EU (European Union) Digital TV News

ocilion enhances user experience with Simply.TV metadata
May 10, 2024 – ocilion has chosen Simply.TV's linear and VOD data to enhance the UX for its TV customers, improving the content discovery process across linear channels, channel packages, VOD and apps.
News categories: Simply.TV, ocilion, Daniel Rühmann, Thomas Bichlmeir, ANGA COM, Austria, Big Data, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Switzerland, UX

Telefónica pay TV accesses down 45,000 in 1Q 2024
May 9, 2024 – Telefónica has presented results for the first quarter of 2024. In Spain, Pay TV net adds were positive for the third quarter in a row (+7k). Globally Pay TV subscribers fell 45,000.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Results, Satellite, Spain, UK

Simply.TV provides metadata to Drei TV Austria
May 7, 2024 – Simply.TV has announced that it is providing Drei TV with metadata for all its linear channels and catch-up libraries. Enhanced content visuals aim to boost the Drei streaming experience.
News categories: Simply.TV, Drei TV, Eva-Maria Oberdorfer, Austria, Big Data, Digital TV, UX

More subscribers choose streaming with ads in Sweden
May 7, 2024 – According to Mediavision, during the first quarter of 2024, 60,000 more households subscribed to an HVOD (subscription+ads) service, bringing the total to over 250,000 households in Sweden.
News categories: Mediavision, Marie Nilsson, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Sweden

Westconnect upgrades TV platform with Zattoo
May 15, 2024 – Westconnect is to enhance its TV platform E.ON TV using Zattoo’s white-label TV-as-a-Service solution. The operator provides fibre to over a million premises across three German federal states.
News categories: Zattoo, Westconnect, Jörg Meyer, Carsten Lagemann, Digital TV, Fibre, Germany, IPTV, Set Top Box

3 million SVOD subscriptions shared in the Nordics
May 6, 2024 – According to Mediavision, despite the efforts of the media industry, more than three million SVOD subscriptions in the Nordics are shared, with only a marginal decrease of ~250,000 in the last year.
News categories: Mediavision, Fredrik Liljeqvist, Content Protection, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Market Research, Norway, Sweden

Liberty Global releases Q1 2024 results
May 1, 2024 – Liberty Global has announced its Q1 2024 financial results. Q1 revenue increased 4.1% YoY on a reported basis and 1.9% on a rebased basis to $1,945.1 million.
News categories: Liberty Global, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Switzerland, UK

RTL Luxembourg deploys Verimatrix to protect auto racing from piracy
Apr 30, 2024 – Verimatrix (Paris:VMX) has announced that RTL Luxembourg has selected the Verimatrix Streamkeeper Multi-DRM solution to ensure the security of its motorsport content and protect its related revenues.
News categories: Verimatrix, RTL Luxembourg, Andrew Bear, Tom Weber, Digital TV, DRM, Luxembourg

Broadpeak to power targeted advertising on new TF1 video service
Apr 29, 2024 – Broadpeak has announced that French TV network TF1 is powering targeted ad insertion on its TF1+ streaming service with Broadpeak's broadpeak.io Dynamic Ad Insertion service.
News categories: Broadpeak, TF1, Jacques Le Mancq, Francois Xavier Pierrel, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Streaming