Streaming (Over-the-top, OTT, P2P, PC-TV, Internet TV, online video, IP Video) News

White Peaks Solutions selects NPAW video analytics
Nov 26, 2024 – White Peaks Solutions (WPS) has selected NPAW's video analytics to augment its KWIKmotion streaming video platform, enabling KWIKmotion to offer QoE monitoring and optimization of its video delivery.
News categories: NPAW, White Peaks Solutions, Till Sudworth, Salloum El Dahdaah, Big Data, Digital TV, France, Middle-East, QoE, Streaming

Agile Content powers Linkem My Ti-Vi streaming service in Italy
Nov 26, 2024 – Agile Content has announced that it is providing the end-to-end TVaaS (TV-as-a-Service) platform that powers Tiscali's Linkem My Ti-Vi on-demand streaming service in Italy.
News categories: Agile Content, Linkem, Koldo Unanue, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Italy, Set Top Box, Streaming, UX

Interra adds Netflix VMAF video quality assessment support
Nov 26, 2024 – Interra Systems has integrated Netflix's Video Multi-method Assessment Fusion (VMAF) algorithm — a standard for video quality assessment — into its VEGA Media Analyzer solution.
News categories: Interra Systems, Anupama Anantharaman, Jan Ozer, Digital TV, QoE, Streaming, Worldwide

Brightcove to be acquired by Bending Spoons
Nov 25, 2024 – Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV) has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bending Spoons, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $233 million.
News categories: Brightcove, Bending Spoons, Diane Hessan, Marc DeBevoise, Luca Ferrari, Content Distribution, Digital TV, MandA, Streaming, Worldwide

EQT to sell Melita to Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Nov 22, 2024 – EQT has signed an agreement to sell Melita to Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Melita delivers digital services, including broadband, mobile, TV, and data centre solutions, to customers in Malta.
News categories: EQT, Melita, Goldman Sachs, Ulrich Köllensperger, Harald Rösch, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Malta, MandA

U.S. spending on standalone pay TV increased in Q3 2024
Nov 21, 2024 – Parks Associates data reveals that U.S. consumers who do not bundle their home services increased their monthly spend YoY in Q3 2024. Traditional pay TV increased to an average of $91 per month.
News categories: Parks Associates, Kristen Hanich, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, TV Services, USA

DIRECTV terminates agreement to acquire EchoStar's DISH
Nov 22, 2024 – DIRECTV has terminated the agreement to acquire EchoStar's video distribution business, DISH DBS, following rejection by DISH DBS noteholders of the EchoStar debt exchange offer terms.
News categories: DIRECTV, EchoStar, Bill Morrow, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, Streaming, USA

Xumo and PubMatic partner on programmatic advertising
Nov 21, 2024 – Xumo and PubMatic (Nasdaq: PUBM) have announced a partnership to make Xumo’s premium inventory programmatically available to advertisers via PubMatic.
News categories: PubMatic, Xumo, Nicole Scaglione, Ying Wang, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

The Trade Desk announces Ventura streaming TV OS
Nov 20, 2024 – The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) has announced that it has developed Ventura, a streaming TV OS. The Trade Desk will partner with smart TV OEMs and other streaming TV aggregators to deploy Ventura.
News categories: The Trade Desk, Jeff Green, Matthew Henick, Jamie Power, John Halley, Paul Cheesbrough, Patrick Spence, Advertising, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS, USA