Europe Digital TV News

Vodafone deepens strategic partnership with Google
Oct 8, 2024 – Vodafone and Google will work on search and recommendations for TV, deploy Google Cloud's gen AI capabilities, and Google Ad Manager will be used to monetize Vodafone's addressable TV inventory.
News categories: Google Clou, Vodafone, Sundar Pichai, Margherita Della Valle, Advertising, Africa, Big Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, UX

Freely to be integrated into Amazon Fire TV smart TVs
Oct 7, 2024 – Everyone TV has announced that its new streaming platform Freely will be available, from this autumn, on Amazon Fire TV smart TVs and other smart TVs with Fire TV OS built-in.
News categories: Everyone TV, Amazon, Panasonic, TCL, Freely, Jonathan Thompson, Emma Gilmartin, Gareth Rayworth, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, TV OS, UK

Sky Switzerland early adopter of Zattoo's Stream API product suite
Oct 1, 2024 – Sky Switzerland is working with Zattoo as a lighthouse customer for Zattoo's new suite of Stream API services on the Sky platform, powering applications, front-ends and devices in the IPTV market.
News categories: Zattoo, Sky Switzerland, Bert Schulzki, Nicolas Stefani, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Switzerland, UX

Bouygues Telecom upgrades automated testing capability with Witbe
Sep 26, 2024 – Witbe (Euronext: FR0013143872; ALWIT) has announced that Bouygues Telecom is using its Witbox+ automated testing to deliver video services more efficiently, with a superior QoE for viewers.
News categories: Witbe, Bouygues Telecom, Marie-Véronique Lacaze, Loubna Hamdoun, Digital TV, France, IPTV, QoE, Set Top Box, Smart TV

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

EU clears Swisscom's acquisition of Vodafone Italia
Sep 24, 2024 – The EU, under its Foreign Subsidies Regulation, has cleared Swisscom's proposed acquisition of Vodafone Italia unconditionally. The transaction is still subject to other regulatory approvals.
News categories: Swisscom, European Commission, Vodafone Italia, Italy, MandA, Regulation

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

Agile Content powers Convergenze TV in Italy
Sep 19, 2024 – Agile Content, in partnership with Convergenze, has announced that the technology and content of its Agile TV platform will now be available in Italy as Convergenze TV.
News categories: Agile Content, Convergenze, Koldo Unanue, Rosario Pingaro, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy