TV Services (Pay TV, OTT, Broadcasting) News

U.S. digital home entertainment spending approached $13bn in 3Q 2024
Nov 14, 2024 – According to DEG, U.S. consumers spent more than $13 billion on movies and TV shows in the third quarter of 2024, up more than $2 billion over consumer spending during the comparable 2023 quarter.
News categories: Digital Entertainment Group, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Disney reports fourth quarter and full year earnings for fiscal 2024
Nov 14, 2024 – The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has reported earnings for the quarter ended September 28, 2024. Disney ended with 122.7 million Disney+ Core subscriptions, up 4.4 million over the prior quarter.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA, Worldwide

Live sports streaming latency shows significant improvements
Nov 14, 2024 – The DTG has released analysis showing notable improvements in live sports streaming performance across three major events in 2024: Wimbledon, the Olympic Games, and the Paralympic Games.
News categories: Digital TV Group, Ranjeet Kaur, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK

68% of US households have a smart TV, 46% have a streaming media player
Nov 14, 2024 – Parks Associates research has found that 68% of U.S. internet households now own a smart TV and 46% own a streaming media player, an increase from 2020 when 54% and 42% owned these devices, respectively.
News categories: Parks Associates, Sarah Lee, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

ocilion brings Prime Video and YouTube to its IPTV platform
Nov 14, 2024 – ocilion is opening up access to integrated premium apps on its P500 set-top box series. Prime Video and YouTube are the first to be rolled out to ocilion's network operator customers.
News categories: ocilion, Thomas Bichlmeir, Apps, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Set Top Box

WISI's Inca IP Video Platform supports A3SA-protected content
Nov 13, 2024 – WISI has announced an update to the Inca IP Video Platform with the addition of bulk Widevine decryption of ATSC 3.0 streams with content protection from the ATSC 3.0 Security Authority (A3SA).
News categories: WISI, Sharen Sandhu, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, North America

Charter to acquire Liberty Broadband
Nov 13, 2024 – Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) and Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ: LBRDA, LBRDK, LBRDP) have entered into an agreement under which Charter will acquire Liberty Broadband in an all-stock transaction.
News categories: Charter Communications, Liberty Broadband, Chris Winfrey, John Malone, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA

wedotv big stories launches on EUTELSAT 7 West A
Nov 13, 2024 – wedotv is expanding the distribution of its wedotv big stories channel to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa via EUTELSAT 7 West A, located in the region's 7/8°W video neighbourhood.
News categories: EUTELSAT, wedotv, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

Gracenote launches SVOD content data hub
Nov 13, 2024 – Gracenote has launched a Data Hub providing insight into the current state of subscription video on-demand (SVOD) programming to identify global content trends and changes over time.
News categories: Gracenote, Trent Wheeler, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide