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Synamedia powers content distribution at Monumental Sports
Feb 29, 2024 – Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) has chosen Synamedia solutions to distribute sports content, along with other programming, to its newly launched Monumental Sports Network.
News categories: Synamedia, Monumental Sports, Julien Signes, Charlie Myers, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Xperi signs up Skyworth to integrate TiVo OS
Feb 28, 2024 – In its 4th quarter 2023 results Xperi (NYSE: XPER) announced that it has signed Skyworth as a Tivo OS Smart TV OEM, and that Vestel is now shipping TiVo-powered TVs into seven European countries.
News categories: Xperi Inc, Advertising, Automotive, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Smart TV, TV OS, UK, Worldwide

DoubleVerify unmasks CTV ad fraud scheme, CycloneBot
Feb 28, 2024 – DoubleVerify has revealed the identification and mitigation of CycloneBot, a malicious bot capable of generating up to 250 million falsified ad requests and spoofing around 1.5 million devices daily.
News categories: DoubleVerify, Roku, Mark Zagorski, Roy Rosenfeld, Louqman Parampath, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, Watermarking, Worldwide

Pixalate releases Q4 2023 CTV SSP market share reports
Feb 28, 2024 – Pixalate has released Q4 2023 reports ranking SSPs based on their share of open programmatic ads sold on apps in the Apple TV, Roku, Samsung TV Smart Hub and Amazon Fire TV app stores.
News categories: Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Streaming

PTCL Group announces Shoq TV box powered by Android TV
Feb 28, 2024 – PTCL Group announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona that it is to launch in Pakistan its Shoq TV set-top box powered by Android TV.
News categories: PTCL, Google, Hatem Bamatraf, Karen Teo, Android TV, Digital TV, IPTV, MWC24, Pakistan, Set Top Box

Hubbl to go on sale from March 10th
Feb 29, 2024 – Hubbl will be on sale from March 10. Hubbl is an entertainment OS and experience available in Australia as a plug-in TV dongle, or as a dedicated TV, Hubbl Glass.
News categories: Hubbl, Dani Simpson, Apps, Australia, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Wiztivi develops connected TV app for Equidia
Feb 29, 2024 – Wiztivi has worked with Equidia, a French thematic television channel specializing in horse racing, to unveil its latest bespoke video application tailored for connected TVs.
News categories: Wiztivi, Equidia, Adhish Kulkarni, Benjamin Labarthe-Piol, Apps, Digital TV, France, Streaming

LG and Meta join forces on XR device development
Feb 28, 2024 – LG is ramping up its collaboration with Meta. LG envisions that by bringing together Meta's platform with capabilities from its TV business, a distinctive ecosystem can be forged in the XR domain.
News categories: LG Electronics, Meta Platforms, William Cho, Park Hyoung-sei, Mark Zuckerberg, Digital TV, Metaverse, Worldwide

Updates to DVB-I spec and implementation guidelines published
Feb 27, 2024 – DVB has updated two DVB-I BlueBooks: A177r6 is the latest version of the DVB-I service discovery specification; and A184r1 is the first revision of the implementation guidelines for DVB-I.
News categories: DVB Project, Broadcast, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, UX, Worldwide