Cable TV (CATV, DVB-C, MMDS, …) News

NAGRAVISION selected to secure Play Poland pay TV service
Oct 21, 2024 – NAGRAVISION (SIX:KUD.S) has announced a partnership with Play Poland, part of the iliad Group, who have selected the NAGRA OneCAS solution to secure the former pay TV service of UPC Polska.
News categories: NAGRAVISION, Play Poland, Olivier Met, Michał Ziółkowski, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Poland, Set Top Box

Foxtel Media to digitise linear ad impressions with tvbeat
Oct 17, 2024 – Foxtel Media is partnering with tvbeat to convert linear TV spots into digitally tracked impressions, enabling improved audience targeting, ad analytics and programmatic trading of linear ad buys.
News categories: Foxtel Media, tvbeat, Nev Hasan, Robert Farazin, Advertising, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Vodafone deepens strategic partnership with Google
Oct 8, 2024 – Vodafone and Google will work on search and recommendations for TV, deploy Google Cloud's gen AI capabilities, and Google Ad Manager will be used to monetize Vodafone's addressable TV inventory.
News categories: Google Clou, Vodafone, Sundar Pichai, Margherita Della Valle, Advertising, Africa, Big Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, UX

Comcast to deploy Qwilt Open Edge CDN platform
Sep 24, 2024 – Comcast is to deploy Qwilt's Open Edge platform to create the most distributed CDN in the U.S. and deliver a better experience for applications like streaming and gaming.
News categories: Qwilt, Comcast, Alon Maor, Elad Nafshi, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Liberty Broadband makes counterproposal to Charter merger offer
Sep 23, 2024 – Liberty Broadband (Nasdaq: LBRDA, LBRDK, LBRDP) has communicated a counterproposal to Charter Communications in response to an initial merger proposal sent by the Charter Special Committee.
News categories: Liberty Broadband, Charter Communications, Greg Maffei, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA

KAON gains Mediacom approval for new TiVo STB
Sep 23, 2024 – Mediacom Communications has officially approved the KAON TiVo set-top box (STB). The STB combines KAON's hardware, telemetry and diagnostic tools with TiVo's user interface and features.
News categories: KAON, Mediacom, TiVo, James Miller, JR Walden, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA, UX

Pay TV subscriptions in Portugal up 1.9% YoY in 2Q 2024
Sep 17, 2024 – According to Anacom, at the end of Q2 2024, there were 4.6 million pay TV subscribers in Portugal, up 86,000 year-on-year. The growth rate was the lowest (+1.9%) since the end of 2013.
News categories: Anacom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Mediacom deploys CommScope ad insertion solution
Sep 10, 2024 – Mediacom has deployed CommScope's (NASDAQ: COMM) Manifest Delivery Controller (MDC) to increase revenue with more finely targeted ads while ensuring a high-quality IP video experience.
News categories: CommScope, Mediacom, Ray Bontempi, JR Walden, Advertising, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

Verizon to acquire Frontier Communications
Sep 5, 2024 – Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FYBR) have entered into a definitive agreement for Verizon to acquire Frontier in an all-cash transaction valued at $20 billion.
News categories: Verizon, Frontier Communications, Hans Vestberg, Nick Jeffery, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA