Digital TV News: Bell

Bell Media and Shopsense AI bring shoppable TV to Canada
Dec 18, 2024 – Bell Media has partnered with Shopsense AI to bring second-screen shopping experiences to Canadian viewers. The partnership will debut on CTV's daily shows The Good Stuff with Mary Berg and Etalk.
News categories: Shopsense, Bell Media, Glenn Fishback, Stewart Johnston, Advertising, Canada, Digital TV, UX

UK consults on legal framework for AI use of copyright material
Dec 17, 2024 – The UK has launched a consultation on plans to give certainty to the creative industries and AI developers on how copyright material can be used to train AI models.
News categories: UK Government, Big Data, Digital TV, Regulation, UK

TCL adds NBCUniversal channels to FAST offering in Europe
Dec 17, 2024 – TCL and NBCUniversal have announced a new agreement to introduce a range of NBCUniversal TV shows to audiences in Europe via branded FAST services on TCL Channel.
News categories: TCL, NBCUniversal, Howie Li, Rob Bell, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Smart TV, Streaming

Bell Media inventory available via StackAdapt ad platform
Nov 19, 2024 – StackAdapt has announced a partnership to make available Bell Media's inventory across CTV, display, video, audio, and digital out-of-home (DOOH) channels through the StackAdapt platform.
News categories: StackAdapt, Bell Media, Greg Joseph, Sabrina Segal, David Olynyk, Advertising, Canada, Digital TV

Bell adds 9,197 retail IPTV subscribers in Q3 2024
Nov 7, 2024 – BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) has reported results for the third quarter of 2024. Bell added 9,197 retail IPTV subscribers to finish the quarter with 2,133,397 retail IPTV subscribers in total.
News categories: BCE, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Panasonic returns to the US with new Fire TV televisions
Sep 4, 2024 – Panasonic has announced its return to the US TV market. The new line-up includes OLED (Z95A and Z85A) and Mini-LED (W95A) TVs ranging from 55 to 85 inches. The new smart TVs have Fire TV built in.
News categories: Panasonic, Amazon, Yasunari Anan, Daniel Rausch, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, USA

Conestoga College launches TV channel with Insys VT
Aug 29, 2024 – Conestoga College has launched CCDTV, Conestoga College Digital Television, its official broadcast channel, powered by a solution for video processing, management and distribution from Insys VT.
News categories: Insys Video Technologies, Conestoga College, Dawid Górniak, Bruno Cortez Sibella, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Pricing of $42.99/month for upcoming Venu Sports streaming service
Aug 1, 2024 – Venu Sports, the upcoming standalone streaming service being built by ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery, will be available at a launch price of $42.99 per month for the service.
News categories: Venu Sports, Pete Distad, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

ACCESS and NetRange offer integrated HbbTV browser and app store
Jul 31, 2024 – ACCESS Europe and NetRange have launched NetFront Browser BE v3, the latest version of the ACCESS browser, with support for HbbTV 2.0.4 and integrated with the NetRange HbbTV Appstore.
News categories: ACCESS Europe, NetRange, Aono Masahiro, Digital TV, Europe, HbbTV, Smart TV, Worldwide