Digital TV News: Microsoft

Clubber TV adopts MainStreaming for sports delivery
Sep 12, 2024 – Mainstreaming is collaborating with Ireland's Clubber TV to bring sports to fans both at home and around the world, ensuring a seamless and engaging broadcasting viewing experience.
News categories: MainStreaming, Clubber TV, Antonio G. Corrado, Laurence Doyle, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Ireland, Streaming, Worldwide

TOD by beIN MEDIA partners with Harmonic on live sports streaming
Sep 9, 2024 – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that TOD by beIN MEDIA GROUP is using Harmonic's cloud-native VOS360 Media SaaS to enhance the viewer experience for live sports fans in the MENA region.
News categories: Harmonic, TOD by beIN MEDIA, Gil Rudge, James Walmsley, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBC2024, Middle-East, Streaming

Ad-supported streaming surges in Australia
Sep 2, 2024 – The Australian entertainment subscription market, which includes video, music and game services, grew by 5% to 52.3 million services in the 12 months to June 2024, according to Telsyte.
News categories: Telsyte, Foad Fadaghi, Alvin Lee, Australia, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming

Gracenote teams with major CTV players on contextual ad targeting
Jul 24, 2024 – Gracenote has announced that new contextual categories powered by its metadata are available for Q4 campaigns via publishers including Cineverse, DIRECTV Advertising, Philo, Tastemade and Xumo.
News categories: Gracenote, Peer39, Magnite, Trent Wheeler, Mario Diez, Kristen Williams, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

DASH Industry Forum (DASH-IF) becomes part of the SVTA
Jul 23, 2024 – The DASH Industry Forum (DASH-IF) is now part of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA). A DASH-IF Working Group will continue the work that was carried out by the DASH-IF association.
News categories: SVTA, DASH-IF, Jason Thibeault, Thomas Stockhammer, Alex Giladi, Iraj Sodagar, Elad Nafshi, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

9 of the 11 most widespread TV and VOD groups in Europe are US-based
Jul 11, 2024 – The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a new edition of its annual report on TV channels, on-demand services and video-sharing platforms in Europe.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, Dr. Agnes Schneeberger, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research

HEVC Advance patent licensors file infringement proceedings against Roku
Jul 3, 2024 – HEVC Advance Patent Pool Licensors have filed patent infringement proceedings against Roku for infringing patents essential to the HEVC/H.265 digital video coding standard.
News categories: Access Advance, Roku, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Licensing, Media Player, Patent, Worldwide

HARMAN and CARIAD provide further apps for Volkswagen vehicles
Jul 3, 2024 – HARMAN, alongside CARIAD, has expanded the range of apps available in the Group Application Store, a uniform in-car application store for cars of the Volkswagen Group brands, to more than 70.
News categories: HARMAN, CARIAD, Volkswagen, Jens Beckmann, Digital TV, In-Car, Streaming, Worldwide

Netflix to launch in-house ad technology platform
May 15, 2024 – At Netflix's 2024 Upfront presentation, Amy Reinhard, Netflix's President of Advertising, announced that the company will launch an in-house advertising technology platform by the end of 2025.
News categories: Netflix, Amy Reinhar, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, USA, Worldwide