TV Services (Pay TV, OTT, Broadcasting) News

América Móvil expands video streaming in LATAM with Broadpeak
Mar 21, 2024 – Broadpeak has announced that América Móvil is using Broadpeak's nanoCDN multicast ABR solution to launch Claro Video OTT, a new video streaming service, in a third country in Latin America.
News categories: Broadpeak, América Móvil, Jacques Le Mancq, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America, Streaming

Planetcast acquires Australia's Switch Media OTT
Mar 21, 2024 – Planetcast Media Services has announced the acquisition of one of its key partners, Switch Media, a white-label OTT platform provider deployed across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US.
News categories: Planetcast, Switch Media, Sanjay Duda, Mark Johns, Utsav Baijal, Content Distribution, Digital TV, MandA, Streaming, Worldwide

Comark releases compact transmitter for SFN and NextGen TV
Mar 18, 2024 – Hitachi Kokusai Electric Comark has announced the release of its PARALLAX Compact UHF/VHF liquid-cooled, solid-state DTV transmitter for SFN and NextGen TV requirements.
News categories: Comark, Joe Turbolski, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, USA

Accedo launches OTT video managed services offering
Mar 20, 2024 – Accedo has launched a dedicated OTT Video Managed Services with Accedo taking complete ownership of operating and enhancing OTT video services, managing the entire end-to-end ecosystem.
News categories: Accedo, Michael Lantz, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Worldwide

IRTP chooses Eutelsat for satellite streaming in Peru
Mar 20, 2024 – Eutelsat (Paris, London: ETL) has announced that Peru's IRTP has signed an agreement for capacity on EUTELSAT 117 West A for content distribution to homes and IP devices using the DVB-NIP standard.
News categories: Eutelsat, IRTP, José Ignacio González-Núñez, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Peru, Satellite, Streaming

Eastern Europe to add nine million digital pay TV subscribers
Mar 21, 2024 – The number of pay TV subscribers in Eastern Europe is expected to have declined by 8 million from the peak year of 2018 to 74 million in 2029. The number of digital pay TV subscribers will however have risen by 9 million over the period.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

VisualOn to show enhanced content-adaptive encoding solution
Mar 20, 2024 – VisualOn has enhanced its content-adaptive encoding (CAE) solution. At the NAB Show, VisualOn will how video service providers can maximize video efficiency with the AI-enhanced solution.
News categories: VisualOn, Yang Cai, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Worldwide

PTV Telecom introduces Android TV set-top box from ZTE
Mar 20, 2024 – ZTE (0763.HK/000063.SZ) has deepened its partnership with Spain's PTV Telecom with the introduction of its B866V6H Android TV-powered set-top box at the operator.
News categories: ZTE, PTV Telecom, Android TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Spain

Paramount+ announces international rollout plan details
Mar 19, 2024 – Paramount+ (NASDAQ: PARA; PARAA) has announced launch timing and pricing for its international ad-supported subscription offering. Its Premium subscription plan is also to be rolled out in Europe.
News categories: Paramount+, Marco Nobili, Lee Sears, Australia, Canada, Digital TV, Europe, Streaming