TV Services (Pay TV, OTT, Broadcasting) News

Roku exceeds 90 million streaming households
Jan 7, 2025 – Roku surpassed 90 million streaming households in the first week of January 2025. As the top selling TV OS for over five years in the U.S., Roku is in nearly half of all U.S. broadband households.
News categories: Roku, Anthony Wood, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA, Worldwide

ACCESS Europe brings FIFA+ streaming app to cars and TVs
Jan 7, 2025 – FIFA+ has partnered with ACCESS to make its football platform accessible on Smart TVs and in cars via ACCESS’ NetRange Smart TV Portals and the ACCESS Twine4Car In-Vehicle Infotainment solution.
News categories: ACCESS Europe, FIFA+, Masahiro Aono, Apps, Automotive, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Whale TV announces profit sharing program for TV brands
Jan 7, 2025 – Whale TV is starting the rollout of Whale OS 10. The company is also introducing a profit share program which compensates OEMs for every TV set shipped, along with a share of platform revenue.
News categories: Whale TV, Jason He, Advertising, CES2025, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS, Worldwide

24i and STRONG power m:tel Banja Luka IPTV/OTT service
Jan 7, 2025 – 24i and STRONG have announced that m:tel Banja Luka has successfully launched ON TV, an IPTV and OTT service powered by 24i's pay TV solution and STRONG's Android TV Operator Tier set-top boxes.
News categories: 24i, STRONG, m:tel, Sebastian Braun, Veka Radonjić, Rastko Pavlović, Android TV, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, UX

New NEXTGEN TV receivers, expanded services launch at CES 2025
Jan 6, 2025 – New ATSC 3.0 receivers and enhanced broadcast services will launch this year, with RCA launching TV sets, and new accessory receivers coming from ADTH, MyVelo, Stavix, Vbox, Zapperbox, and Zinwell.
News categories: ATSC, Madeleine Noland, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UX

Tubi surpasses 97 million MAUs and 10bn streaming hours in 2024
Jan 6, 2025 – Tubi, Fox Corporation's (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) ad-supported streaming service, surpassed 97 million monthly active users and streamed over 10 billion hours during the 2024 calendar year.
News categories: Tubi, Anjali Sud, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

LG brings Xbox cloud gaming to its TV gaming portal
Jan 6, 2025 – LG has announced that owners of LG's latest Smart TVs will be able to discover and play a wide selection of PC and console games, and soon Xbox, through its new Gaming Portal.
News categories: LG Electronics, Xbox, Chris Jo, Lori Wright, Apps, CES2025, Digital TV, Gaming, Smart TV, TV OS, Worldwide

DTS AutoStage now in 10 million vehicles globally
Jan 6, 2025 – Xperi's (NYSE: XPER) DTS AutoStage platform is now in more than 10 million vehicles. The DTS AutoStage Video Service, launched with BMW in 2023, will be available in vehicles from a Japanese car company in 2026.
News categories: Xperi, Jeff Jury, Automotive, CES2025, Digital TV, Streaming, UX, Worldwide

Fubo and Disney's Hulu + Live TV to combine
Jan 6, 2025 – FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) have entered into an agreement for Disney to combine its Hulu + Live TV business with Fubo, forming a combined virtual MVPD company.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, FuboTV, Justin Warbrooke, David Gandler, Digital TV, MandA, Streaming, USA