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Bitcentral streaming distribution now includes Samsung TV Plus
Jul 8, 2024 – Bitcentral has announced that its ViewNexa streaming platform now supports Samsung TV Plus, allowing ViewNexa customers to deliver live and VOD content to Samsung televisions.
News categories: Bitcentral, Sam Kamel, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

HARMAN and CARIAD provide further apps for Volkswagen vehicles
Jul 3, 2024 – HARMAN, alongside CARIAD, has expanded the range of apps available in the Group Application Store, a uniform in-car application store for cars of the Volkswagen Group brands, to more than 70.
News categories: HARMAN, CARIAD, Volkswagen, Jens Beckmann, Automotive, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Cellecor Gadgets adopts Tizen OS for Smart TVs
Jul 2, 2024 – Cellecor Gadgets is incorporating Samsung's Tizen OS into all of its Smart TVs. Tizen OS enhances the user experience with features like screen mirroring, voice assistance and home automation.
News categories: Cellecor, Tizen, Nikhil Aggarwal, Digital TV, India, Smart TV, TV OS

Kabelnoord selects Zattoo for TV streaming
Jul 9, 2024 – Kabelnoord is upgrading TV streaming services for its 25,000 customers with a TV-as-a-Service solution from Zattoo. The solution includes an Android TV set-top box developed in partnership with Strong.
News categories: Zattoo, Kabelnoord, Strong, Jörg Meyer, Daan van Beek, Android TV, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Netherlands, Set Top Box

Reliance starts beta testing own Smart TV OS
Jul 4, 2024 – According to The Economic Times, Reliance Industries has started testing India’s first indigenously developed smart television operating system (OS) ready for a possible commercial launch on TVs by Diwali.
News categories: Reliance Industries, Advertising, Digital TV, India, Smart TV, TV OS

Cloud TV adds ITG, Saregama, Fancode and Ultra Jhakaas content
Jul 1, 2024 – Cloud TV has partnered with India Today Group, Saregama, Fancode Sports App and Ultra Jhakaas Marathi OTT App to provide Cloud TV operating system users with additional entertainment content.
News categories: Cloud TV, Abhijeet Rajpurohit, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS

OSN appoints Kantar Media to unlock audience insights
Jul 2, 2024 – Kantar Media has been appointed by OSN to deliver a new audience measurement service ingesting data collected from OSN subscribers' set top boxes using return path data technology.
News categories: Kantar Media, OSN, Keld Nielsen, Andy Grant, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite, Set Top Box

Astro Malaysia presents results for quarter ended 30 April 2024
Jun 25, 2024 – Astro Malaysia has presented unaudited results for the quarter ended 30 April 2024. Year-on-year, Astro's TV customer base decreased by 3% from 5.458 million to 5.309 million subscribers.
News categories: Astro Malaysia, Digital TV, Malaysia, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers

NetRange adds OKAST FAST channels to smart TV offering
Jun 27, 2024 – NetRange has announced a partnership with OKAST to enrich NetRange's Smart TV offering by adding OKAST’s diverse portfolio of premium FAST channels to the NetRange App Store.
News categories: OKAST, ACCESS CO, Cédric Monnier, Michi Uematsu, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide