Digital TV News: NEC

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

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

RSF launches independent journalism via satellite for Russian-speakers
Mar 5, 2024 – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has launched the Svoboda Satellite Package, offering Russian-speaking TV and radio by satellite at 13°E to territories including Russia, Ukraine and Baltic countries.
News categories: Reporters Without Borders, Christophe Deloire, Věra Jourová, André Lange, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Satellite

Telenor Sweden adopts Agile Content CDN access solution
Mar 7, 2024 – Agile Content has deployed its Agile CDN Director solution at Telenor Sweden, protecting Telenor's Edgeware Network CDN by ensuring that only valid customers have access.
News categories: Agile Content, Telenor, Johan Bolin, Marielle Lind, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Streaming, Sweden

1Q24 LCD TV panel shipments estimated at 55.8 million units
Mar 1, 2024 – TrendForce expects TV panel prices to increase in Q2, enhancing manufacturers’ production willingness and potentially boosting shipments to 61.5 million units, a 10.5% QoQ increase.
News categories: TrendForce, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Worldwide

DoubleVerify unmasks CTV ad fraud scheme, CycloneBot
Feb 28, 2024 – DoubleVerify has revealed the identification and mitigation of CycloneBot, a malicious bot capable of generating up to 250 million falsified ad requests and spoofing around 1.5 million devices daily.
News categories: DoubleVerify, Roku, Mark Zagorski, Roy Rosenfeld, Louqman Parampath, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, Watermarking, Worldwide

EU: Council and Parliament strike deal on right-to-repair directive
Feb 2, 2024 – The European Council and Parliament have reached a provisional deal on the directive that promotes the repair of broken or defective goods, also known as the right-to-repair (R2R) directive.
News categories: European Union, Digital TV, EU, Regulation, Smart TV

Vivendi updates on plan to split into several entities
Jan 30, 2024 – Vivendi has presented an update on its project to split the company into several entities, one of which would be Canal+, with each being separately listed on the stock market.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+, Digital TV, Europe, France, MandA, Satellite, Streaming, Worldwide

Stenna Group selects PlayBox Neo for production and playout
Jan 29, 2024 – Stenna Group has selected media production and playout solutions from PlayBox Neo to support a series of newly launched streaming channels in Brazil.
News categories: PlayBox Neo, Stenna Group, CIS Group, Sonya Chakarova, Fabio Buhr, Felipe Andrade, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming