TV-over-IP IPTV, Streaming, Broadband

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

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

Increased usage of FAST impacts SVOD and MVPD subscriptions
Aug 19, 2024 – Two in three (66%) U.S. TV viewers are using FAST platforms in a typical month, according to a Horowitz Research report. Tubi, Pluto TV, Freevee, YouTube and Roku are the top-used FAST networks.
News categories: Horowitz Research, Adriana Waterston, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

U.S. TV viewing exhibits rare upswing in July
Aug 20, 2024 – According to Nielsen's The Gauge, in July, streaming was again the dominant category in the U.S., accounting for 41.4% of TV viewing. Streaming levels were over 5% higher in July compared to June.
News categories: Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

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

Fastway launches IPTV set top box
Aug 20, 2024 – Fastway has announced the launch of an IPTV set-top box offering over 500 live TV channels, with catch-up TV functionality, and access to video on demand (VOD) services.
News categories: Fastway, Jujhar Group, Dr. Prem Ojha, Gurdeep Singh, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Set Top Box

Half of connected devices to be haptic-enabled by 2028
Aug 20, 2024 – New research from Futuresource, commissioned by InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC), details how the latest generation of haptic technology is redefining immersive experiences on connected devices.
News categories: InterDigital, Lionel Oisel, Gaming, Market Research, Metaverse, Mobile, Worldwide

Televarpið deploys video streaming services with Smartlabs
Aug 14, 2024 – Televarpið has deployed a streaming video service in the Faroe Islands powered by SmartLabs. The service supports legacy devices as well as new STBs, web browsers, Smart TVs and mobiles.
News categories: Smartlabs, Televarpið, Gary Hamer, Edvard í Skorini Joensen, Android TV, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box