Digital TV News: DR
Virgin Media partners with PubMatic to scale FAST advertising
Apr 18, 2024 – PubMatic (Nasdaq: PUBM) has announced a partnership with Virgin Media to enable advertisers to reach UK audiences at scale through premium ad-funded TV content.
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PubMatic, Virgin Media, Hitesh Bhatt, David Bouchier, Advertising, Digital TV, TV-over-IP, UK
Spideo and OTTera unveil personalisation collaboration at NAB Show 2024
Apr 13, 2024 – Spideo has announced that OTTera will use Spideo's video recommendation and personalisation technologies to help service providers surface content on its content distribution platform.
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Spideo, OTTera, Thibault Dorso, Craig McEldowney, Big Data, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, UX, Worldwide
Amagi integrates Intertrust DRM for FAST services
Apr 16, 2024 – Amagi and Intertrust have announced a joint solution that integrates Amagi's CLOUDPORT platform for streaming channels with Intertrust ExpressPlay DRM service to protect FAST content.
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Amagi, Intertrust, Billy Romero, Ali Hodjat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DRM, Streaming, Worldwide
Vantiva has shipped 22 million Android TV set-top boxes
Apr 16, 2024 – Vantiva (Paris: VANTI) has announced that it has sold 22 million Android TV set-top boxes to date. The company had a 25% market share as of the end of 2023 according to the latest Omdia STB report.
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Vantiva, Google, Leopold Diouf, Shalini Govil-Pai, Android TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Worldwide
CTV/OTT expected to be fastest growing media channel in U.S. in 2024
Apr 16, 2024 – Video advertising revenue in the U.S. grew 10.6% YoY in 2023, rising to $52.1 billion. Forty-two percent of this revenue was generated from CTV and OTT, according to research conducted by PwC for the IAB.
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IAB, PwC, David Cohen, Jack Koch, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Red Bee Media provides WWTV program and schedule data to REELZ
Apr 16, 2024 – Red Bee Media has announced it is providing REELZ with the WWTV Explorer Service, a program and schedule analysis tool providing access to TV programming and listings, accompanied by metadata.
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Red Bee Media, REELZ, WWTV, Jason Marchese, Steve McGowan, Big Data, Digital TV, USA, UX
WISI Communications initiates restructuring in self-administration
Apr 15, 2024 – The Pforzheim Local Court has granted WISI Communications's application to initiate a debtor-in-possession restructuring. The reorganisation was needed due to a drastic slump in incoming orders.
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WISI, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finance, Germany, Worldwide
Eutelsat distributes LGCC TV channel to Europe and MENA via satellite
Apr 16, 2024 – Eutelsat (Paris/London: ETL) has announced a partnership with La Gran Carpa Catedral (LGCC) to provide satellite distribution for its the LGCC TV channel across the MENA region and Europe.
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Eutelsat, La Gran Carpa Catedral, Guillermo Haller Sánchez, Julio Angel Cruz, Digital TV, Europe, Middle-East, Satellite
Akamai rolls out NVIDIA-powered Cloud services optimized for video processing
Apr 15, 2024 – Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) has added a media-optimized offering based on NVIDIA GPUs to its cloud portfolio, aimed at companies that need to process video content faster and more efficiently.
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Akamai, NVIDIA, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Semiconductor, Software, Worldwide
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