Digital TV News: Sony

Sony initiates termination of Zee merger agreement
Jan 22, 2024 – ZEE Entertainment has received, from Culver Max Entertainment (formerly Sony Pictures Networks India) and Bangla Entertainment, a communication terminating their Merger Co-operation Agreement.
News categories: ZEE Entertainment, Culver Max Entertainment, R. Gopalan, Digital TV, India, MandA, Streaming

TCL TVs to integrate NEXTGEN TV technology
Jan 8, 2024 – Pearl TV has announced that TCL has joined the NEXTGEN TV receiver retail marketplace, adding to the more than 100 models from Hisense, LG, Samsung and Sony.
News categories: Pearl TV, TCL, Anne Schelle, ATSC 3, CES2024, Digital TV, Smart TV, USA

OLED TV unit shipments to decline 29% YoY in 2023
Jan 2, 2024 – As revealed in DSCC's latest release of its OLED Shipment Report, in 2023 OLED TVs are expected to have declined 29% YoY in units and 26% YoY in revenues for the year.
News categories: DSCC, David Naranjo, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Worldwide

AR/VR headset market forecast to decline 8.3% in 2023
Dec 20, 2023 – Worldwide shipments of AR/VR headsets are expected to decline 8.3% year over year to 8.1 million units in 2023, despite the launch of new headsets during the year, according to IDC.
News categories: IDC, Jitesh Ubrani, Ramon T. Llamas, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Worldwide

NEXTGEN TV U.S. household reach up 22% in 2023
Dec 20, 2023 – Since the NEXTGEN TV rollout commenced in 2020, broadcasters have driven nearly 18% YoY growth in U.S. household access with growth of 22% in 2023 boosted by the launch of six top 20 markets.
News categories: Pearl TV, Amlogic, Anne Schelle, James Xie, ATSC 3, CES2024, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

AirConsole gets investment from KPIT to expand in-car gaming
Dec 11, 2023 – AirConsole has secured investment from KPIT Technologies to increase its presence in in-car gaming. AirConsole's in-car gaming was launched in new BMW vehicles earlier this year.
News categories: AirConsole, KPIT Technologies, Andrin von Rechenberg, Anthony Cliquot, Pushpahas Joshi, CES2024, Gaming, In-Car, Venture Capital, Worldwide

Amagi and Nevion partner to simplify pop-up channel creation
Dec 11, 2023 – Amagi has partnered with Nevion to enable broadcasters to spin up and tear-down pop-up channels in the cloud, in combination with their ground production - overcoming latency issues typically associated with such hybrid workflows.
News categories: Amagi, Nevion, Srinivasan KA, Jan Helgesen, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Worldwide

Two more Miami TV stations launch NEXTGEN TV
Dec 5, 2023 – Miami viewers can now access five more free OTA channels with NEXTGEN TV: WPLG-TV (ABC), WSVN-TV (FOX, TheGrio, and This TV), and WPLG has started broadcasting LOCAL 10 Plus.
News categories: Pearl TV, WPLG-TV, WSVN-TV, Anne Schelle, Bert Medina, Paul Magnes, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

DVB Project elects new Steering Board
Nov 13, 2023 – The General Assembly of the DVB Project has elected a new Steering Board to serve for the coming two years. It includes representatives of 43 companies across DVB's four member constituencies.
News categories: DVB Project, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Regulation, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Worldwide