Worldwide (not region-specific) Digital TV News

DVB Project elects new Steering Board
Nov 13, 2023 – The General Assembly of the DVB Project has elected a new Steering Board to serve for the coming two years. It includes representatives of 43 companies across DVB's four member constituencies.
News categories: DVB Project, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Regulation, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Worldwide

MPEG looking to evaluate learning-based video codecs
Nov 13, 2023 – MPEG has issued a call for learning-based video codecs for visual quality assessment. Interested parties are requested to submit responses for review at the 145th MPEG meeting in January 2024.
News categories: MPEG, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Worldwide

Xperi signs fourth Smart TV OEM for its TiVo OS
Nov 13, 2023 – In its 3rd quarter 2023 results Xperi (NYSE: XPER) announced that it has signed a fourth Smart TV OEM for its TiVo OS, and that Vestel is now shipping TiVo-powered Smart TVs under the JVC brand.
News categories: Xperi, Jon Kirchner, Automotive, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Results, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS, USA, Worldwide

Yospace and Capella automate 'pop-up' live event orchestration
Nov 14, 2023 – Yospace and Capella Systems have collaborated on a live orchestration implementation built on Yospace's SSAI stack and orchestration module combined with Capella's cloud-hosted encoder.
News categories: Yospace, Capella Systems, Tim Sewell, Ikuyo Yamada, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

acTVe selects Amagi for FAST channel playout, distribution and monetization
Nov 13, 2023 – Amagi has announced that acTVe has selected the company as its playout, distribution, and monetization partner for five of its premium syndicated sports channels.
News categories: Amagi, acTVe, Srinivasan KA, Geoff Clark, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Samba TV integrates additional metadata from Red Bee Media
Nov 13, 2023 – Red Bee Media has announced that Samba TV will integrate Red Bee metadata to supplement its analysis of viewership behaviors and validate its media measurement and advertising effectiveness.
News categories: Red Bee Media, Samba TV, Jason Marchese, Aden Zaman, Big Data, Digital TV, Worldwide

Amagi and Cineverse offer end-to-end FAST kit for VSPs
Nov 8, 2023 – Cineverse (NASDAQ:CNVS) and Amagi have teamed up to offer an end-to-end FAST kit for video service providers including monetization, content acquisition and curation, and a joint backend solution.
News categories: Cineverse, Amagi, Tony Huidor, Srinivasan KA, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Lionsgate to move content library to the cloud with Vubiquity
Nov 7, 2023 – Vubiquity (NASDAQ:DOX), along with Bitpress, has been chosen as a key collaborator for the move of Lionsgate's content library, consisting of over 18,000 film and TV titles, to a cloud-based platform.
News categories: Amdocs, Lionsgate, Bitpress, Vubiquity, Anthony Goonetilleke, Akin Ceylan, Russ Moffat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Worldwide

Stoneroos integrates Bitmovin Player into OTT NOW! UX
Nov 8, 2023 – Bitmovin has partnered with Stoneroos to power multiple OTT and TV streaming services via the integration of the Bitmovin Player with Stoneroos’ OTT NOW! user experience product.
News categories: Bitmovin, Stoneroos, Stefan Lederer, Robbert van Elswijk, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UX, Worldwide