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Telekom Srbija renews satellite services contract with SES
Nov 4, 2024 – Telekom Srbija has extended the contract for SES to provide capacity on ASTRA 3C at 23.5°E for its M:Sat TV platform, covering Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia.
News categories: SES S.A, Telekom Srbija, Norbert Hölzle, Katarina Subotić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Macedonia, Montenegro, Satellite, Serbia

X Games chooses frequency to power sports FAST channel
Oct 31, 2024 – Action sports property X Games is entering the streaming TV market with a new FAST channel by partnering with Frequency, a global leader in creating and distributing streaming channels.
News categories: Frequency, X Games, Blair Harrison, Scott Guglielmino, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

ODK Media partners with Amagi to launch Amasian TV
Oct 30, 2024 – ODK Media has partnered with Amagi to launch Amasian TV, a FAST platform dedicated to Pan-Asian entertainment, with FAST 2.0 features such as 'personalized EPG' and 'start over' functionality.
News categories: Amagi, ODK Media, Srinivasan KA, Peter Park, Asia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, UX

COOCAA Smart TV OS integrates NetRange content APIs
Oct 30, 2024 – COOCAA, a subsidiary of Skyworth and developer of the COOLITA OS, is integrating ACCESS's NetRange TV Store APIs, giving the Smart TV OS access to over 400 apps, FAST channels and advertisement solutions.
News categories: ACCESS Company, COOCAA, Michi Uemetsu, Samuel Lin, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, UX, Worldwide

Green Streams and Swisscom create white-label IPTV service for Swiss operators
Oct 29, 2024 – Green Streams has integrated Swisscom's TV and video backend and CDN with its Media Integration Platform and frontend applications to create an IPTV service for operators in Switzerland.
News categories: Green Streams, Swisscom, Gernot Jaeger, Elias Gutscher, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Switzerland, UX

Rohde & Schwarz and Vantage Towers drive 5G Broadcast commercialization in Europe
Oct 28, 2024 – Rohde & Schwarz and Vantage Towers have signed an MoU to advance the commercialization of 5G Broadcast (5GB) in Europe, aiming to support 5GB deployment during its roll out from 2026 onwards.
News categories: Rohde & Schwarz, Vantage Towers, Steven Edwards, Badiaa Bazarbacha, 5G, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe

Chips&Media unveils WAVE6 Gen2+ multi video codec IP
Oct 23, 2024 – Chips&Media (C&M) has announced its WAVE6 Gen2+ series multi-standard video codec hardware IP. The upgraded architecture offers improved visual quality as measured by PSNR and SSIM metrics.
News categories: Chips&Media, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Silicon IP, Worldwide

MSCTV chooses Witbe live TV monitoring technology
Oct 22, 2024 – Witbe (Euronext Growth – FR0013143872 – ALWIT) has announced that Mitchell Seaforth Cable TV (MSCTV) is using Witbe technology to monitor video QoE for linear TV application users.
News categories: Witbe, MSCTV, Mathieu Planche, Michael Hawkes, Cable TV, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, QoE

Comercio TV chooses Broadpeak for OTT video delivery and monetization
Oct 22, 2024 – Broadpeak has announced that Comercio TV's streaming service is using Broadpeak's SaaS platform for server-side ad insertion (SSAI) and content delivery in the U.S. and Latin America.
News categories: Broadpeak, Comercio TV, Jacques Le Mancq, Freddy Arias, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America, Streaming, USA