Digital TV News: Discovery

Cinemo and Renault Korea enable premium entertainment on new SUV
Oct 8, 2024 – Cinemo is collaborating with Renault Korea to enable video on the Android-based infotainment system of the new Renault Grand Koleos, with access to content via the Renault CINEMA app.
News categories: Cinemo, Renault, Jean-François Claude, Regis Brignon, Apps, Digital TV, In-Car, Korea, Streaming

Vodafone deepens strategic partnership with Google
Oct 8, 2024 – Vodafone and Google will work on search and recommendations for TV, deploy Google Cloud's gen AI capabilities, and Google Ad Manager will be used to monetize Vodafone's addressable TV inventory.
News categories: Google Clou, Vodafone, Sundar Pichai, Margherita Della Valle, Advertising, Africa, Big Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, UX

N. American consumers pulling back on entertainment spending
Oct 1, 2024 – TiVo (NYSE: XPER) has found in its Q2 2024 Video Trends Report that consumers are pulling back on entertainment spending as the industry works to rebalance and bundle its current offerings.
News categories: TiVo, Scott Maddux, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Streaming

Fubo launches multiview beta feature on select Roku devices
Sep 26, 2024 – FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) has launched its Multiview feature in beta on select Roku devices. Fubo is the first virtual MVPD (vMVPD) to bring user-configurable multiviewing to Roku.
News categories: FuboTV, Roku, Isaac Josephson, Digital TV, Streaming, USA, UX

Barb extends campaign planning to include discovery+ and Netflix
Sep 24, 2024 – Barb has upgraded its pre-campaign planning tool, enabling advertisers and media agencies to plan campaigns on a wide range of streaming services that now includes discovery+ and Netflix.
News categories: Barb, Luca Vannini, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, UK

Warner Bros. Discovery deploys captioning using Google Cloud AI
Sep 24, 2024 – Warner Bros. Discovery and Google Cloud have announced the deployment of an AI-powered captioning solution in the United States that utilizes Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform.
News categories: Google Cloud, Warner Bros. Discovery, Thomas Kurian, Avi Saxena, Big Data, Digital TV, USA, UX

Cignal TV expands service to Android set-tops with Quickplay
Sep 25, 2024 – Cignal TV is using Quickplay's cloud-native, open architecture OTT platform to enhance its Cignal Play service in the Philippines with the launch of the Cignal Play TV Android set-top box.
News categories: Quickplay, Cignal TV, Paul Pastor, Gerard L. Milan, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middleware, Philippines, Set Top Box, Streaming

Vianeos partners with XroadMedia on AI-powered personalization
Sep 17, 2024 – Vianeos is to integrate XroadMedia’s advanced personalization solution into the Vianeos platform, offering enhanced, real-time personalization to millions of users across the globe.
News categories: Vianeos, XroadMedia, Hervé Cimetierre, Adolf Priodl, Big Data, Content Distribution, Digital TV, UX, Worldwide

Engineering and ContentWise partner on RaiPlay personalisation
Sep 19, 2024 – Engineering and ContentWise have developed a content recommendation solution based on the user's browsing history on RaiPlay, RAI's streaming platform, to offer even more personalized content.
News categories: ContentWise, Engineering, RaiPlay, Alessandro Vacca, Guido Porro, Elena Capparelli, Big Data, Digital TV, Italy, Streaming, UX