Digital TV News: ANA

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

VisualOn to show enhanced content-adaptive encoding solution
Mar 20, 2024 – VisualOn has enhanced its content-adaptive encoding (CAE) solution. At the NAB Show, VisualOn will how video service providers can maximize video efficiency with the AI-enhanced solution.
News categories: VisualOn, Yang Cai, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Worldwide

Ateme encoders enable video consumption on Apple Vision Pro
Mar 19, 2024 – Ateme has announced that its TITAN encoders are enabling new ways to consume video assets on the Apple Vision Pro, with its encoders able to deliver stereoscopic 3D content for spatial computing.
News categories: Ateme, Apple, Anaïs Painchault, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Metaverse, NABShow, Worldwide