Digital TV News: SKY

Accedo report highlights energy use of video streaming
Aug 31, 2023 – A study from Accedo has found a high variation of energy consumption between various streaming devices, with TVs being the most efficient. Autoplay content dramatically increases energy consumption.
News categories: Accedo, François Polarczyk, Digital TV, IBC2023, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, UK, UX, Worldwide

Eastern Europe to add 27 million SVOD subscriptions
Aug 31, 2023 – According to Digital TV Research, Eastern Europe will have 68 million SVOD subscriptions by 2029, up 27 million on 2023. Russia will add 12 million, with Poland bringing in 6 million more.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Streaming

National World taps Simplestream to launch Shots! TV channel
Aug 15, 2023 – National World has chosen Simplestream to provide the tech stack for the launch of Shots!, a new TV brand. Simplestream deployed its Channel Studio to create the Shots! TV channel in the cloud.
News categories: Simplestream, National World, Josh Harrington, Alan Renwick, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, UK

NRK chooses Appear encoding for DVB and OTT distribution
Aug 15, 2023 – Appear has been chosen by NRK to build and run a compression platform to deliver streams for transcoding by various content distributors across Norway as well as for NRK's OTT and DVB systems.
News categories: Appear, NRK, Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen, Henrik Slåen, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Norway

Sky Media adds Search Behaviour targeting to AdSmart addressable platform
Aug 3, 2023 – Sky Media has added a Search Behaviour targeting capability to the AdSmart addressable platform, allowing brands to target audiences based on specific online search behaviours.
News categories: Sky Media, Ruth Cartwright, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, UK

Comcast cable video subscribers down 543,000 in 2Q 2023
Jul 27, 2023 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. In the quarter, Cable video customer net losses were 543,000. Peacock paid subscribers finished at 24 million, nearly doubling YoY.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

Ofcom publishes latest Media Nations research
Aug 3, 2023 – Ofcom has published research looking at the media habits and preferences of people in the UK. Take-up of SVOD services has stalled with subscriptions plateauing at about 66% of households.
News categories: Ofcom, Broadcast, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK

Brightcove to power video streaming for Yahoo Inc.
Jul 31, 2023 – Yahoo is to integrate Brightcove's (NASDAQ: BCOV) technology platform across its portfolio of digital properties, powering the media and tech company's video streaming from end to end.
News categories: Brightcove, Yahoo Inc, Marc DeBevoise, Matt Sanchez, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Sky rolls out Entertainment OS 1.2
Jul 31, 2023 – Sky has rolled out new features to Entertainment OS, the Sky Glass and Sky Stream operating system that keeps getting smarter, as Entertainment OS 1.2 is made available on its devices.
News categories: Sky, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS, UK, UX