TV Services (Pay TV, OTT, Broadcasting) News

NHL appoints Amagi as FAST channel technology provider
May 8, 2023 – Amagi has announced that the National Hockey League (NHL) has selected the company to create and distribute its first FAST channel to The Roku Channel, and other platforms in the future.
News categories: Amagi, National Hockey League, Srinivasan KA, Chris Foster, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Warner Bros. Discovery adds 1.6 million DTC subscribers in 1Q 2023
May 5, 2023 – Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Direct-to-Consumer subscribers totalled 97.6 million at period-end, up 1.6 million versus the end of Q4 2022.
News categories: Warner Bros. Discovery, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

Fubo North America ends 1Q 2023 with 1.285 million subscribers
May 5, 2023 – FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Fubo’s North American streaming business posted double digit YoY growth in paid subscribers (1.285 million, up 22% YoY).
News categories: FuboTV, David Gandler, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Digital TV, France, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA, Worldwide

RTL finishes Q1 2023 with 5.9 million streaming subscribers
May 4, 2023 – RTL Group has published results for the first three months of 2023. As of 31 March, the group had 5.909 million paying subscribers for its streaming services RTL+ and Videoland, up 37.1% YoY.
News categories: RTL Group, Digital TV, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Results, Streaming, Subscribers

Paramount+ adds 4.1 million subscribers in 1Q 2023
May 4, 2023 – Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Paramount+ reached 60 million total subscribers with the addition of 4.1 million subscribers in the quarter.
News categories: Paramount Global, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

Altice USA residential video RGUs down 58,600 in 1Q 2023
May 3, 2023 – Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. Quarterly Residential video net losses were -58.6k in Q1 2023, compared to -73.6k video net losses in Q1 2022.
News categories: Altice USA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Proximus TV subscribers down 12,000 in 1Q 2023
Apr 28, 2023 – Proximus Group has released financial results for the first quarter of 2023. The company finished the quarter with 1.697 million TV subscribers, down 12,000 in the quarter.
News categories: Proximus, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

NOS pay TV subscribers steady at 1.665 million in 1Q 2023
Apr 26, 2023 – NOS has released results for the period ended March 31, 2023. Fixed Pay TV subscribers grew by 7.5 thousand in the quarter to 1.442 million. Pay TV DTH subscribers fell 6.2 thousand to 223.7 thousand.
News categories: NOS, Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Sportradar to integrate NPAW video analytics
May 3, 2023 – NPAW has announced that it will be providing analytics capabilities to Sportradar. Sportradar will use NPAW Suite Video Analytics to optimize its streaming service and provide analytics to its clients.
News categories: NPAW, Sportradar, Ruben Senor-Megias, Big Data, Digital TV, QoE, Streaming, Worldwide