Digital TV Business, Technology and Market Research News

ocilion brings Prime Video and YouTube to its IPTV platform
Nov 14, 2024 – ocilion is opening up access to integrated premium apps on its P500 set-top box series. Prime Video and YouTube are the first to be rolled out to ocilion's network operator customers.
News categories: ocilion, Thomas Bichlmeir, Apps, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Set Top Box

WISI's Inca IP Video Platform supports A3SA-protected content
Nov 13, 2024 – WISI has announced an update to the Inca IP Video Platform with the addition of bulk Widevine decryption of ATSC 3.0 streams with content protection from the ATSC 3.0 Security Authority (A3SA).
News categories: WISI, Sharen Sandhu, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, North America

Bitmovin launches AI-powered contextual advertising
Nov 13, 2024 – Bitmovin has launched AI Contextual Advertising, combining the power of Bitmovin Playback and Bitmovin Encoding to provide personalized adverts based on the content audiences are viewing.
News categories: Bitmovin, Stefan Lederer, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Media Player, Worldwide

Charter to acquire Liberty Broadband
Nov 13, 2024 – Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) and Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ: LBRDA, LBRDK, LBRDP) have entered into an agreement under which Charter will acquire Liberty Broadband in an all-stock transaction.
News categories: Charter Communications, Liberty Broadband, Chris Winfrey, John Malone, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA

wedotv big stories launches on EUTELSAT 7 West A
Nov 13, 2024 – wedotv is expanding the distribution of its wedotv big stories channel to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa via EUTELSAT 7 West A, located in the region's 7/8°W video neighbourhood.
News categories: EUTELSAT, wedotv, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

Gracenote launches SVOD content data hub
Nov 13, 2024 – Gracenote has launched a Data Hub providing insight into the current state of subscription video on-demand (SVOD) programming to identify global content trends and changes over time.
News categories: Gracenote, Trent Wheeler, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

Swedish streaming market experiencing significant upswing
Nov 13, 2024 – According to Mediavision, in the third quarter Sweden added 600,000 new streaming subscriptions compared to the same period of last year, driven by more affordable, ad-supported options.
News categories: Mediavision, Marie Nilsson, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Sweden

Whale TV and TPV extend TV platform partnership
Nov 13, 2024 – Whale TV and TPV have extended their partnership to build and maintain easy to use and affordable smart TVs. Whale TV will continue to maintain the TV OS and platform for select TPV TV models.
News categories: Whale TV, TPV, Jason He, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, Worldwide

Barb releases Q3 2024 UK SVOD subscriptions data
Nov 13, 2024 – Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.1m UK homes (68.8%) had access to an SVOD service in Q3 2024. This is a slight increase from 20m UK homes (68.7%) in Q2.
News categories: Barb, Doug Whelpdale, Digital TV, Streaming, Subscribers, UK