks EMEA leverages Gracenote metadata distribution services
Jun 21, 2023 – A+E Networks EMEA is using Gracenote metadata, IDs and imagery to ensure that programming delivered by its FAST channels on Amazon Freevee in the UK can be easily discovered and watched by viewers.
News categories: Gracenote, A+E Networks, Vikram Kulkarni, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, UK, UX