Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Ofcom releases Communications Market 2023 report
Jul 20, 2023 – According to Ofcom's Communications Market Report, UK audiovisual revenues increased to £20bn in 2022, up by 5.3% on 2021. The increase was driven by SVOD and online video advertising.
News categories: Ofcom, Broadcast, Digital TV, Market Research, TV-over-IP, UK

Nielsen renews audience data license deal with Comcast
Jul 20, 2023 – Nielsen has agreed a license renewal with Comcast that will expand its use of Comcast's return path data (RPD) in its national and local TV and cross-media measurement services.
News categories: Nielsen, Comcast, Karthik Rao, Marcien Jenckes, Advertising, Big Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA

Liberty Global acquires 93.23% of Telenet Group
Jul 19, 2023 – Liberty Global has announced results of the initial acceptance period of the takeover bid by its subsidiary Liberty Global Belgium for all the shares of Telenet Group.
News categories: Liberty Global, Telenet Group, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA

Nilesat chooses Ateme video headend for latest satellite
Jul 18, 2023 – Ateme has announced that its video headed is feeding the latest satellite launched by Nilesat, enabling delivery of around 50 channels to the Middle East and Africa.
News categories: Ateme, Nilesat, Razik Zaghlouli, Maissa Kamel, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

U.S. TV streaming usage hits all-time high in June
Jul 18, 2023 – According to Nielsen's June 2023 report of The Gauge, streaming accounted for 37.7% of overall TV usage in the U.S. in June, a record high share total for the digital format.
News categories: Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Zinwell certified to produce NEXTGEN TV set-tops
Jul 13, 2023 – Pearl TV has announced that Zinwell has completed self-certification testing and will soon enter the U.S. market with set-top products to help viewers transition to NEXTGEN TV.
News categories: Pearl TV, Zinwell, Anne Schelle, Paul Wu, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA

NTV to broadcast five Nepali HD channels on AsiaSat 7
Jul 13, 2023 – AsiaSat has announced that Nepal Television (NTV) has selected AsiaSat 7 to distribute a bouquet of five HD Nepali channels to serve audiences both nationally and across Asia and Oceania.
News categories: AsiaSat, Nepal Television, Roger Tong, Asia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Nepal, Satellite

Harmonic and DigiCAP optimize ATSC 3.0 bit rates
Jul 11, 2023 – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) and DigiCAP (KOSDAQ: 197140) have announced a solution for broadcasters that combines statistical multiplexing technology with an ATSC 3.0 headend.
News categories: Harmonic, DigiCAP, Jing Zhou, Sang Jin Yoon, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Worldwide

NextGen TV launched in South Bend, Indiana
Jun 29, 2023 – Television stations serving the South Bend-Elkhart TV market have begun broadcasting with NextGen TV. The launch includes WSBT-TV, WNDU-TV, WSJV, WNI and WHME-TV.
News categories: BitPath, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA