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LG and Rakuten TV launch VOD service in Europe
Sep 25, 2024 – LG and Rakuten TV have launched LG Movies & TV, a VOD service accessible without the need for a subscription and now available on LG TVs across the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy.
News categories: Rakuten TV, LG Electronics, Sidharth Jayant, Chris Jo, Digital TV, Germany, Italy, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, UK

Slovak Telekom selects MediaKind for next-generation TV headend
Sep 25, 2024 – Slovak Telekom has selected MediaKind to transform its TV distribution headend through the deployment of MediaKind's Aquila Broadcast compression, monitoring, and control solution.
News categories: MediaKind, Slovak Telekom, Boris Felts, Juraj Matejka, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Slovakia

Hallmark and Accedo expand partnership with new streaming service
Sep 25, 2024 – Hallmark has extended its partnership with Accedo to incorporate multiple new features into its newly rebranded streaming service, Hallmark+, which officially launched on September 10th.
News categories: Accedo, Hallmark, Fredrik Andersson, Lusha Bodie, Apps, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Meta introduces Orion augmented reality glasses
Sep 25, 2024 – Meta has unveiling its Orion AR glasses. The wide field of view unlocks immersive use cases, from multitasking windows and big-screen entertainment to life-size holograms of people.
News categories: Meta, Digital TV, Metaverse, Worldwide

California approves 'click or call to cancel' subscriptions bill
Sep 24, 2024 – California has approved rules allowing consumers to easily click or call to cancel subscriptions, ensuring Californians can cancel unwanted automatic renewals just as easily as they signed up.
News categories: Consumer Federation of California, Robert Herrell, Digital TV, Regulation, USA

Barb extends campaign planning to include discovery+ and Netflix
Sep 24, 2024 – Barb has upgraded its pre-campaign planning tool, enabling advertisers and media agencies to plan campaigns on a wide range of streaming services that now includes discovery+ and Netflix.
News categories: Barb, Luca Vannini, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, UK

Warner Bros. Discovery deploys captioning using Google Cloud AI
Sep 24, 2024 – Warner Bros. Discovery and Google Cloud have announced the deployment of an AI-powered captioning solution in the United States that utilizes Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform.
News categories: Google Cloud, Warner Bros. Discovery, Thomas Kurian, Avi Saxena, Big Data, Digital TV, USA, UX

Cignal TV expands service to Android set-tops with Quickplay
Sep 25, 2024 – Cignal TV is using Quickplay's cloud-native, open architecture OTT platform to enhance its Cignal Play service in the Philippines with the launch of the Cignal Play TV Android set-top box.
News categories: Quickplay, Cignal TV, Paul Pastor, Gerard L. Milan, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middleware, Philippines, Set Top Box, Streaming

Comcast to deploy Qwilt Open Edge CDN platform
Sep 24, 2024 – Comcast is to deploy Qwilt's Open Edge platform to create the most distributed CDN in the U.S. and deliver a better experience for applications like streaming and gaming.
News categories: Qwilt, Comcast, Alon Maor, Elad Nafshi, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA