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Sinclair and Nebraska Public Media launch virtual channel on ATSC 3.0
Oct 16, 2024 – Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) has announced that Nebraska Public Media's PBS and local programming is now hosted on Sinclair's station in Omaha, as a free, virtual channel, using NEXTGEN broadcast data channel capacity.
News categories: Sinclair, Nebraska Public Media, APTS, Rob Weisbord, Peter Clowney, Kate Riley, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

Sky renews UK and Ireland satellite capacity contract with SES
Oct 10, 2024 – SES has extended its partnership with Sky through a multi-year contract renewal for satellite capacity and back-up services from SES's prime video neighbourhood of 28.2/28.5°E.
News categories: SES S.A, Sky, Norbert Hölzle, Nick Herm, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Ireland, Satellite, UK

JW Player merges with Connatix to form JWP Connatix
Oct 9, 2024 – JW Player (JWP) is merging with Connatix, unifying JWP's live and on-demand streaming, data, and workflow capabilities with Connatix's full stack advertising and content technology.
News categories: JW Player, Connatix, Dave Otten, David Kashak, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, MandA, Streaming, Worldwide

MediaKind launches multiview live streaming solution with Skreens
Oct 8, 2024 – MediaKind is launching a multiview solution combining Skreens' content compositing with its MK.IO streaming platform to enable the delivery of multiple simultaneous video feeds to viewers.
News categories: MediaKind, Skreens, Cory Zachman, Marc Todd, Content Distribution, Digital TV, UX, Worldwide

MedOne and Redge Technologies to offer video CDN services in Israel
Oct 8, 2024 – Redge Technologies has partnered with MedOne to offer video CDN services in Israel, combining Redge's software with MedOne's data center, cloud infrastructure and connectivity capabilities.
News categories: Redge Technologies, MedOne, Wojciech Turak, Amir Gershon, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Israel

TISA deploys Bitmovin Live Encoder to power live sports experiences
Oct 2, 2024 – Bitmovin has announced that TISA has deployed Bitmovin’s Live Encoder. TISA's OTT solutions enable sports clubs to create engaging media centres with exclusive video-on-demand content.
News categories: Bitmovin, TISA Group, Stefan Lederer, Kamil Rzeźnicki, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Amagi and Phenix offer sub-second latency streaming with SSAI
Sep 30, 2024 – Amagi and Phenix have partnered to provide a complete turnkey solution for content owners to achieve real-time streaming with sub-second latency and server-side ad insertion (SSAI).
News categories: Amagi, Phenix, Richard Perkett, Bill Wishon, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Sky Switzerland early adopter of Zattoo's Stream API product suite
Oct 1, 2024 – Sky Switzerland is working with Zattoo as a lighthouse customer for Zattoo's new suite of Stream API services on the Sky platform, powering applications, front-ends and devices in the IPTV market.
News categories: Zattoo, Sky Switzerland, Bert Schulzki, Nicolas Stefani, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Switzerland, UX

Slovak Telekom selects MediaKind for next-generation TV headend
Sep 25, 2024 – Slovak Telekom has selected MediaKind to transform its TV distribution headend through the deployment of MediaKind's Aquila Broadcast compression, monitoring, and control solution.
News categories: MediaKind, Slovak Telekom, Boris Felts, Juraj Matejka, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Slovakia