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ODK Media partners with Amagi to launch Amasian TV
Oct 30, 2024 – ODK Media has partnered with Amagi to launch Amasian TV, a FAST platform dedicated to Pan-Asian entertainment, with FAST 2.0 features such as 'personalized EPG' and 'start over' functionality.
News categories: Amagi, ODK Media, Srinivasan KA, Peter Park, Asia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, UX

FIPS 140-3-certified cryptography integrated into Samsung TVs
Oct 30, 2024 – Samsung's cryptography module, Samsung CryptoCore, has earned FIPS 140-3 certification from NIST, underscoring Samsung's commitment to provide security and data protection for Smart TV users.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, Yongjae Kim, Content Protection, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, Worldwide

Liberty Global video subscribers down 31,100 in 3Q 2024
Oct 29, 2024 – Liberty Global has announced financial results for the third quarter of 2024. The company finished the period with 3,151,100 Video Subscribers, down 31,100 in the quarter.
News categories: Liberty Global, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, Ireland, Netherlands, Results, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

COOCAA Smart TV OS integrates NetRange content APIs
Oct 30, 2024 – COOCAA, a subsidiary of Skyworth and developer of the COOLITA OS, is integrating ACCESS's NetRange TV Store APIs, giving the Smart TV OS access to over 400 apps, FAST channels and advertisement solutions.
News categories: ACCESS Company, COOCAA, Michi Uemetsu, Samuel Lin, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, UX, Worldwide

Ayozat selects Synamedia Iris to bolster addressable ad revenue
Oct 30, 2024 – Synamedia has announced that AYOZAT has chosen Synamedia Iris for advertising campaign management, decisioning, and reporting for its live and on-demand streaming service, AYOZAT STREAM.
News categories: Synamedia, Ayozat, Guy Southam, Umesh Perera, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, UK

Friend MTS extends content protection services deal with UEFA
Oct 30, 2024 – UEFA has extended its commitment to Friend MTS for anti-piracy technologies and services in respect of all major UEFA club and national team competitions.
News categories: Friend MTS, UEFA, Shane McCarthy, Content Protection, Digital TV, Worldwide

Green Streams and Swisscom create white-label IPTV service for Swiss operators
Oct 29, 2024 – Green Streams has integrated Swisscom's TV and video backend and CDN with its Media Integration Platform and frontend applications to create an IPTV service for operators in Switzerland.
News categories: Green Streams, Swisscom, Gernot Jaeger, Elias Gutscher, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Switzerland, UX

AVOD continues to become more mainstream in Australia
Oct 28, 2024 – Kantar has released data on the Australian video streaming market in Q3 2024. 24% of all households are now watching AVOD services, boosted by the introduction of ads on Prime Video in the quarter.
News categories: Kantar, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

Telecom and pay TV revenue in Indonesia to show 4.5% CAGR
Oct 28, 2024 – According to GlobalData, pay TV in Indonesia will see a decline in revenue over the 2023-2028 period due to a continued drop in cable TV subscriptions and decline in total pay TV service ARPU.
News categories: GlobalData, Sarwat Zeeshan, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Indonesia, Market Research, Mobile