Digital TV News: NDS

Parrot Analytics launches global Streaming Metrics
Oct 8, 2024 – Parrot Analytics has launched Streaming Metrics offering access to historical and forecasted economic performance metrics combined with catalog insights, on a market-by-market basis, globally.
News categories: Parrot Analytics, Wared Seger, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

SEI Robotics and Dish TV launch 'Dish TV Smart+ Box'
Oct 8, 2024 – SEI Robotics has joined forces with Dish TV India to launch Dish TV Smart+ Box, providing customers with access to OTT apps alongside their chosen satellite TV subscription pack.
News categories: SEI Robotics, Dish TV India, Jeff Yin, Manoj Dobhal, Android TV, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

MediaKind launches multiview live streaming solution with Skreens
Oct 8, 2024 – MediaKind is launching a multiview solution combining Skreens' content compositing with its MK.IO streaming platform to enable the delivery of multiple simultaneous video feeds to viewers.
News categories: MediaKind, Skreens, Cory Zachman, Marc Todd, Content Distribution, Digital TV, UX, Worldwide

CIMM to assess case for universal content watermarking in the U.S.
Oct 8, 2024 – The CIMM has announced an initiative to assess the role that universal watermarking on TV platforms could play in supporting improved measurement of content and advertising in the US market.
News categories: CIMM, XR Extreme Reach, Jon Watts, Kevin O’Reilly, Irwin Gotlieb, Advertising, Big Data, Content Identification, Digital TV, USA

Vodafone deepens strategic partnership with Google
Oct 8, 2024 – Vodafone and Google will work on search and recommendations for TV, deploy Google Cloud's gen AI capabilities, and Google Ad Manager will be used to monetize Vodafone's addressable TV inventory.
News categories: Google Clou, Vodafone, Sundar Pichai, Margherita Della Valle, Advertising, Africa, Big Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, UX

Freely to be integrated into Amazon Fire TV smart TVs
Oct 7, 2024 – Everyone TV has announced that its new streaming platform Freely will be available, from this autumn, on Amazon Fire TV smart TVs and other smart TVs with Fire TV OS built-in.
News categories: Everyone TV, Amazon, Panasonic, TCL, Freely, Jonathan Thompson, Emma Gilmartin, Gareth Rayworth, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, TV OS, UK

TISA deploys Bitmovin Live Encoder to power live sports experiences
Oct 2, 2024 – Bitmovin has announced that TISA has deployed Bitmovin’s Live Encoder. TISA's OTT solutions enable sports clubs to create engaging media centres with exclusive video-on-demand content.
News categories: Bitmovin, TISA Group, Stefan Lederer, Kamil Rzeźnicki, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

East Asia leading the world in subscription bundling
Oct 2, 2024 – More than a third of subscribers in East Asia now sign up to services exclusively via third-party bundles and offers, according to a survey from Bango of subscribers in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
News categories: Bango, Andy Suzuki, Digital TV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Streaming, Taiwan

Madhive selects Samba TV as audience targeting partner
Oct 2, 2024 – Madhive has selected Samba TV as its preferred ACR TV audience partner to enrich its local offering. The integration will allow audience targeting based on TV viewing behaviour and ad exposure.
News categories: Madhive, Samba TV, Hearst, Luc Dumont, Aden Zaman, Jonathan Sumber, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Smart TV, USA