Europe Digital TV News

Pixalate releases global Q3 2024 CTV device market share reports
Oct 21, 2024 – According to Pixalate’s research, Roku’s estimated CTV device market share in North America dropped 29% year-over-year, while Samsung, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and LG all gained market share.
News categories: Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Streaming

Pay TV and Paid-VOD revenues in Germany rose to €5.4bn in 2023
Oct 16, 2024 – Revenues from pay TV and paid VOD in Germany grew by 8.8% to €5.4 billion in 2023. VAUNET expects additional growth of around 5% for 2024, bringing total revenues to €5.6 billion.
News categories: VAUNET, Frank Giersberg, Tim Werner, Elke Walthelm, Nicole Agudo Berbel, Henning Nieslony, Michael Keidel, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Subscribers, Switzerland, TV Services

CANAL+ takes partnership with LG on Smart TVs to a new level
Oct 17, 2024 – LG and CANAL+ Group have announced the renewal and strengthening of their global partnership for the distribution of CANAL+ Group Applications on webOS in all CANAL+ Group Territories.
News categories: CANAL+ Group, LG Electronics, Philippe Schwerer, Chris Jo, Africa, Apps, Asia, Digital TV, Europe, Smart TV

Ads coming to Prime Video in Brazil, India, Japan, the Netherlands and New Zealand
Oct 15, 2024 – Amazon Ads has announced that it will introduce limited advertisements on Prime Video in Brazil, India, Japan, the Netherlands, and New Zealand in 2025.
News categories: Amazon Ads, Alan Moss, Advertising, Brazil, Digital TV, India, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Streaming

FreeWheel releases H1 2024 Video Marketplace Report
Oct 15, 2024 – This edition of the FreeWheel Video Marketplace Report explores ad viewership trends across devices, transaction types, and content types for H1 2024 in selected European countries and the U.S.
News categories: FreeWheel, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, USA

Sky renews UK and Ireland satellite capacity contract with SES
Oct 10, 2024 – SES has extended its partnership with Sky through a multi-year contract renewal for satellite capacity and back-up services from SES's prime video neighbourhood of 28.2/28.5°E.
News categories: SES S.A, Sky, Norbert Hölzle, Nick Herm, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Ireland, Satellite, UK

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