North America Digital TV News

NextGen TV begins in the San Francisco Bay Area
Mar 30, 2023 – Television stations serving the San Francisco Bay Area have begun broadcasting with NextGen TV. The launch includes KGO-TV (ABC), KPIX-TV (CBS), KNTV (NBC), KTVU (Fox), KDTV-DT (Univision), and KRON-TV (MyNet).
News categories: BitPath, John Hane, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

Valossa AI powers UX of Cinedigm's Cineverse streaming service
Mar 30, 2023 – Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) has announced an agreement with Valossa Labs to enhance the user experience of its Cineverse streaming service using Valossa's AI-based cognitive automation systems.
News categories: Cinedigm, Valossa Labs, Tony Huidor, Mika Rautiainen, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, USA, UX, Worldwide

Games revenue to reach $215bn by 2027 overtaking Pay TV and cinema
Mar 29, 2023 – Omdia research has revealed global consumer spend on games is set to reach $215bn by 2027. The transmedia space continues to expand as more videogame franchises make their way to the large and small screen.
News categories: Omdia, Maria Rua Aguete, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, USA, Worldwide

MySatGo taps Interra Systems for linear and OTT service monitoring
Mar 30, 2023 – Interra Systems has announced that MySatGo is using its ORION suite to monitor its linear and OTT services across all locations to ensure audio-video quality while receiving reports for its live and VOD channels.
News categories: Interra Systems, MySatGo, Anupama Anantharaman, Imad Alawawdeh, Australia, Canada, Digital TV, Middle-East, QoE

24i and Amagi partner to enable rapid launch of streaming services
Mar 30, 2023 – 24i has partnered with Amagi to offer FAST channel providers a rapid route to launching their own apps and expanding their services to offer AVOD and SVOD alongside their existing live and linear streams.
News categories: Amagi, 24i, SEGI.TV, Baskar Subramanian, Dr. Neale Foster, Edward Sylvan, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, USA, Worldwide

ARF calls for move away from TV households as basis of TV measurement
Mar 27, 2023 – ARF says move to 'TV-accessible households' is needed as ARF's DASH universe study shows a significant and growing percentage of US homes now consume TV without owning a TV set.
News categories: Advertising Research Foundation, Paul Donato, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Market Research, USA

Free, ad-supported streaming takes off in the U.S.
Mar 28, 2023 – Nearly 7 in 10 (69%) TV content viewers in the U.S. use free streaming services at least monthly, a sharp increase from 42% in 2019, according to a recent study from Horowitz.
News categories: Horowitz, Adriana Waterston, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

NextGen TV begins broadcasting in Des Moines, IA
Mar 28, 2023 – Television stations serving the Des Moines-Ames market have begun broadcasting with NextGen TV. The launch includes KCCI (CBS), WHO-DT (NBC), KDSM-TV (Fox), and KDIN-TV (PBS).
News categories: BitPath, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

Harmonic powers live sports streaming for VertiCast
Mar 29, 2023 – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that VertiCast Media Group's CSport is using Harmonic's VOS®360 video SaaS platform for media processing and delivery in 26 Caribbean countries.
News categories: Harmonic, VertiCast, Gil Rudge, Oral Swaby, Caribbean, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming