Digital TV News: IRT

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

Airtel adds 29,000 Digital TV subscribers in 4Q 2024
Feb 6, 2025 – Bharti Airtel has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. In the quarter Digital TV subscribers grew by 29,000 to finish the year at 15.823 million.
News categories: Airtel, Digital TV, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Backscreen to integrate Scalstrm Origin streaming technology
Jan 29, 2025 – Backscreen is to integrate Scalstrm's Origin solution to enhance its video processing flow with features such as low-latency streaming, dynamic ad personalization and content repackaging.
News categories: Scalstrm, Backscreen, Erik Svennemar, Norberts Ositis, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Chunghwa Telecom reports results for Q4 and FY 2024
Jan 23, 2025 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX:2412, NYSE:CHT) has reported results for 4Q 2024. The company's IPTV/MOD + OTT video platform ended the year with 3.330 million subscribers up 151,000 in the quarter.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, Chih-Cheng Chien, RongShy Lin, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan

Whale TV selects OneTrust as consent management partner
Jan 23, 2025 – Whale TV has selected OneTrust to centralise and simplify consumer consent and preferences on its Whale TV operating system (OS) and owned and operated streaming apps such as Whale TV+.
News categories: Whale TV, OneTrust, Chris Hock, Ojas Rege, Big Data, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, Worldwide

Video industry accounts for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions
Jan 22, 2025 – According to a paper from InterDigital, written by Futuresource, the video industry is rapidly emerging as a major emitter of greenhouse gas, accounting for 4% of total global emissions.
News categories: InterDigital, Futuresource, Lionel Oisel, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide

LG and Samsung unveil TheTake-powered shoppable TV at CES
Jan 7, 2025 – TheTake has announced partnerships with LG and Samsung for its AI-powered shoppable TV technology. At CES, LG showcased a 'Click to Search' shopping feature powered by TheTake's technology.
News categories: TheTake, LG Electronics, Samsung, Tyler Cooper, Advertising, CES2025, Digital TV, Smart TV, TV OS, USA, UX

Venu Sports won't go ahead
Jan 10, 2025 – Venu Sports, the proposed virtual MVPD service from ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery, will be discontinued. The collective decision by the three companies is effective immediately.
News categories: Venu Sports, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

XREAL announces AR collaborations at CES 2025
Jan 8, 2025 – At CES, XREAL has announced augmented reality (AR) collaborations with BMW, Google, Qualcomm, Bose, T-Mobile, Mawari and more. With BMW, XREAL will demo 3D entertainment for passengers.
News categories: XREAL, Chi Xu, Luis Ramirez, John Saw, Nick Smith, Automotive, CES2025, Digital TV, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Worldwide