UX (User Experience, User Interface, EPG) News

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

Paramount to launch Paramount+ branded destination with Multichoice
Feb 26, 2024 – Paramount Global Content Distribution has announced a licensing deal with MultiChoice to create a Paramount+ branded destination on the pan-African platform.
News categories: Paramount, Multichoice, Lisa Kramer, Nomsa Philiso, Digital TV, South Africa, UX

SKT, Deutsche Telekom, e&, Singtel and SoftBank plan LLM JV
Feb 26, 2024 – SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, e&, Singtel and SoftBank have held the inaugural meeting of the Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA) and announced plans to establish a Large Language Model joint venture.
News categories: SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, e&, Singtel, SoftBank, Ryu Young-sang, Claudia Nemat, Dena Almansoori, Yuen Kuan Moon, Hideyuki Tsukuda, MWC24, UX, Worldwide

WTCI enhances broadcast quality and compliance with Actus Digital
Feb 26, 2024 – Actus Digital has announced that it has enabled Tennessee public broadcaster, WTCI, to enhance its monitoring capabilities, ensuring compliance and content quality across its four channels.
News categories: Actus Digital, WTCI, Bryan Fuqua, Content Distribution, Digital TV, QoE, USA

Accedo offers end-to-end XR solution for pay TV operators
Feb 26, 2024 – Accedo has announced the development of an end-to-end XR offering for Pay TV operators built on a Snapdragon-based reference platform for XR distributed computing designed by Qualcomm.
News categories: Accedo, Qualcomm, Michael Lantz, Sahil Bansal, Digital TV, Metaverse, MWC24, Streaming, Worldwide

ThinkAnalytics and Channel 4 renew partnership
Feb 26, 2024 – Channel 4 has renewed its deal with ThinkAnalytics to use ThinkAnalytics' viewer behavior insights and AI to personalise its streaming service, and marketing and CRM campaigns.
News categories: ThinkAnalytics, Channel 4, Marc Aldrich, David Cameron, Alex Wall, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, UK, UX

Bitcentral integrates AI-driven personalization from Argoid AI
Feb 20, 2024 – Bitcentral has announced that its ViewNexa video distribution platform will harness Argoid AI's AI-driven recommendation engine to provide customers with personalized viewing experiences.
News categories: Bitcentral, Argoid AI, Greg Morrow, Gokul Muralidharan, Big Data, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, UX, Worldwide

SMPTE releases engineering report on AI and the media
Feb 20, 2024 – SMPTE, in conjunction with the EBU and the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), has released a report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its effect on the media.
News categories: SMPTE, European Broadcasting Union, Entertainment Technology Center, Renard T. Jenkins, Fred Walls, Big Data, Digital TV, Smart Home, UX, Worldwide