TV Services (Pay TV, OTT, Broadcasting) News

UK SVOD households down 0.6% in 4Q 2022
Feb 17, 2023 – Data from Barb's Establishment Survey show that 19.42 million UK homes (67.7% of households) had access to an SVOD service in Q4 2022. This was a -0.6% decrease from 19.54 million in Q3 2022.
News categories: Barb, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK

U.S. TV usage up again in January
Feb 16, 2023 – Nielsen's January 2023 TV usage summary, from its monthly snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption in the U.S., has revealed that overall viewing was up 1.3% compared to December 2022.
News categories: Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Proximus TV subscribers down 9,000 in 4Q 2022
Feb 17, 2023 – Proximus Group has released financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2022. Proximus managed to contain the net decrease in TV subscriptions to 9,000 in the fourth quarter.
News categories: Proximus, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Telenor adds edge QAM device management from Teleste
Feb 16, 2023 – Telenor has selected Teleste to manage its edge QAM devices. The operator was already using Teleste's headend as an edge QAM platform, and the new software now helps it manage the devices remotely.
News categories: Teleste, Telenor, Thomas Nordh, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Sweden

Paramount+ added 9.9 million subscribers in Q4 2022
Feb 16, 2023 – Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA; PARAA) has announced results for the period ended December 31, 2022. Paramount+ subscribers grew to nearly 56 million following a record quarterly increase of 9.9 million.
News categories: Paramount, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

Endeavor Streaming and National Hot Rod Association team up to upgrade NHRA.tv
Feb 15, 2023 – Endeavor Streaming and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) have announced a partnership, leading with the upgrade of NHRA's OTT platform. NHRA has also enlisted Endeavor Streaming's D2C growth services division.
News categories: Endeavor Streaming, NHRA, Pete Bellamy, Glen Cromwell, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Aniview, Evrideo launch distribution and monetization solution for CTV channels
Feb 15, 2023 – Aniview and Evrideo have announced a combined solution supporting the creation, distribution, and monetization needs of broadcasters, free ad-supported TV (FAST) network providers and CTV device manufacturers.
News categories: Aniview, Evrideo, Alon Carmel, Greg Smith, Avi Zenou, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Rakuten brings SpringServe Tiles to Rakuten TV app
Feb 16, 2023 – SpringServe (Nasdaq: MGNI) has announced that Rakuten Advertising has adopted SpringServe Tiles to strengthen the impact of ad-supported campaigns on Rakuten TV. Tiles bring ad serving to the content discovery experience.
News categories: SpringServe, Rakuten, Leon Siotis, James Collins, Advertising, Apps, Digital TV, Europe, Streaming, UX

France Télévisions, M6 and TF1 announce liquidation of SALTO
Feb 15, 2023 – France Télévisions, M6 (Paris:MMT) and TF1 have announced their decision to close the SALTO platform. Launched on 20th October 2020, SALTO has currently nearly one million subscribers.
News categories: SALTO, France Télévisions, M6 Group, TF1, Marc Sénéchal, Digital TV, France, MandA, Streaming