TV Services (Pay TV, OTT, Broadcasting) News

Growth in global SVOD subscriptions to continue
Nov 27, 2023 – Digital TV Research expects global SVOD subscriptions to increase by 321 million between 2023 and 2029 to reach 1.79 billion. The US will add 30 million, Brazil 23 million and India 27 million.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

HbbTV updates Operator Application specification
Nov 24, 2023 – The HbbTV Association has released an updated version of the HbbTV Operator Application specification with improved support for IP-delivered linear channels.
News categories: HbbTV Association, Apps, Digital TV, HbbTV, Smart TV, Streaming, UK, Worldwide

Bouygues Telecom streams video in Multicast ABR with Broadpeak
Nov 23, 2023 – Broadpeak has announced that Bouygues Telecom has deployed its nanoCDN multicast ABR technology. Offered on Bouygues Telecom's Bbox Smart TV, multicast ABR will be available by early 2024.
News categories: Broadpeak, Bouygues Telecom, Jacques Le Mancq, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Set Top Box

Utomik to bring cloud gaming to VIDAA Smart TVs
Nov 22, 2023 – Utomik has agreed a partnership with VIDAA that will see Utomik being available as a cloud gaming solution in the VIDAA SmartTV OS app store, and Utomik becoming a premium partner in 2024.
News categories: Utomik, VIDAA, Doki Tops, Yaniv Gruenwald, Apps, Digital TV, Gaming, Smart TV, Worldwide

Global pay TV penetration to fall for the first time in 2024
Nov 21, 2023 – Research from Ampere Analysis has found that global pay TV penetration will see its first yearly decline ever next year, with penetration then falling by almost 4 percentage points by 2028.
News categories: Ampere Analysis, Rory Gooderick, Digital TV, Market Research, TV Services, Worldwide

KC Global Media launches HD FAST channel on JioTV and JioTV+
Nov 21, 2023 – KC Global Media has announced the launch of KCM, its first FAST channel in HD for Asia. Starting with India, the channel will be available on free streaming platforms JioTV and JioTV+.
News categories: KC Global Media, Jio, Andy Kaplan, George Chien, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Streaming

Fórum SBTVD selects ATSC 3.0 physical layer for Phase 3 field testing
Nov 20, 2023 – The ATSC has announced that the SBTVD Forum has selected the ATSC 3.0 physical layer as one of two technologies to advance from Phase 3 lab testing to Phase 3 field testing.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, SBTVD Forum, Madeleine Noland, ATSC 3, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV

KIPCO announces deal to bring together OSN+ and Anghami
Nov 21, 2023 – KIPCO has announced that its subsidiary, OSN, has reached a deal to combine its content streaming platform, OSN+, with Anghami's music and entertainment streaming platform.
News categories: KIPCO, OSN, Sheikha Dana Nasser Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Joe Kawkabani, Elie Habib, Digital TV, MandA, Middle-East, Streaming

Top U.S. pay-TV providers lost 465,000 subscribers in 3Q 2023
Nov 14, 2023 – Leichtman Research Grouphas found that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 465,000 net video subscribers in 3Q 2023, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 385,000 in 3Q 2022.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA