North America Digital TV News

DIRECTV terminates agreement to acquire EchoStar's DISH
Nov 22, 2024 – DIRECTV has terminated the agreement to acquire EchoStar's video distribution business, DISH DBS, following rejection by DISH DBS noteholders of the EchoStar debt exchange offer terms.
News categories: DIRECTV, EchoStar, Bill Morrow, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, Streaming, USA

Xumo and PubMatic partner on programmatic advertising
Nov 21, 2024 – Xumo and PubMatic (Nasdaq: PUBM) have announced a partnership to make Xumo’s premium inventory programmatically available to advertisers via PubMatic.
News categories: PubMatic, Xumo, Nicole Scaglione, Ying Wang, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Adara solves PowerKEY CA time-out issue for Aster Tecnodisa
Nov 21, 2024 – Adara has implemented a solution to allow Aster Tecnodisa to continue operation of its SA, Cisco and Technicolor PowerKEY set-top boxes beyond the timeout date in November 2024 for all such boxes.
News categories: Adara Technologies, Aster Tecnodisa, Stan Koukarine, Rubi Santana, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV, Set Top Box

Addressable TV advertising in U.S. grows for third year in a row
Nov 20, 2024 – According to research from Go Addressable, addressable TV has become a vital channel for advertisers, with over half now saying it's a 'must-buy', after being viewed as an 'add-on” just three years ago.
News categories: Go Addressable, Advertiser Perceptions, Tim Myers, Advertising, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA

The Trade Desk announces Ventura streaming TV OS
Nov 20, 2024 – The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) has announced that it has developed Ventura, a streaming TV OS. The Trade Desk will partner with smart TV OEMs and other streaming TV aggregators to deploy Ventura.
News categories: The Trade Desk, Jeff Green, Matthew Henick, Jamie Power, John Halley, Paul Cheesbrough, Patrick Spence, Advertising, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS, USA

Comcast to spin-off of cable television networks
Nov 20, 2024 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company, consisting of a portfolio of NBCUniversal cable television networks, through a tax-free spin-off.
News categories: Comcast Corp, Brian L. Roberts, Mike Cavanagh, Mark Lazarus, Anand Kini, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA

Bell Media inventory available via StackAdapt ad platform
Nov 19, 2024 – StackAdapt has announced a partnership to make available Bell Media's inventory across CTV, display, video, audio, and digital out-of-home (DOOH) channels through the StackAdapt platform.
News categories: StackAdapt, Bell Media, Greg Joseph, Sabrina Segal, David Olynyk, Advertising, Canada, Digital TV

Broadcast continues seasonal ascent in the U.S. in October
Nov 19, 2024 – According to Nielsen's October 2024 report of The Gauge, broadcast exhibited 7% monthly growth and added 1.4 share points in October to finish at 24.0% of total time spent watching television.
News categories: Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Spanglish Movies launches ad-supported streaming with FAST Channels TV
Nov 19, 2024 – Spanglish Movies has partnered with FAST Channels TV to launch two streaming platforms, FLOUtv and Vision by Spanglish, catering to US Hispanic and DEI audiences.
News categories: FAST Channels TV, Spanglish Movies, Russell Foy, Gustavo Aparicio, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA