TV Services (Pay TV, OTT, Broadcasting) News

Lionsgate report results for first quarter fiscal 2025
Aug 8, 2024 – Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) and Lionsgate Studios (Nasdaq: LION) have reported results to June 30, 2024. North American OTT subscribers increased 5.5% YoY to 13.2 million.
News categories: Lionsgate, Jon Feltheimer, Digital TV, India, Middle-East, North America, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

Strong streaming performance at Foxtel in Q2 2024
Aug 8, 2024 – At the end of Q2 2024, Foxtel had nearly 4.7 million video subscribers, up 1% YoY. In response to third party interest, News Corp. is assessing strategic and financial options for Foxtel.
News categories: News Corp, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

Airtel Digital TV subscribers up 195,000 in 2Q 2024
Aug 5, 2024 – Bharti Airtel has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. Year-on-year, Digital TV revenues grew by 5.0% with the company ending the period with an increased customer base of 16.3 million.
News categories: Airtel, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

Samba TV releases H1 2024 State of Viewership report
Aug 8, 2024 – Samba TV has released its State of Viewership report for H1 2024. The report shows surging streaming and dynamic advertising opportunities in the U.S., while linear continues to decline.
News categories: Samba TV, Ashwin Navin, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

NPAW sees improvement in global streaming QoE in 1H 2024
Aug 6, 2024 – According to data from NPAW, the first 6 months of 2024 saw a large global increase in QoE, with a 54% decrease in buffer ratio for VOD services compared to the same period last year.
News categories: NPAW, Ferran G. Vilaró, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

United Group consolidates broadcasting on EUTELSAT 16A and HOTBIRD
Aug 8, 2024 – Eutelsat (ISIN: FR0010221234; Paris/London: ETL) has been selected by United Group to consolidate its Total TV, Nova and Vivacom broadcasting activities on HOTBIRD at 13°E, and EUTELSAT 16A at 16°E.
News categories: Eutelsat, United Group, Laurence Delpy, Zeljko Batistić, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Satellite

Fraunhofer IIS, Hisense and Globo bring MPEG-H Audio to Brazil
Aug 7, 2024 – Fraunhofer IIS, with partners Hisense and Globo, has announced the release of a wide range of Hisense television sets in Brazil that unlock the next generation audio capabilities of MPEG-H Audio.
News categories: Fraunhofer IIS, Hisense, Globo, Adrian Murtaza, Thais Nogueira, Mauricio Felix, Brazil, Digital TV, SBTVD, Smart TV

Google announces Google TV Streamer, its Chromecast replacement
Aug 6, 2024 – Google has announced Google TV Streamer, a 4K TV streaming device. Along with offering Google TV, the Google TV Streamer box doubles as a smart home hub for Google Home and Matter devices.
News categories: Google, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, USA, UX

Amagi brings contextual CTV advertising to FAST with Anoki
Aug 6, 2024 – Amagi has partnered with Anoki on contextual advertising for FAST services. Anoki's platform generates contextual scene-level metadata on content served by Amagi using multimodel generative AI.
News categories: Amagi, Anoki, Srinivasan KA, Raghu Kodige, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide