Digital TV News: EE

FuboTV releases results for quarter ended March 31, 2024
May 3, 2024 – FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) has announced results for 1Q 2024. The company closed with 1.511 million paid subscribers in North America, up 18% YoY, and 397,000 subscribers in the Rest of World, up 5% YoY.
News categories: FuboTV, David Gandler, Edgar Bronfman Jr, Digital TV, North America, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

IDC forecasts slower growth for global telecoms market
May 3, 2024 – Worldwide spending on Telecom Services and Pay TV Services was $1,509 billion in 2023, according to IDC. IDC expects spending to increase by 1.4% in 2024 to reach a total of $1,530 billion.
News categories: IDC, Digital TV, Market Research, Worldwide

Chunghwa Telecom reports results for the first quarter of 2024
May 2, 2024 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX:2412, NYSE:CHT) has reported results for 1Q 2024. The company's IPTV/MOD + OTT video platform ended the quarter with 2.885 million subscribers down 5,000 in the quarter.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, Chau-Young Lin, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

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

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

Aptoide sells stake in Faurecia Aptoide Automotive
May 2, 2024 – Aptoide has announced the sale of its participation in Faurecia Aptoide Automotive to Forvia. Faurecia Aptoide is forecast to achieve 20% market share in automotive apps by 2025 and 35% by 2030.
News categories: Aptoide, Forvia, Paulo Trezentos, Patrick Koller, Apps, Content Distribution, In-Car, MandA, 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