Europe Digital TV News

Amagi to power ABC's FAST channels showcasing Australian content
Dec 11, 2024 – ABC Commercial has partnered with Amagi to launch a suite of FAST channels showcasing Australian content. The rollout is to begin in North America, with plans to expand more widely to follow.
News categories: Amagi, ABC, Srinivasan KA, Thomas Parsons, Brian Lee, Asia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, North America, Streaming

SEI Robotics and HD PLUS launch Android TV IPTV stick
Dec 10, 2024 – SEI Robotics has joined forces with HD PLUS to co-launch a Google-certified Amlogic S905Y5-based Android TV stick in just three months, offering TV over the internet from mid-September 2024.
News categories: SEI Robotics, HD PLUS, Jeff Yin, Andreas Müller-Vondey, Android TV, Digital TV, Germany, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Ad Alliance all set for programmatic linear TV
Dec 10, 2024 – Virtual Minds' Media Manager has been integrated into RTL Deutschland's TV playout system, creating the infrastructure for Ad Alliance to make RTL's linear TV reach programmatically accessible.
News categories: Ad Alliance, Virtual Minds, RTL Deutschland, Frank Vogel, Tom Peruzzi, Advertising, Digital TV, Germany

Residential pay TV subscribers up 1.5% YoY in Portugal in 3Q 2024
Dec 6, 2024 – According to Anacom, at the end of 3Q 2024, there were 4.1 million residential subscribers to pay TV in Portugal, 59 thousand more (+1.5%) than in the same quarter of the previous year.
News categories: Anacom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

DAZN expands live event based channel portfolio with LTN
Dec 10, 2024 – Using LTN's automated linear channel creation and playout, DAZN now delivers 11 live streaming channels to betting locations in Germany and to its distribution partner, Amazon Prime Video.
News categories: LTN, DAZN, Chris Myers, Bernd Brunner, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Streaming

Vivendi shareholders approve Canal+ spin-off
Dec 9, 2024 – Vivendi shareholders have approved the separation from Vivendi of Canal+, Havas and the Louis Hachette Group. First trading of the shares of the three will take place on December 16, 2024.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+, Yannick Bolloré, Digital TV, France, MandA, Satellite, Worldwide

Ofcom updates connected TV platform market approach
Dec 5, 2024 – Ofcom has examined the role of connected TV platforms as digital content gateways, looking at whether content providers are able to make their content available and discoverable to UK audiences on such platforms.
News categories: Ofcom, Digital TV, Market Research, Regulation, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS, UK

StackAdapt offers access to Channel 4 programmatic inventory
Dec 4, 2024 – StackAdapt has announced a collaboration with Channel 4, the UK Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) to open up broadcast advertising inventory for StackAdapt clients in the UK for the first time. 
News categories: StackAdapt, Channel 4, Ed Mullins, Fatima Dowlet, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, UK

RTÉ chooses Dalet to modernize content ecosystem
Dec 3, 2024 – Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) has chosen Dalet to develop and implement a content management ecosystem based on Dalet's media asset management and workflow orchestration platform.
News categories: Dalet, RTÉ, Enrique Lafuente, Richard Waghorn, Big Data, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Ireland