Digital TV News: Aster

Barb to start reporting TV-set viewing of YouTube channels
Feb 26, 2025 – Barb, with Kantar Media, has expanded its measurement of the YouTube content that people watch on TV sets, selecting 200 YouTube channels that will become part of its daily audience reporting.
News categories: Barb, Kantar Media, Justin Sampson, Lucy Bristowe, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK

Qvest and ARABSAT to launch OTT streaming platform
Feb 24, 2025 – Qvest and ARABSAT are to launch an OTT streaming platform, enabling ARABSAT to extend its direct-to-consumer services while providing white-label solutions for broadcasters and content providers.
News categories: Qvest, ARABSAT, Ahmad Hadi Al Kayal, Eng. Alhamedi Alanezi, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middle-East, Streaming

Ateme powers Antenna Group’s ANT1+ OTT service
Feb 19, 2025 – Antenna Group has selected Ateme transcoding and packaging to power ANT1+, its OTT service in Greece, hosted on Google Cloud. The engagement enables ANT1+'s streaming experience for live sports.
News categories: Ateme, Antenna Group, Christophe Stigas, Costas Colombus, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Greece, Streaming

United Group agrees to sell SBB Serbia and Net TV Plus
Feb 12, 2025 – United Group has agreed to sell SBB Serbia to e& PPF Telecom. The Group has also agreed to sell Eon TV International (the holding company of NetTV Plus) to Telekom Srbija.
News categories: United Group, SBB Serbia, NetTV Plus, e& PPF Telecom, Telekom Srbija, Victoriya Boklag, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Digital TV, IPTV, Macedonia, MandA, Montenegro, Serbia

Graham Media and Nielsen agree Local TV measurement renewal
Feb 12, 2025 – Nielsen and Graham Media Group have announced a multi-year agreement for Local TV measurement across their six markets (Detroit, Houston, San Antonio, Orlando, Jacksonville, Roanoke).
News categories: Nielsen, Graham Media, Paul LeFort, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, USA

TAG Video Systems and Witbe deliver end-to-end video monitoring
Feb 11, 2025 – TAG Video Systems and Witbe (Euronext Growth – FR0013143872 – ALWIT) have announced a partnership on video monitoring and quality assurance across the entire OTT content delivery chain.
News categories: Witbe, TAG Video Systems, Mathieu Planch, Ziv Mor, Content Distribution, Digital TV, QoE, Streaming, USA, Worldwide

Sky introduces Sky Glass Gen 2
Feb 11, 2025 – Sky has unveiled its new Sky Glass TV, with a brighter 4K HDR screen and seven-speaker Dolby Atmos sound. Sky Glass Gen 2 runs on the Sky OS platform, the new name for Entertainment OS in the UK.
News categories: Sky, Fraser Stirling, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS, UK

Harmonic video streaming qualified on Akamai Cloud
Feb 10, 2025 – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that its VOS 360 Media SaaS and VOS360 Ad SaaS are now qualified on Akamai for the deployment of playout, broadcast and video streaming workflows.
News categories: Harmonic, Akamai, Gil Rudge, Dan Lawrence, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Worldwide

Space Norway orders THOR 8 satellite from Thales Alenia Space
Feb 10, 2025 – Space Norway has ordered THOR 8 from Thales Alenia Space. From 1°W, the THOR 8 satellite will ensure continuity of Space Norway's broadcast coverage over the Nordics, and Central and Eastern Europe.
News categories: Thales Alenia Space, Space Norway, Hervé Derrey, Morten Tengs, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Satellite