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Veset launches ad-insertion platform, AdWise
Feb 1, 2024 – Veset has released Veset AdWise, an ad-insertion solution that allows advertising to be placed alongside live video, avoiding the need for traditional ad breaks.
News categories: Veset, Gatis Gailis, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, UX, Worldwide

Groupe Canal+ intending to take full control of MultiChoice
Feb 1, 2024 – MultiChoice has received a letter from Groupe Canal+, indicating its non-binding intention to acquire the remaining ordinary shares in MultiChoice that it does not currently own.
News categories: MultiChoice, Groupe Canal+, Africa, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, MandA, Satellite, Worldwide

ShowHeroes launches CTV attention measurement with Adelaide
Feb 1, 2024 – In partnership with Adelaide, ShowHeroes has added attention measurement for CTV video advertising, offering advertisers a fully integrated approach with cross-device insights.
News categories: ShowHeroes, Adelaide, Sarah Lewis, Marc Guldimann, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Two-thirds of European video distributors focusing on linear investments
Feb 1, 2024 – Two-thirds of European video distributors expect to generate a key part of their Total TV (linear and digital) ad revenue from linear investments, according to Altman Solon.
News categories: Altman Solon, Daniel Weinbaum, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research

Netgem finishes 2023 with 677,000 netgem.tv subscribers
Jan 31, 2024 – Netgem concluded 2023 with a base of 677,000 netgem.tv subscribers, managed on behalf of around twenty fixed telecommunication operators in Europe, representing an annual growth of 33%.
News categories: Netgem, Mathias Hautefort, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Vivendi updates on plan to split into several entities
Jan 30, 2024 – Vivendi has presented an update on its project to split the company into several entities, one of which would be Canal+, with each being separately listed on the stock market.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+, Digital TV, Europe, France, MandA, Satellite, Streaming, Worldwide

Dish Media adopts Unified ID 2.0 identity solution
Jan 30, 2024 – DISH Media has enabled Unified ID 2.0 (UID2), an identity solution, becoming the first MVPD and the largest vMVPD to integrate the solution across its traditional TV and OTT services.
News categories: Dish Media, Kevin Arri, The Trade Desk, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Satellite, Streaming, USA

Prime Video ads to generate over $2bn in revenue in 2024
Jan 30, 2024 – Analysis from Omdia reveals that ad-supported Prime Video is set to generate more than $2bn in incremental revenue in 2024, its launch year, in addition to revenue already generated by ads during live sports.
News categories: Omdia, Matthew Bailey, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

Telecom and pay-TV revenue in New Zealand to remain stagnant
Jan 29, 2024 – According to GlobalData, telecom and pay-TV revenue in New Zealand will register a marginal CAGR of 0.7% between 2023 and 2028, with pay-TV exhibiting a negative CAGR of 5.7% during the period.
News categories: GlobalData, Aasif Iqbal, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite