Digital TV News: Amagi

Amagi selected as Lionsgate's FAST playout and delivery partner
Jun 25, 2024 – Lionsgate has chosen Amagi to be its partner for FAST playout and delivery, leveraging Amagi's cloud technology to scale Lionsgate's content distribution capabilities globally.
News categories: Amagi, Lionsgate, Srinivasan KA, Chase Brisbin, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Amagi showcases ad break technology with VIZIO
Jun 24, 2024 – Amagi has shown its Zero Slate technology on VIZIO's WatchFree+ channels. The technology adjusts the length of ad breaks on a per-viewer basis, eliminating the need for filler to round out linear ad breaks.
News categories: Amagi, VIZIO, Srinivasan KA, Katherine Pond, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

ABP Network delivers FAST channels with Amagi
Jun 19, 2024 – Amagi has collaborated with ABP Network to enable ABP Network to deliver its Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) channels to a global audience on platforms like Samsung TV and Xiaomi.
News categories: Amagi, ABP Network, Srinivasan KA, Avinash Pandey, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Streaming, Worldwide

Amagi boosts FAST channel count at Globo in Brazil
Jun 5, 2024 – Amagi has announced a partnership with Brazil's Globo through which six of the network's FAST channels were implemented into the Amagi cloud-based playout platform, facilitated by AD Digital.
News categories: Amagi, Globo, AD Digital, Ronaldo Dias, Mauricio Felix, Daniela Souza, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming

Astro selects Amagi and AWS to transition playout to the Cloud
May 31, 2024 – Astro, with Amagi, is modernizing systems and infrastructure for the playout and origination of its linear channels and playout disaster recovery capabilities and transitioning them to AWS.
News categories: Amagi, Astro, Amazon Web Services, Srinivasan KA, Mauro Di Pietro Paolo, Pete Murray, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Malaysia

Substantial decrease in Pay TV device sales at Aferian in 2023
May 31, 2024 – Aferian (LSE AIM: AFRN) has announced results for the year ended 30 November 2023. Year-on-year, the company experienced a substantial decrease in Pay TV streaming device sales.
News categories: Aferian, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Worldwide

DAZN launches 10 free channels globally with Amagi
May 16, 2024 – DAZN has launched 10 new channels, in collaboration with Amagi, to extend its free sports offer. The inclusion of two new boxing channels further cements DAZN as the global home of combat sports.
News categories: DAZN, Amagi, Shay Segev, Baskar Subramanian, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Laws to protect consumers from cyber threats come into force in the UK
Apr 29, 2024 – Manufacturers will be legally required to protect consumers from hackers and cyber criminals accessing devices with internet or network connectivity, as the UK becomes the first country to introduce such laws.
News categories: UK Government, Digital TV, Regulation, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UK

Amagi report shows rise of a diverse global FAST marketplace
Apr 30, 2024 – Amagi has announced that the 11th edition of the Amagi Global FAST Report continues to show double-digit growth for the global FAST industry over the last year.
News categories: Amagi, CRG Global, Srinivasan KA, Gavin Bridge, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide