EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Streaming TV is most-watched form of TV in the Nordics
Apr 25, 2023 – Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI) has unveiled a study on how streaming TV is evolving in the Nordics. The research finds that streaming is now the most-watched form of TV in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
News categories: Magnite, Natasha Westlund, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Market Research, Norway, Streaming, Sweden

Telefónica and Síminn demonstrate 'TV roaming' using SVTA open caching
Apr 18, 2023 – Telefónica and Síminn have demonstrated the feasibility of applying the concept of 'TV Roaming' to the distribution of video services by interconnecting their CDNs using SVTA Open Caching.
News categories: Telefónica, Síminn, Broadpeak, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Iceland, QoE, Spain, Streaming

Samba TV partners with Admo.tv on TV measurement & attribution
Apr 18, 2023 – Samba TV has announced a partnership with Admo.tv to bring measurement and attribution to the French market, after a record year of growth and expansion in Samba TV's European markets.
News categories: Samba TV, Admo.tv, David Barker, Pierre Figeat, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, France

Vialma chooses OKAST to launch FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus
Apr 17, 2023 – Vialma has chosen OKAST Channels to launch its FAST service on the Samsung TV Plus platform. OKAST Channels enabled Vialma to create, launch, and distribute its FAST channel in a few weeks.
News categories: OKAST, Vialma, Cédric Monnier, Guillaume Descottes, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Smart TV, Streaming

SES secures €75m of German video contract extensions
Apr 13, 2023 – SES has signed multi-year capacity agreements with multiple broadcasters, enabling millions of satellite TV households across Germany to continue watching SD and HD content.
News categories: SES S.A, Norbert Hölzle, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite

French Golf Federation's OTT goes live with Origins Digital
Apr 13, 2023 – Origins Digital has announced that the French Golf Federation's new OTT platform, redesigned by Origins Digital, has gone live with over 500 hours of golf-related video content.
News categories: Origins Digital, French Golf Federation, Steve Heymann, Michaël Akrich, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Streaming

Pay TV subscriptions in Portugal up 136,000 in 2022
Apr 14, 2023 – According to Anacom, at the end of 2022 96.4% of households in Portugal had pay-TV equating to 4.5 million subscribers, 136 thousand (+3.1%) more than in the previous year.
News categories: Anacom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Cellnex selects Synamedia for RTVE's broadcasting across Spain
Apr 12, 2023 – Cellnex will be deploying Synamedia's virtual Digital Content Manager (vDCM) to enable RTVE to optimise bandwidth while enhancing image quality using vDCM's compression and processing.
News categories: Synamedia, Cellnex, RTVE, Meir Lehrer, Xavi Redon, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Spain

Redge Technologies provides TV platform for MiŚOT Group
Apr 5, 2023 – MiŚOT Group has chosen Redge Media as technology provider for the development of an IPTV/OTT/VOD platform that will be available to the customers of small and medium-sized ISPs in Poland.
News categories: Redge Technologies, MiŚOT Group, Marek Szymczak, Krzysztof Czuszek, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland, Streaming