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Vantiva has shipped 22 million Android TV set-top boxes
Apr 16, 2024 – Vantiva (Paris: VANTI) has announced that it has sold 22 million Android TV set-top boxes to date. The company had a 25% market share as of the end of 2023 according to the latest Omdia STB report.
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Vantiva, Google, Leopold Diouf, Shalini Govil-Pai, Android TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Worldwide
Nielsen releases March 2024 The Gauge report
Apr 16, 2024 – Nielsen has released its The Gauge report for March 2024. While usage fell to some extent across each of the primary viewing categories, cable viewing from February to March drove a 0.7-point bump in share, resulting in 28.3% of TV for cable.
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Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Vi announces ultimate entertainment app
Mar 27, 2024 – Vi has introduced an entertainment app, Vi Movies & TV, providing access to 13+ OTT apps, 400+ live TV channels, and complimentary access to several content libraries - all under one roof.
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Vodafone Idea, Avneesh Khosla, Apps, Digital TV, India, Streaming
30% of EU SVOD viewing time goes to content from the EU plus UK
Mar 28, 2024 – The European Audiovisual Observatory has published reports analysing the consumption of films and TV seasons on SVOD, and the offer of films and TV seasons in VOD catalogues, in the EU.
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European Audiovisual Observatory, JustWatch, Goldmedia, Christian Grece, Jean-Augustin Tran, Digital TV, EU, Market Research, Streaming, UK
Western Europe OTT revenues to be up 55% in 2029
Mar 18, 2024 – Digital TV Research expects Western European OTT TV revenues to grow to $48 billion in 2029, up from $31 billion in 2023.
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Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Streaming
Proximus launches multiscreen Pickx apps with 3SS
Mar 14, 2024 – 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) has announced that Proximus has launched several 3SS-developed apps to further enhance reach and device variety for its super-aggregated Pickx service.
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3SS, Proximus, Vantiva, Kai-Christian Borchers, Jim Casteele, Apps, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Set Top Box
Latin America to add 55 million SVOD subscriptions
Mar 7, 2024 – Digital TV Research forecasts that Latin America will have 165 million SVOD subscriptions by 2029, up from 110 million at end-2023.
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Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Streaming
U.S. streaming revenue to overtake pay TV in 2024
Feb 26, 2024 – Research from Ampere Analysis finds that total revenues from streaming will overtake revenues from pay TV subscriptions in the US for the first time in Q3 2024.
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Ampere Analysis, Rory Gooderick, Digital TV, Market Research, TV Services, USA
U.S. TV viewing hits four-year high in January
Feb 20, 2024 – Nielsen's January 2024 report of The Gauge has revealed that January TV viewing levels soared with January producing nine of the 10 highest daily streaming levels ever.
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Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA
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