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Piracy on social media and messaging apps grows in Asia Pacific
May 2, 2024 – AVIA has published its 2024 piracy survey. Despite a decrease in piracy on pirate TV boxes, pirate apps and streaming or torrent websites, the survey shows an increase in the incidence of piracy across Asia.
News categories: Asia Video Industry Association, Matt Cheetham, Asia, Content Protection, Digital TV, Market Research

Anoki launches AI-powered experience on Google TV
May 2, 2024 – Anoki has launched Live TVx, a free streaming service on Google TV devices. Live TVx uses Anoki AI to curate and prioritize channels based on individual user viewing habits.
News categories: Anoki, Raghu Kodige, Advertising, Digital TV, USA, UX

Swisscom TV connections down 11,000 in 1Q 2024
May 2, 2024 – Swisscom has released results for the first quarter of 2024. Over the quarter, the number of TV connections dropped by 11,000 to 1.526 million, down 2.1% year-on-year.
News categories: Swisscom, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Bell adds 14,174 net retail IPTV subscribers in 1Q 2024
May 2, 2024 – BCE (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) has reported results for Q1 2024. Bell added 14,174 net retail IPTV subscribers, up 30.0% from 10,899 in Q1 2023, ending at 2,084,516 subscribers, up 4.3% over last year.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

AppleTV+ fastest growing major SVOD service in Q1'24
May 2, 2024 – According to Kantar’s latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) analysis, AppleTV+ was the fastest growing major subscription video on-demand (SVoD) service in Q1’24, in terms of its % subscriber growth.
News categories: Kantar, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

SafeShark finds connected devices not compliant with UK security law
May 2, 2024 – SafeShark has conducted analysis on over 100 connected consumer devices on the UK market, finding that three-quarters are not compliant with the requirements of the UK's Product Security and Telecoms Infrastructure Act.
News categories: SafeShark, Alex Buchan, Digital TV, Market Research, Regulation, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Software, UK

Zattoo deploys Bitmovin Player
May 2, 2024 – Bitmovin has announces that Zattoo has deployed the Bitmovin Player for Web to elevate its audience's viewing experience by delivering high-quality video streams to the broadest range of devices.
News categories: Bitmovin, Zattoo, Stefan Lederer, Stefan Kaiser, Digital TV, Europe, Media Player, Streaming

Altice USA residential video RGUs down 77,700 in 1Q 2024
May 2, 2024 – Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. Quarterly Residential video net losses were -77.7k in Q1 2024, compared to -58.6k video net losses in Q1 2023.
News categories: Altice USA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Fubo unveils new CTV ad offerings at 2024 IAB NewFronts
May 1, 2024 – FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) announced during IAB NewFronts a suite of four new CTV ad units, expanding the volume and variety of the company's ad offerings.
News categories: Fubo, Dina Roman, Advertising, Digital TV, NewFronts, Streaming, USA