Digital TV News: ANA

FreeWheel releases H2 2023 Video Marketplace Report
Mar 27, 2024 – FreeWheel has released its 2H 2023 Video Marketplace Report. This edition explores video advertising trends for the second half of 2023 in select European countries and the U.S.
News categories: FreeWheel, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Wurl solution matches CTV ads with program context in real time
Mar 26, 2024 – Wurl has announced BrandDiscovery, a GenAI-based CTV advertising solution that enables advertisers to align their ads with content - based on emotions, genres, and brand safety - in real time.
News categories: Wurl, Peter Crofut, Matthew Kramer, Kathy Argyriou, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, North America, Streaming

Viaccess-Orca to unveil AI-driven video optimization solutions at NAB
Mar 26, 2024 – Viaccess-Orca (VO) has announced that, at the 2024 NAB Show, it will demonstrate how the human side of technology is simplifying service operations and optimizing viewing experiences.
News categories: Viaccess-Orca, Alain Nochimowski, Big Data, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, NABShow, QoE, Worldwide

Ease Live launches contextual on-stream advertising capability
Mar 25, 2024 – Ease Live now enables sports streaming providers to place ads through the graphical overlay that already delivers live game and player stats, play-by-play analysis and other real-time information.
News categories: Ease Live, Kjetil Horneland, Advertising, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, UX, Worldwide

US: 10% of streaming video services borrowed from someone else
Mar 20, 2024 – Research from LRG has found that 53% of households in the US have four or more DTC streaming video services. 10% of all DTC services are borrowed from someone else, down from 12% in 2022.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

RDK and Wireless Broadband Alliance announce collaboration
Mar 21, 2024 – RDK Management (RDK) has joined the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). The two organizations' members plan to collaborate on initiatives such as Operator Managed Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 7, and IoT.
News categories: RDK Management, Wireless Broadband Alliance, Jason Briggs, Tiago Rodrigues, Broadband, RDK, Smart Home, Worldwide

Eastern Europe OTT revenues to climb by 82%
Mar 25, 2024 – Digital TV Research expects OTT TV and movie revenues in Eastern Europe to reach $6.96 billion in 2029, up from $3.82 billion in 2023. Russia will add $1 billion and Poland $0.7 billion.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Streaming

Planetcast acquires Australia's Switch Media OTT
Mar 21, 2024 – Planetcast Media Services has announced the acquisition of one of its key partners, Switch Media, a white-label OTT platform provider deployed across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US.
News categories: Planetcast, Switch Media, Sanjay Duda, Mark Johns, Utsav Baijal, Content Distribution, Digital TV, MandA, Streaming, Worldwide

Eastern Europe to add nine million digital pay TV subscribers
Mar 21, 2024 – The number of pay TV subscribers in Eastern Europe is expected to have declined by 8 million from the peak year of 2018 to 74 million in 2029. The number of digital pay TV subscribers will however have risen by 9 million over the period.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial