Worldwide (not region-specific) Digital TV News
Red Bee, WWTV provide schedule services to World Poker Tour
May 6, 2024 – World Poker Tour has contracted with Who’s Watching TV for its WWTV Explorer Service program and schedule analysis tool, accompanied by TV listing data supplied by Red Bee Media.
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Red Bee Media, World Poker Tour, WWTV, Shaun Stark, Marcia Hernandez, Big Data, Digital TV, UX, Worldwide
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.
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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.
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IDC, Digital TV, Market Research, Worldwide
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.
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Aptoide, Forvia, Paulo Trezentos, Patrick Koller, Apps, Content Distribution, In-Car, MandA, Worldwide
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.
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Kantar, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide
Samba TV uses GenAI to provide actionable context for video ads
May 1, 2024 – Samba TV has debuted Samba AI, generative AI technology that provides insights into the context of what's happening on TV, showing that for video ads context is as crucial as the content itself.
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Samba TV, Ashwin Navin, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, NewFronts, Smart TV, Worldwide
Scalstrm and EZDRM partner on video content security
Apr 30, 2024 – Scalstrm and EZDRM have announced a partnership combining Scalstrm's video streaming technology with EZDRM's DRMaaS solutions, creating a secure end-to-end video delivery ecosystem.
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EZDRM, Scalstrm, Olga Kornienko, Ola Bengtsson, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DRM, Streaming, Worldwide
SES to acquire Intelsat
Apr 30, 2024 – SES is to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) and certain contingent value rights.
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SES S.A., Intelsat, Adel Al-Saleh, David Wajsgras, Content Distribution, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, Worldwide
Amagi report shows rise of a diverse global FAST marketplace
Apr 30, 2024 – Amagi has announced that the 11th edition of the Amagi Global FAST Report continues to show double-digit growth for the global FAST industry over the last year.
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Amagi, CRG Global, Srinivasan KA, Gavin Bridge, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide
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