Digital TV News: XPAND
Skyworth and China Mobile launch 8K set-top box
Mar 20, 2024 – Skyworth Digital and China Mobile have launched an 8K set-top box in the He Nan province of China, marking the first deployment of a commercial 8K TV service in the telecom market.
News categories:
Skyworth, China Mobile, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box
FreeWheel releases H2 2023 Video Marketplace Report
Mar 27, 2024 – FreeWheel has released its 2H 2023 Video Marketplace Report. This edition explores video advertising trends for the second half of 2023 in select European countries and the U.S.
News categories:
FreeWheel, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Altimedia enables Blacknut gaming on operator set-top-boxes
Mar 21, 2024 – Altimedia has announced that Blacknut Cloud Gaming has been integrated with its device and service management technologies to enable gaming on TV via an operator's set-top-box.
News categories:
Altimedia, Blacknut, Yong Pil Kim, Olivier Avaro, Digital TV, Gaming, Korea, Set Top Box, Worldwide
Warner Bros. Discovery to launch Max in Europe beginning May 21
Mar 21, 2024 – Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) has announced that Max, its enhanced streaming service, will launch in the first European countries beginning May 21.
News categories:
Warner Bros. Discovery, JB Perrette, Digital TV, Europe, Streaming
América Móvil expands video streaming in LATAM with Broadpeak
Mar 21, 2024 – Broadpeak has announced that América Móvil is using Broadpeak's nanoCDN multicast ABR solution to launch Claro Video OTT, a new video streaming service, in a third country in Latin America.
News categories:
Broadpeak, América Móvil, Jacques Le Mancq, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America, Streaming
Planetcast acquires Australia's Switch Media OTT
Mar 21, 2024 – Planetcast Media Services has announced the acquisition of one of its key partners, Switch Media, a white-label OTT platform provider deployed across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US.
News categories:
Planetcast, Switch Media, Sanjay Duda, Mark Johns, Utsav Baijal, Content Distribution, Digital TV, MandA, Streaming, Worldwide
IRTP chooses Eutelsat for satellite streaming in Peru
Mar 20, 2024 – Eutelsat (Paris, London: ETL) has announced that Peru's IRTP has signed an agreement for capacity on EUTELSAT 117 West A for content distribution to homes and IP devices using the DVB-NIP standard.
News categories:
Eutelsat, IRTP, José Ignacio González-Núñez, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Peru, Satellite, Streaming
PTV Telecom introduces Android TV set-top box from ZTE
Mar 20, 2024 – ZTE (0763.HK/000063.SZ) has deepened its partnership with Spain's PTV Telecom with the introduction of its B866V6H Android TV-powered set-top box at the operator.
News categories:
ZTE, PTV Telecom, Android TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Spain
Paramount+ announces international rollout plan details
Mar 19, 2024 – Paramount+ (NASDAQ: PARA; PARAA) has announced launch timing and pricing for its international ad-supported subscription offering. Its Premium subscription plan is also to be rolled out in Europe.
News categories:
Paramount+, Marco Nobili, Lee Sears, Australia, Canada, Digital TV, Europe, Streaming
Latest News
- Nexxen empowers Australian advertisers using VIDAA ACR data
- TargetVideo integrates AI for video content categorization
- Meta opens Quest OS to third-party hardware makers
- Aferian to implement further cost reductions at Amino
- Paramount to exclusively represent SkyShowtime advertising sales
- Sky Sports Main Event latency reduced on Entertainment OS devices
- Netflix posts first quarter 2024 results and outlook
- Graham Media Group selects Bitmovin Playback
- Dialog, Axiata Group, Bharti Airtel agree on merger in Sri Lanka
- Yahoo brings identity solutions to CTV
- Plex has largest FAST line-up with 1,112 channels
- TV3 migrates from on-prem servers to AWS Cloud with Redge
- Virgin Media partners with PubMatic to scale FAST advertising
- Interactive TV news channel unveiled by ROXi and Sinclair
- Spideo and OTTera unveil personalisation collaboration at NAB Show 2024
- Amagi integrates Intertrust DRM for FAST services
- Vantiva has shipped 22 million Android TV set-top boxes
- Newsmax launches subscription-based app with 24i
- Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile CZ upgrade video streaming with 24i
- CTV/OTT expected to be fastest growing media channel in U.S. in 2024