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France Télévisions chooses Eutelsat for UHD channel distribution
Nov 13, 2023 – France Télévisions has signed a contract with Eutelsat (Paris, London: ETL) to broadcast two 4K channels - France 2 UHD and France 3 UHD - on both terrestrial and satellite networks in France.
News categories: Eutelsat, France Télévisions, Laurence Delpy, Jacques Donat-Bouillud, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Terrestrial

Samba TV integrates additional metadata from Red Bee Media
Nov 13, 2023 – Red Bee Media has announced that Samba TV will integrate Red Bee metadata to supplement its analysis of viewership behaviors and validate its media measurement and advertising effectiveness.
News categories: Red Bee Media, Samba TV, Jason Marchese, Aden Zaman, Big Data, Digital TV, Worldwide

United Group acquires Bulsatcom
Nov 9, 2023 – United Group has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Bulsatcom. Bulsatcom provides direct-to-home satellite TV, IPTV, and broadband services in Bulgaria.
News categories: United Group, Vivacom, Bulsatcom, Victoriya Boklag, Nikolai Andreev, Bulgaria, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Satellite

Amagi and Cineverse offer end-to-end FAST kit for VSPs
Nov 8, 2023 – Cineverse (NASDAQ:CNVS) and Amagi have teamed up to offer an end-to-end FAST kit for video service providers including monetization, content acquisition and curation, and a joint backend solution.
News categories: Cineverse, Amagi, Tony Huidor, Srinivasan KA, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

PROEXE and Ateme now providing video processing and delivery at Vectra
Nov 10, 2023 – Vectra has changed its providers of video processing and delivery solutions, with origin packaging now being provided by Ateme and PROEXE providing CDN services.
News categories: Ateme, PROEXE, Vectra, Tomasz Pałdyna, Maciej Bakalarz, Bartłomiej Irzyński, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Poland

DISH Network pay TV subscribers down 64,000 in 3Q 2023
Nov 6, 2023 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ending September 30, 2023. Net pay-TV subscribers decreased 64,000 in the quarter, compared to an increase of 30,000 in the year-ago quarter.
News categories: DISH Network, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

VIZIO reports Q3 2023 financial results
Nov 9, 2023 – VIZIO Holding (NYSE: VZIO) has announced results for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The company reported 17.9 million SmartCast Active Accounts. SmartCast ARPU was $31.55, up 14% YoY.
News categories: VIZIO, William Wang, Advertising, Digital TV, Results, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Pixalate releases Q3 2023 CTV SSP market share reports
Nov 6, 2023 – Pixalate has released its Q3 2023 CTV Supply Side Platform (SSP) Market Share Reports for Apple TV, Roku, Samsung TV, and Amazon Fire TV.
News categories: Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Streaming

84% of U.S. advertisers to increase FAST investments in 2024
Nov 8, 2023 – Xumo and Comcast Advertising have released a report exploring the growing usage of FAST among advertisers and consumers in the U.S., and the role it is playing in multiscreen TV advertising plans.
News categories: Comcast Advertising, Xumo, Marcien Jenckes, Megan Halscheid, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA