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RCN Colombia deploys Zixi to distribute content to US affiliates
Aug 21, 2024 – Zixi has announced that RCN Colombia, a prominent news, sports, and entertainment network in Latin America, has implemented Zixi to distribute its premium content to affiliates across the United States.
News categories: Zixi, RCN Colombia, Bruno Forchieri, Omar Silva, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, USA

Return Entertainment and Aethir enhance cloud gaming on smart TVs
Aug 21, 2024 – Return Entertainment and Aethir have announced a solution to enhance cloud gaming on smart TVs. Return Entertainment is using Aethir's decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure to power its games.
News categories: Return Entertainment, Aethir, Vesa Jutila, Paul Thind, Digital TV, Gaming, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Media Excel and Six Floor Solutions integrate highlight generation with content delivery
Aug 21, 2024 – Media Excel has integrated its video processing with Six Floor Solutions' AI-driven highlight generation to enable the creation of personalized playlists that can be streamed with the highest picture quality.
News categories: Media Excel, Six Floor Solutions, Narayanan Rajan, Pedro Aço, Big Data, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Samsung unveils glasses-free gaming monitor
Aug 21, 2024 – Samsung has unveiled its Odyssey 3D glasses-free gaming monitors. The monitors' light field display (LFD) technology creates 3D images from 2D content by using a lenticular lens on the front panel.
News categories: Samsung, Hoon Chung, Digital TV, Metaverse, Smart TV, Worldwide

Global E&M industry continued to grow in 2023
Aug 16, 2024 – According to PwC, the global entertainment & media (E&M) industry continued to grow in 2023, with total revenues rising 5% in 2023 to US$2.8 trillion - outpacing overall economic growth.
News categories: PwC, Werner Ballhaus, Wilson Chow, Advertising, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

Persidera upgrades terrestrial video delivery with Harmonic
Aug 21, 2024 – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Persidera has deployed the company's XOS Advanced Media Processor to enhance video delivery at its new broadcast center.
News categories: Harmonic, Persidera, Stephane Cloirec, Guido Fermetti, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, Italy, Terrestrial

Nexxen ACR data now available on The Trade Desk
Aug 21, 2024 – Nexxen is providing The Trade Desk advertisers with access to automatic content recognition (ACR) data segments, offering clients advanced cross-channel and cross-device targeting capabilities.
News categories: Nexxen, The Trade Desk, Karim Rayes, Ben Sylvan, Advertising, Australia, Big Data, Digital TV, North America, Smart TV, UK

AI-powered device releases scents based on what's on screen
Aug 20, 2024 – Elevated Perceptions has introduced MovieScent, an AI-powered device that releases real-time scents based on events and environments within movies, TV shows, televised sporting events and streams.
News categories: Elevated Perceptions, Dean Finnegan, Digital TV, USA, UX

PwC expects Thailand's E&M revenue to hit THB690bn in 2024
Aug 20, 2024 – PwC forecasts that the revenue growth of Thailand’s entertainment and media industries will reach THB690 billion (~$20bn) in 2024, representing a 4% increase from the previous year.
News categories: PwC, Tithinun Vankeo, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Thailand