Digital TV News: RÚ

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

Brightcove introduces Smart TV SDKs for Roku, Samsung and LG devices
Apr 15, 2024 – Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) has launched player platforms for Roku, Samsung and LG Smart TVs. The SDKs unlock features in the player framework, including content protection, monetization, and analytics.
News categories: Brightcove, Scott Levine, Digital TV, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

ThinkAnalytics content scheduler integrated with AWS Elemental MediaTailor
Apr 9, 2024 – ThinkAnalytics has integrated its ThinkFAST AI-powered content scheduling Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) channel solution with AWS Elemental MediaTailor.
News categories: ThinkAnalytics, AWS Elemental, Marc Aldrich, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Worldwide

Broadcast industry leaders invest in RUN3TV
Apr 12, 2024 – Broadcast groups have announced they will lead funding to accelerate the commercial launch of the ATSC 3.0 Framework Authority (A3FA), the driving force behind the RUN3TV platform.
News categories: Pearl TV, Gray Television, Sinclair Broadcast, Nielsen, Comscore, Pat LaPlatney, Chris Ripley, Paul LeFort, Brian Pugh, Advertising, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA, UX

Filmocentro enhances playout efficiency with Harmonic Cloud solutions
Apr 11, 2024 – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has implemented its cloud-native VOS 360 Media SaaS for Chilean content provider Filmocentro, significantly optimizing playout and primary distribution operations.
News categories: Harmonic, Totaltel, Gil Rudge, Nicolas Miranda, Manuel Pardo, Chile, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow