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X Games chooses frequency to power sports FAST channel
Oct 31, 2024 – Action sports property X Games is entering the streaming TV market with a new FAST channel by partnering with Frequency, a global leader in creating and distributing streaming channels.
News categories: Frequency, X Games, Blair Harrison, Scott Guglielmino, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Roku releases third quarter 2024 financial results
Oct 30, 2024 – Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has released third quarter 2024 results. Streaming Households were 85.5 million, up 2.0 million net from Q2 2024. Streaming Hours were 32.0 billion, up 5.3 billion hours YoY.
News categories: Roku, Advertising, Digital TV, North America, Results, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS, Worldwide

ODK Media partners with Amagi to launch Amasian TV
Oct 30, 2024 – ODK Media has partnered with Amagi to launch Amasian TV, a FAST platform dedicated to Pan-Asian entertainment, with FAST 2.0 features such as 'personalized EPG' and 'start over' functionality.
News categories: Amagi, ODK Media, Srinivasan KA, Peter Park, Asia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, UX

FIPS 140-3-certified cryptography integrated into Samsung TVs
Oct 30, 2024 – Samsung's cryptography module, Samsung CryptoCore, has earned FIPS 140-3 certification from NIST, underscoring Samsung's commitment to provide security and data protection for Smart TV users.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, Yongjae Kim, Content Protection, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, Worldwide

COOCAA Smart TV OS integrates NetRange content APIs
Oct 30, 2024 – COOCAA, a subsidiary of Skyworth and developer of the COOLITA OS, is integrating ACCESS's NetRange TV Store APIs, giving the Smart TV OS access to over 400 apps, FAST channels and advertisement solutions.
News categories: ACCESS Company, COOCAA, Michi Uemetsu, Samuel Lin, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, UX, Worldwide

Ayozat selects Synamedia Iris to bolster addressable ad revenue
Oct 30, 2024 – Synamedia has announced that AYOZAT has chosen Synamedia Iris for advertising campaign management, decisioning, and reporting for its live and on-demand streaming service, AYOZAT STREAM.
News categories: Synamedia, Ayozat, Guy Southam, Umesh Perera, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, UK

Friend MTS extends content protection services deal with UEFA
Oct 30, 2024 – UEFA has extended its commitment to Friend MTS for anti-piracy technologies and services in respect of all major UEFA club and national team competitions.
News categories: Friend MTS, UEFA, Shane McCarthy, Content Protection, Digital TV, Worldwide

Green Streams and Swisscom create white-label IPTV service for Swiss operators
Oct 29, 2024 – Green Streams has integrated Swisscom's TV and video backend and CDN with its Media Integration Platform and frontend applications to create an IPTV service for operators in Switzerland.
News categories: Green Streams, Swisscom, Gernot Jaeger, Elias Gutscher, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Switzerland, UX

Rohde & Schwarz and Vantage Towers drive 5G Broadcast commercialization in Europe
Oct 28, 2024 – Rohde & Schwarz and Vantage Towers have signed an MoU to advance the commercialization of 5G Broadcast (5GB) in Europe, aiming to support 5GB deployment during its roll out from 2026 onwards.
News categories: Rohde & Schwarz, Vantage Towers, Steven Edwards, Badiaa Bazarbacha, 5G, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe