Digital TV News: RÚ

Broadpeak to power targeted advertising on new TF1 video service
Apr 29, 2024 – Broadpeak has announced that French TV network TF1 is powering targeted ad insertion on its TF1+ streaming service with Broadpeak's broadpeak.io Dynamic Ad Insertion service.
News categories: Broadpeak, TF1, Jacques Le Mancq, Francois Xavier Pierrel, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Streaming

AA/WARC reports UK 2023 ad spend at £36.6bn
Apr 25, 2024 – The latest AA/WARC dataset expects the UK advertising market to grow 5.8% to reach nearly £39bn in 2024. Broadcast media, most notably TV (+2.6%) and radio (+2.3%) are expected to return to growth.
News categories: WARC, Advertising Association, James McDonald, Stephen Woodford, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, UK

FCC restores net neutrality
Apr 25, 2024 – The FCC has voted to reclassify broadband as a Title II telecommunications service. ISPs will again be prohibited from blocking, throttling or engaging in paid prioritization of lawful content.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission, Broadband, Digital TV, Regulation, Streaming, USA

DDish TV chooses PlayBox Neo Channel-in-a-Box
Apr 25, 2024 – PlayBox Neo has completed a multichannel playout system, supporting ingest, scheduling, text manipulation, interactive graphics, playout and content distribution, for DDish in Mongolia.
News categories: PlayBox Neo, DDish, Iulian Ionescu, Ariunbold Nasanjargal, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mongolia, Satellite

Rogers to bring Comcast and Xfinity products to Canada
Apr 24, 2024 – Rogers Communications has announced a 10-year agreement with Comcast to bring the latest Xfinity products and technology to its customers, including a new device powered by Entertainment OS.
News categories: Rogers, Comcast, Tony Staffieri, Dave Watson, Broadband, Canada, Digital TV, Gateway, Smart Home, TV OS

Deutsche Telekom selects Broadpeak Cloud DVR solution for MagentaTV
Apr 24, 2024 – Deutsche Telekom has revamped its MagentaTV IPTV platform, using Broadpeak's Cloud DVR solution to deliver video streaming content, including VOD, live, time-shift, and start-over TV.
News categories: Broadpeak, Deutsche Telekom, Jacques Le Mancq, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV

Meta opens Quest OS to third-party hardware makers
Apr 22, 2024 – Meta has announced that it is opening up the operating system that powers its Meta Quest devices to third-party hardware makers, giving developers a larger ecosystem to build for.
News categories: Meta, Qualcomm, Apps, Gaming, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Worldwide

WISI Communications initiates restructuring in self-administration
Apr 15, 2024 – The Pforzheim Local Court has granted WISI Communications's application to initiate a debtor-in-possession restructuring. The reorganisation was needed due to a drastic slump in incoming orders.
News categories: WISI, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finance, Germany, Worldwide

Akamai rolls out NVIDIA-powered Cloud services optimized for video processing
Apr 15, 2024 – Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) has added a media-optimized offering based on NVIDIA GPUs to its cloud portfolio, aimed at companies that need to process video content faster and more efficiently.
News categories: Akamai, NVIDIA, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Semiconductor, Software, Worldwide