Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Tucson television stations launch NEXTGEN TV services
May 28, 2024 – Tucson viewers can now access six NEXTGEN TV channels over-the-air for free: KHRR-TV/Telemundo 40, KVOA-TV/NBC, KOLD-TV/CBS, KUAT-TV/PBS, KGUN-TV/ABC and KMSB-TV/FOX.
News categories: Pearl TV, Clarence Hau, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

MySat launches bouquet of Arabic TV channels on AsiaSat 9 for Australia
May 23, 2024 – AsiaSat has signed an agreement with MySat to provide managed distribution services in Australia, on AsiaSat 9 at 122°E, for MySat's Direct-To-Home (DTH) bouquet of Arabic TV channels.
News categories: AsiaSat, MySat, Roger Tong, Gregg Creevey, Australia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Atlas proposes buying all outstanding shares in Millicom
May 23, 2024 – Millicom has confirmed that it has received a non-binding expression of interest from Atlas Luxco (Xavier Niel) regarding a potential all-cash tender offer for all outstanding shares in Millicom.
News categories: Millicom, Atlas Luxco, Cable TV, Digital TV, Latin America, MandA

Cyfrowy Polsat contract pay TV RGUs down 147,000 YoY in Q1
May 22, 2024 – Cyfrowy Polsat has released results for the 3 months ended 31 March 2024. Contract pay TV RGUs decreased by 147,000 YoY to finish at 4,804 thousand. Prepaid pay TV RGUs were up 2,000 YoY to 123,000.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

Grass Valley powers Arabsat cloud-playout services
May 21, 2024 – Arabsat has chosen Grass Valley's AMPP SaaS platform for its new three-tiered suite of broadcast transmission services, enabling Arabsat customers to broadcast in a more flexible and efficient way.
News categories: Grass Valley, Arabsat, Louis Hernandez, Alhamedi Alanezi, CABSAT, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

Nilesat chooses PlayBox Neo for service expansion
May 21, 2024 – PlayBox Neo has expanded the broadcast channel management and playout infrastructure at the Cairo headquarters of Nilesat. The project was supported by PlayBox Neo distribution partner MBC.
News categories: PlayBox Neo, Nilesat, Modern Broadcast Center, Pavlin Rahnev, Maissa Aly Kamel, Sabri Arafa, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Egypt, Satellite

beIN MEDIA to launch targeted TV advertising with Synamedia
May 20, 2024 – beIN MEDIA has selected Synamedia's Iris addressable advertising platform for the launch of a new broadcast advertising offering that is the first of its kind in the MENA region.
News categories: Synamedia, beIN MEDIA, Guy Southam, Bahadir Karalar, Advertising, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite, Streaming

Deutsche Telekom TV subscribers up 101,000 in 1Q 2024
May 16, 2024 – Deutsche Telekom has published its results for Q1 2024. In the quarter, the company's Germany TV customer base grew by 73,000 to 4.4 million, with the rest of Europe up 28,000 at 4.3 million.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Vodafone TV customers down 656,000 in 1Q 2024
May 14, 2024 – VodafoneGroup has announced FY24 results for the year ended 31 March 2024. TV customers in Germany fell 653,000 in the quarter owing to changes in bulk TV contracting regulations for MDUs.
News categories: Vodafone, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Subscribers