TV Services (Pay TV, OTT, Broadcasting) News

French Golf Federation's OTT goes live with Origins Digital
Apr 13, 2023 – Origins Digital has announced that the French Golf Federation's new OTT platform, redesigned by Origins Digital, has gone live with over 500 hours of golf-related video content.
News categories: Origins Digital, French Golf Federation, Steve Heymann, Michaël Akrich, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Streaming

TestTree unveils ATSC 3.0/1.0 network monitoring tool at NAB 2023
Apr 12, 2023 – TestTree is introducing its EdgeProbe Nano ATSC 3.0/1.0 at NAB 2023. The tool is easy to transport, allowing technicians to validate and monitor 24/7 all points of the ATSC network.
News categories: TestTree, ATSC 3, Digital TV, NABShow, North America, QoE

Pay TV subscriptions in Portugal up 136,000 in 2022
Apr 14, 2023 – According to Anacom, at the end of 2022 96.4% of households in Portugal had pay-TV equating to 4.5 million subscribers, 136 thousand (+3.1%) more than in the previous year.
News categories: Anacom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

igolgi XScale encoder doubles ATSC 1.0 channel count
Apr 7, 2023 – igolgi has announced its XScale ATSC-1.0 Encoder. Broadcasters who adopt XScale can more than double their existing channel count compared to older ATSC1 encoders.
News categories: igolgi, Jeff Zhu, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial, USA

Whip Media automates FAST performance tracking and royalty calculations.
Apr 12, 2023 – Whip Media has announced Whip Media FASTrack, designed to improve reporting associated with FAST and AVOD for mid and smaller tier clients. Motorvision.TV is the beta launch partner
News categories: Whip Media, Motorvision.TV, Jason Weiss, Michael Sid, Raimund Koehler, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

RecordTV signs C-band distribution deal with Eutelsat
Apr 12, 2023 – RecordTV has taken capacity on EUTELSAT 65 West A for the migration of 15 HD channels to C-band frequencies that avoid interference generated from the rollout of 5G in Brazil.
News categories: Eutelsat, RecordTV, José Ignacio González-Núñez, Geraldo Marques, 5G, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Cignal TV to extend Cignal Play and launch sports app with Quickplay
Apr 12, 2023 – Cignal TV is using Quickplay's cloud-native OTT platform to extend the capabilities of its Cignal Play video streaming service and to launch a sports app for Filipino fans worldwide.
News categories: Quickplay, Cignal TV, Goutham Vinjamuri, Jane Basas, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Philippines, Streaming, Worldwide

Amagi and Encompass Digital Media partner on Cloud solutions and managed services
Apr 12, 2023 – Amagi has announced a partnership combining Encompass Digital Media's expertise in managed broadcast services with Amagi's leadership in cloud-native playout and content monetization.
News categories: Amagi, Encompass Digital Media, Baskar Subramanian, Alan Young, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Worldwide

Planetcast to showcase distribution technologies at NAB Show 2023
Apr 12, 2023 – Planetcast will feature its suite of products, from Cloud Playout to Media Asset Management (MAM) to Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) to Over-the-top (OTT) streaming at NAB 2023.
News categories: Planetcast, Switch Media, Sanjay Duda, Mark Johns, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Worldwide