Digital TV News: IRT

AR/VR headset market forecast to decline 8.3% in 2023
Dec 20, 2023 – Worldwide shipments of AR/VR headsets are expected to decline 8.3% year over year to 8.1 million units in 2023, despite the launch of new headsets during the year, according to IDC.
News categories: IDC, Jitesh Ubrani, Ramon T. Llamas, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Worldwide

Magid reveals 2024 U.S. entertainment landscape predictions
Dec 11, 2023 – Magid has presented its 2024 predictions for the U.S. entertainment landscape, including insights about what drives or inhibits consumer engagement in streaming services.
News categories: Magid, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Amagi and Nevion partner to simplify pop-up channel creation
Dec 11, 2023 – Amagi has partnered with Nevion to enable broadcasters to spin up and tear-down pop-up channels in the cloud, in combination with their ground production - overcoming latency issues typically associated with such hybrid workflows.
News categories: Amagi, Nevion, Srinivasan KA, Jan Helgesen, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Worldwide

AOMedia offers spatial audio specification under royalty-free license
Nov 9, 2023 – AOMedia has announced the release of the Immersive Audio Model and Formats (IAMF) container specification, its first audio container specification offered under AOMedia's royalty-free license.
News categories: AOMedia, Matt Frost, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Licensing, Media Player, Worldwide

Traditional US pay-TV services face continued decline
Nov 29, 2023 – US cable and satellite pay-TV services are set to face subscription declines in the coming years as their remaining viewers increasingly shift to OTT streaming services, according to GlobalData.
News categories: GlobalData, Tammy Parker, Digital TV, Market Research, TV Services, USA

HbbTV updates Operator Application specification
Nov 24, 2023 – The HbbTV Association has released an updated version of the HbbTV Operator Application specification with improved support for IP-delivered linear channels.
News categories: HbbTV Association, Apps, Digital TV, HbbTV, Smart TV, Streaming, UK, Worldwide

Avid provides Iceland's RÚV with ingest and playout solution
Nov 21, 2023 – Avid has signed a subscription agreement with Icelandic state broadcaster RÚV to upgrade its server platform to Avid | Stream IO, Avid's new ingest and playout solution.
News categories: Avid Tech, RÚV, Tom Cordiner, Bragi Reynisson, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Iceland

Telstra Broadcast Services and BT pool media network footprints
Nov 21, 2023 – Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS) and BT have entered into an alliance to bring together each company's global media network teams, pooling their network infrastructure and localised expertise.
News categories: Telstra, BT Group, Karen Clark, Faisal Mahomed, Asia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, UK, Worldwide

OSN+ integrates Google Cloud Vertex AI Search for Media Recommendations
Nov 13, 2023 – OSN+ has integrated Google Cloud's Vertex AI Search for Media Recommendations enabling its subscribers to interact with their own virtual assistant to provide personalized recommendations.
News categories: OSN+, Google Cloud, Joe Kawkabani, Tarek Khalil, Digital TV, Middle-East, Streaming, UX