North America Digital TV News

Samba TV releases latest State of Viewership report
Feb 8, 2024 – According to Samba TV's latest viewership report, linear continues its decline in reach while streaming viewing has swelled. The report also gives an early look at the impact of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
News categories: Samba TV, Ashwin Navin, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, USA

Disney reports earnings for quarter ended December 30, 2023
Feb 7, 2024 – The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has reported results for the quarter ended December 30, 2023. Disney+ Core subscribers decreased sequentially by 1.3 million in the quarter.
News categories: Walt Disney Company, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA, Worldwide

46% of U.S. pay-TV subs interested in adding Smart Home services
Feb 6, 2024 – Parks Associates' research reveals that 46% of U.S. pay-TV subscribers find home control and interactive features, provided through their TV service, appealing or very appealing.
News categories: Parks Associates, Elizabeth Parks, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home, USA

Teads partners with VIDAA on Hisense CTV native display ads
Feb 5, 2024 – Teads has announced an exclusive international partnership with VIDAA USA to extend advertiser reach with CTV native display inventory on its smart TV OS.
News categories: Teads, VIDAA, Jeremy Arditi, Guy Edri, Amanda Erlbacher, Advertising, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, USA, Worldwide

ESPN, FOX and WBD forming U.S. sports streaming JV
Feb 6, 2024 – ESPN (NYSE: DIS), FOX (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX) and Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) have announced plans to form a joint platform to house a new streaming sports service for the U.S.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, FOX, Warner Bros. Discovery, Bob Iger, Lachlan Murdoch, David Zaslav, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

US streaming services must focus on value to retain subscribers
Jan 25, 2024 – Kantar has released figures showing that 95% of American households now have at least one streaming subscription, indicating near total market saturation in the country.
News categories: Kantar, Hannah Avery, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Five Chicago local TV stations launch NEXTGEN TV
Feb 5, 2024 – Viewers in America’s third-largest television market can now experience the future of broadcast television as five stations join to launch NEXTGEN TV in Chicago.
News categories: Pearl TV, Anne Schelle, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

Charter residential video customers down 248,000 in 4Q 2023
Feb 2, 2024 – Charter Communications has announced results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023. Residential video customers decreased by 248,000 in the quarter, finishing the year at 13.5 million.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Eutelsat ends operations on EUTELSAT 113 West A
Feb 2, 2024 – Eutelsat (Paris/London: ETL) has confirmed that, following an anomaly on its EUTELSAT 113 West A satellite, it has ceased operations on the satellite.
News categories: Eutelsat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America, North America, Satellite