Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

SKY Perfect JSAT releases end-2024 pay TV subscriber numbers
Jan 7, 2025 – SKY Perfect JSAT has released end-December 2024 subscriber numbers for its SKY PerfecTV! multichannel pay TV broadcast service and optical fiber based re-transmission service.
News categories: SKY Perfect JSAT, Eiichi Yonekura, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers

Run3TV selects Velope.TV to provide starter application
Jan 7, 2025 – Run3TV has selected Velope.tv to develop a starter application for stations that want to deploy ATSC 3.0 applications while limiting their investment in data and fees for interactive services.
News categories: Run3TV, Velope.TV, Michael Collette, Michael Gregor, Apps, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, USA

MPA unveils Asia-Pacific video industry key trends
Jan 8, 2025 – Media Partners Asia (MPA) has released its 2025 report on the Asia-Pacific video and broadband market, revealing major growth drivers and significant shifts in the industry landscape.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Vivek Couto, Advertising, Asia, Broadband, Broadcast, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

Broadcasters form JV to offer ATSC 3.0 data services in the US
Jan 7, 2025 – E.W. Scripps, Gray Media, Nexstar Media, and Sinclair have formed EdgeBeam Wireless, a JV created to provide wireless data services, based on ATSC 3.0, to businesses and industries in the U.S.
News categories: Sinclair, E.W. Scripps, Gray Media, Nexstar Media, Chris Ripley, Adam Symson, Hilton Howell, Perry Sook, ATSC 3, CES2025, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

Tolka and Technicolor show HDR-capable NEXTGEN TV receiver
Jan 7, 2025 – Tolka and Advanced HDR by Technicolor will showcase their software on a new NEXTGEN TV receiver from Atlanta DTH (ADTH) at CES 2025. The receiver is powered by a Montage system-on-chip (SoC).
News categories: Advanced HDR by Technicolor, Sinclair, Tolka, Montage, Alex Day, Matthew Goldman, Rick Dumont, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

New NEXTGEN TV receivers, expanded services launch at CES 2025
Jan 6, 2025 – New ATSC 3.0 receivers and enhanced broadcast services will launch this year, with RCA launching TV sets, and new accessory receivers coming from ADTH, MyVelo, Stavix, Vbox, Zapperbox, and Zinwell.
News categories: ATSC, Madeleine Noland, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UX

New devices, channels and programming coming to NEXTGEN TV
Jan 3, 2025 – New ATSC 3.0 receivers are to be shown at CES, from high-end NEXTGEN TV sets to affordable accessories that can transform Android and Fire TV devices already in consumer homes.
News categories: Pearl TV, Anne Schelle, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Gaming, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

ATSC 3.0 demo station launched in Trinidad and Tobago
Dec 18, 2024 – The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT), with the four FTA TV service providers CCN TV6, Parliament TV, CNC3 and TTT, has launched DTT on an ATSC 3.0 demo station.
News categories: Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, Aaron Simon, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Trinidad and Tobago

DAZN advances global expansion with acquisition of Foxtel
Dec 22, 2024 – DAZN has announced an agreement to acquire Foxtel Group from its majority shareholder News Corp and minority shareholder Telstra at an enterprise value of US$2.2bn, subject to regulatory approval.
News categories: DAZN, Foxtel Group, Shay Segev, Siobhan McKenna, Patrick Delany, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, Streaming