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Live sports streaming latency shows significant improvements
Nov 14, 2024 – The DTG has released analysis showing notable improvements in live sports streaming performance across three major events in 2024: Wimbledon, the Olympic Games, and the Paralympic Games.
News categories: Digital TV Group, Ranjeet Kaur, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK

68% of US households have a smart TV, 46% have a streaming media player
Nov 14, 2024 – Parks Associates research has found that 68% of U.S. internet households now own a smart TV and 46% own a streaming media player, an increase from 2020 when 54% and 42% owned these devices, respectively.
News categories: Parks Associates, Sarah Lee, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Gracenote launches SVOD content data hub
Nov 13, 2024 – Gracenote has launched a Data Hub providing insight into the current state of subscription video on-demand (SVOD) programming to identify global content trends and changes over time.
News categories: Gracenote, Trent Wheeler, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

Swedish streaming market experiencing significant upswing
Nov 13, 2024 – According to Mediavision, in the third quarter Sweden added 600,000 new streaming subscriptions compared to the same period of last year, driven by more affordable, ad-supported options.
News categories: Mediavision, Marie Nilsson, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Sweden

Barb releases Q3 2024 UK SVOD subscriptions data
Nov 13, 2024 – Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.1m UK homes (68.8%) had access to an SVOD service in Q3 2024. This is a slight increase from 20m UK homes (68.7%) in Q2.
News categories: Barb, Doug Whelpdale, Digital TV, Streaming, Subscribers, UK

Multichoice linear subscribers down 1.8 million YoY
Nov 12, 2024 – MultiChoice has released an update for the six months ended 30 September 2024. On a YoY basis, the company's linear subscriber base declined by 11% or 1.8m subscribers to 14.9m active subscribers.
News categories: Multichoice, Africa, Content Protection, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Streaming, Subscribers

Vodafone TV customers down 2.9 million in H1 FY25
Nov 12, 2024 – Vodafone Group has announced results for the half-year ended 30 Sept. 2024. The company's total TV customer base declined by 2.9 million in the period, mainly due to the MDU transition in Germany.
News categories: Vodafone, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Netherlands, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

Parks Associates releases Top 10 US SVOD services list
Nov 12, 2024 – Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 U.S. subscription streaming video services, based on estimated numbers of subscribers through September 2024.
News categories: Parks Associates, Jennifer Kent, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

EchoStar pay TV subscribers down 43,000 in 3Q 2024
Nov 12, 2024 – EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) has released results for the period ended Sept. 30, 2024. Pay-TV subscribers fell 43,000 in Q3, to close at 8.03 million (5.89 million DISH TV, 2.14 million SLING TV).
News categories: EchoStar, Hamid Akhavan, Digital TV, MandA, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA