Digital TV News: CH Media
Planetcast acquires Australia's Switch Media OTT
Mar 21, 2024 – Planetcast Media Services has announced the acquisition of one of its key partners, Switch Media, a white-label OTT platform provider deployed across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US.
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Planetcast, Switch Media, Sanjay Duda, Mark Johns, Utsav Baijal, Content Distribution, Digital TV, MandA, Streaming, Worldwide
Groupe Canal+ intending to take full control of MultiChoice
Feb 1, 2024 – MultiChoice has received a letter from Groupe Canal+, indicating its non-binding intention to acquire the remaining ordinary shares in MultiChoice that it does not currently own.
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MultiChoice, Groupe Canal+, Africa, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, MandA, Satellite, Worldwide
TitanTV to provide Red Bee data to BitRouter for NEXTGEN TV receivers
Nov 9, 2023 – Red Bee Media, via TitanTV, is to provide data for integration into BitRouter's NEXTGEN TV products and services, including the provision of DVR listings information for set-top boxes.
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Red Bee Media, BitRouter, TitanTV, Jason Marchese, Gopal Miglani, ATSC 3, Big Data, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA, UX
Tonton selects Switch Media for new Malaysian OTT service
Aug 7, 2023 – Switch Media has announced that Tonton, Malaysia's largest video streaming network, is using its MediaHQ online content publishing platform to create its new OTT service.
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Switch Media, Tonton, Oscar Gutierrez, Gregory Eu, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Malaysia, Streaming
Newsbridge to show AI-based content indexing technology at IBC2023
Jul 24, 2023 – At IBC2023, Newsbridge will show new features of its AI video indexing technology that describes what's in audiovisual media, making relevant content quickly searchable by anyone.
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Newsbridge, Philippe Petitpont, Big Data, Digital TV, IBC2023, UX, Worldwide
Planetcast to showcase distribution technologies at NAB Show 2023
Apr 12, 2023 – Planetcast will feature its suite of products, from Cloud Playout to Media Asset Management (MAM) to Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) to Over-the-top (OTT) streaming at NAB 2023.
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Planetcast, Switch Media, Sanjay Duda, Mark Johns, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Worldwide
COG and ONE Media 3.0 pilot Advanced Emergency Information over ATSC 3.0
Apr 10, 2023 – The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and ONE Media 3.0 (Nasdaq: SBGI) have launched a pilot of Next Generation Broadcast used to disseminate Advanced Emergency Information.
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Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, ONE Media 3.0, Scott Boggs, Jerald Fritz, John Lawson, ATSC 3, Digital TV, USA
StarHub introduces interactive advertising with Hoppr
Mar 20, 2023 – Hoppr has launched its technology across the media assets of StarHub. Hoppr's solution delivers programmatic advertising across Connected TV, mobile and other engagement environments.
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Hoppr, StarHub, Joe Prusz, Yann Courqueux, Advertising, Digital TV, Singapore, Streaming
Market turbulence set to define media industry in 2023
Feb 2, 2023 – The DPP has published its annual predictions report. The report contains eight business focused predictions and explores themes that will dominate the media and broadcast agenda in the year ahead.
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The DPP, Zixi, Mark Harrison, Gordon Brooks, Digital TV, Market Research, Worldwide
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