Digital TV News: ROKU
Swisscom chooses Bitmovin Player for blue TV
Feb 5, 2024 – Bitmovin has announced that Swisscom (SMI: SCMN) will deploy the Bitmovin Player as part of its blue TV service, ensuring flawless playback on the widest range devices.
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Bitmovin, Swisscom, Stefan Lederer, Simon Maurer, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Media Player, Switzerland
Pixalate publishers report shows Castify.ai's global influence
Jan 25, 2024 – Many of the CTV applications that Castify.ai has built, distributed and is monetizing for its content partners have been recognized as top publishers in Pixalate's Publishers Trust Index Report for December 2023.
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Castify.ai, Pixalate, Gal Turjeman, Advertising, Apps, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide
Pixalate releases reports on top grossing CTV apps in Q4 2023
Jan 24, 2024 – Pixalate has released benchmark reports with data on the top grossing apps in open programmatic advertising by region across Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung Smart TV.
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Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Streaming, TV OS, Worldwide
Amagi FAST report unveils 28% rise in global ad impressions
Jan 24, 2024 – Amagi's latest FAST report, comparing Q3 2022 to Q3 2023 and Q4 2022 to Q4 2023, has found consistent growth in ad impressions within the market, with increases of 15% in Q3 and 28% in Q4.
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Amagi, Srinivasan KA, Gavin Bridge, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide
Titan OS unveils OS and advertising platform for Smart TVs
Jan 23, 2024 – Titan OS has launched operations, introducing an independent European operating system for smart TVs, and debuting its Titan advertising division to help advertisers reach more relevant audiences.
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Titan OS, TP Vision, Currys, Jacinto Roca, Tim Edwards, Kostas Vouzas, Susie Moan, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Smart TV, TV OS, UK
Over half of Canadian TV streamers now stream ad-supported TV
Jan 19, 2024 – According to Roku's latest Video-on-Demand (VOD) Evolution study, three quarters (76%) of Canadians are TV streamers, and ad-supported TV is on the rise with over half (52%) tuning in.
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Roku, Christina Summers, Advertising, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming
Pixalate releases global H2 2023 SSAI benchmark report
Jan 17, 2024 – Pixalate has released its H2 2023 Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) benchmark report, analyzing the state of SSAI implementation across top Connected TV (CTV) platforms.
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Pixalate, Amit Shetty, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Worldwide
Telly premieres new AI capabilities at CES
Jan 9, 2024 – Telly has released a slate of announcements at CES, including previewing one of its AI innovations - Telly’s new voice assistant powered by ChatGPT.
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Telly, Advertising, CES2024, Digital TV, Smart TV, USA, UX
Amagi and Applicaster partner on FAST channel app management
Jan 8, 2024 – Amagi has integrated Applicaster into its cloud-based broadcasting platform - enabling clients to streamline the complete application management process.
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Amagi, Applicaster, Daniel Marshall, Ido Hadari, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide
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