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Household spending on media continues to grow in Sweden
May 11, 2023 – According to Mediavision, more than 90% of households in Sweden pay for some form of media subscription. Despite increasing headwinds, there appears to be no sign of market saturation.
News categories: Mediavision, Marie Nilsson, Digital TV, Market Research, Sweden

Global SVOD subscriptions to be 400 million higher by 2028
May 15, 2023 – Digital TV Research expects global SVOD subscriptions to increase by 400 million between 2022 and 2028 to reach 1.76 billion, revealing that there is still plenty of SVOD growth left.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

VIZIO reports Q1 2023 financial results
May 9, 2023 – VIZIO Holding (NYSE: VZIO) has announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The company reported that there are now 17.5 million SmartCast Active Accounts. SmartCast ARPU was $29.20, up 23% YoY.
News categories: VIZIO, William Wang, Advertising, Digital TV, Results, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

iKO Media Group launches iKOGUIDE TV guide editor
May 10, 2023 – iKO Media has launched iKOGUIDE, its TV guide editor. iKOGUIDE provides TV channels with an easy-to-use solution for managing, customizing, enhancing and enriching their TV guides and their TV channel.
News categories: iKO Media, Sharon Malkiel, Big Data, Digital TV, Europe, Middle-East, Satellite, Streaming, UX

CTV now accounts for over half of global video impressions
May 11, 2023 – CTV now accounts for 51% of global video impression share, an increase of 10.9% compared to 2021 - with mobile and desktop steadily declining - according to a report from Innovid (NYSE: CTV).
News categories: Innovid, Dave Helmreich, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

ThinkAnalytics powers personalized recommendations at Go3
May 11, 2023 – TV3 Group has teamed up with ThinkAnalytics to implement AI-based, personalized content recommendations for customers of its Go3 streaming service in the Baltics.
News categories: ThinkAnalytics, Go3, Samuel Sweet, Jan Wykrytowicz, Baltics, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, UX

Fubo enhances CTV ad measurement with iSpot.tv
May 10, 2023 – FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) has partnered with iSpot.tv to bolster CTV measurement across its video ad inventory, including data on the number of impressions delivered to households not reached by linear TV.
News categories: iSpot.tv, FuboTV, Dan Loewenberg, David Gandler, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Norwegian households paying more than ever for TV and streaming
May 10, 2023 – Households in Norway pay an average of NOK 602 (~USD 56) per month for TV and streaming content, according to Mediavision. Household spend has grown 3% compared to the same period last year.
News categories: Mediavision, Fredrik Liljeqvist, Digital TV, Market Research, Norway

Liberty Latin America organic Video RGUs up 1,900 in 1Q 2023
May 8, 2023 – Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ: LILA; LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB) has announced results for the period ended March 31, 2023. LLA's Video RGBs increased organically by 1,900 in the quarter to finish at 952,500.
News categories: Liberty Latin America, Bahamas, Barbados, Cable TV, Costa Rica, Digital TV, IPTV, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Results, Subscribers, Trinidad and Tobago