Digital TV News: Via LA

Via LA extends HEVC patent pool to include VVC
Apr 3, 2024 – Via LA has extended its HEVC Program to include the VVC standard (also known as H.266 and MPEG-I Part 3). The extended program has also welcomed TCL as a licensor and licensee.
News categories: Via LA, TCL, Heath Hoglund, Victor Yang, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Licensing, Media Player, Patent, Smart TV, Worldwide

Via LA adds three new members
Mar 6, 2024 – Via Licensing Alliance (Via LA) has announced three new licensors to its ATSC 3.0 patent pool: IDEAHUB, Technology in Ariscale, and SK Telecom.
News categories: Via Licensing Alliance, IDEAHUB, Heath Hoglund, Yang-won Jung, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Licensing, Patent, Worldwide

Via Licensing and MPEG LA combine to become Via LA
May 2, 2023 – Via Licensing and MPEG LA have united to form the Via Licensing Alliance (Via LA), a licensing organization with a rich portfolio of patents and intellectual property licensing programs.
News categories: Via Licensing Alliance, Heath Hoglund, Larry Horn, Digital TV, Licensing, MandA, Patent, Worldwide

Brightcove launch FAST channel solution with Frequency
Apr 17, 2023 – Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV) has partnered with Frequency to help customers easily create linear channels for distribution to FAST aggregators, MVPD and vMVPDs, and distribution channels globally.
News categories: Brightcove, Frequency, Marc DeBevoise, Blair Harrison, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Sky Deutschland adds multiroom box to Sky Q offering
May 23, 2019 – One year after the launch of Sky Q by Sky Deutschland, the company has added a Sky Q Mini Box for multiroom viewing and expanded platform support for the Sky Q app, so that customers can enjoy their Sky programming on even more devices at home.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Julia Laukemann, Apps, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Anevia launches world's first Cloud-native CDN solution
Mar 29, 2019 – Anevia has announced that it is launching the world’s first cloud-native content delivery network (CDN) solution which will enable operators to easily deploy their own CDN while using its capacity to deliver high-quality services, even during peak traffic.
News categories: Anevia, David Tencer, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Worldwide

AXS Bolivia launches satellite pay TV
Nov 26, 2018 – On November 5th, AXS Bolivia S.A. launched a satellite pay TV service called 'Direct HD de AXS'. The service includes between 60 and 70 channels in high definition depending on the package chosen. The service is available throughout Bolivia.
News categories: AXS Bolivia, Bolivia, Digital TV, Satellite

Dhiraagu selects Verimatrix to secure TV streaming in the Maldives
Jun 27, 2018 – Verimatrix has announced that Maldivian telecommunications and digital services provider Dhiraagu has deployed its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Broadcast-Hybrid solution to secure IPTV and OTT video delivery.
News categories: Verimatrix, Dhiraagu, Steve Oetegenn, Ahmed Maumoon, BroadcastAsia, Content Protection, Digital TV, The Maldives, TV Everywhere

185 million pay TV subscribers for Europe in Q1 2018
Jun 26, 2018 – According to Dataxis, the European pay TV market reached 185 million subscribers during the first quarter of 2018 and grew only by 0.3% compared to Q4 2017. This is the lowest net add ever observed by Dataxis.
News categories: Dataxis, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial