TV Services (Pay TV, OTT, Broadcasting) News

3 in 4 U.S. CTV users watch live sports via streaming apps
Feb 29, 2024 – LG Ad Solutions has released a study showing a shift in how sports enthusiasts are consuming their favorite games – with streaming apps now dominating over traditional linear TV.
News categories: LG Ad Solutions, Serge Matta, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Vibe.co raises $22.5m to build streaming TV ad platform for SMBs
Feb 29, 2024 – Vibe.co has announced a successful Series A funding round of $22.5m. They plan to leverage the funds to continue building a more efficient streaming TV advertising ecosystem for SMBs.
News categories: Vibe.co, Singular, Arthur Querou, Raffi Kamber, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, USA, Venture Capital

Synamedia powers content distribution at Monumental Sports
Feb 29, 2024 – Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) has chosen Synamedia solutions to distribute sports content, along with other programming, to its newly launched Monumental Sports Network.
News categories: Synamedia, Monumental Sports, Julien Signes, Charlie Myers, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Xperi signs up Skyworth to integrate TiVo OS
Feb 28, 2024 – In its 4th quarter 2023 results Xperi (NYSE: XPER) announced that it has signed Skyworth as a Tivo OS Smart TV OEM, and that Vestel is now shipping TiVo-powered TVs into seven European countries.
News categories: Xperi Inc, Advertising, Automotive, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Smart TV, TV OS, UK, Worldwide

DoubleVerify unmasks CTV ad fraud scheme, CycloneBot
Feb 28, 2024 – DoubleVerify has revealed the identification and mitigation of CycloneBot, a malicious bot capable of generating up to 250 million falsified ad requests and spoofing around 1.5 million devices daily.
News categories: DoubleVerify, Roku, Mark Zagorski, Roy Rosenfeld, Louqman Parampath, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, Watermarking, Worldwide

Pixalate releases Q4 2023 CTV SSP market share reports
Feb 28, 2024 – Pixalate has released Q4 2023 reports ranking SSPs based on their share of open programmatic ads sold on apps in the Apple TV, Roku, Samsung TV Smart Hub and Amazon Fire TV app stores.
News categories: Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Streaming

North American OTT revenues to hit $100 billion in 2029
Mar 4, 2024 – According to Digital TV Research, North American OTT TV revenues will reach $100 billion in 2029, up from $81 billion in 2023. US revenues will be $92 billion in 2029.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Streaming

PTCL Group announces Shoq TV box powered by Android TV
Feb 28, 2024 – PTCL Group announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona that it is to launch in Pakistan its Shoq TV set-top box powered by Android TV.
News categories: PTCL, Google, Hatem Bamatraf, Karen Teo, Android TV, Digital TV, IPTV, MWC24, Pakistan, Set Top Box

Hubbl to go on sale from March 10th
Feb 29, 2024 – Hubbl will be on sale from March 10. Hubbl is an entertainment OS and experience available in Australia as a plug-in TV dongle, or as a dedicated TV, Hubbl Glass.
News categories: Hubbl, Dani Simpson, Apps, Australia, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming