Digital TV News: Pivot

Eutelsat and ATSS renew MENA satellite services agreement
Feb 13, 2025 – Eutelsat (ISIN: FR0010221234; Paris/London: ETL) and Advanced Telecommunications Solutions and Services (ATSS) have renewed their satellite capacity agreement on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite.
News categories: Eutelsat, ATSS, José Ignacio González-Núñez, Eng. Abdullah Alosaimi, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

Sky Link TV launches streaming platform with Bitcentral
Feb 11, 2025 – Sky Link TV has adopted Bitcentral's ViewNexa streaming platform. With ViewNexa, Sky Link TV's app stepped up its capacity to deliver content on iOS, Android, Roku, mobile, web, and soon tvOS and FireTV.
News categories: Bitcentral, Sky Link TV, Sam Kamel, Terry Cheng, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

StackAdapt secures $235m investment
Feb 4, 2025 – Programmatic ad platform StackAdapt has raised growth capital of $235 million led by Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG), with participation from Intrepid Growth Partners and four other investors.
News categories: StackAdapt, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Intrepid Growth Partners, Vitaly Pecherskiy, Yang Han, Ildar Shar, Rick Prostko, Mark Machin, Advertising, Digital TV, Venture Capital, Worldwide

Kantar Group announces proposed sale of Kantar Media
Jan 17, 2025 – Kantar Group has announced the proposed sale of Kantar Media to H.I.G. Capital. The transaction's purchase price of around $1 billion is anticipated to be primarily paid in cash.
News categories: Kantar Media, H.I.G. Capital, Kantar Group, Patrick Béhar, Nishant Nayyar, Chris Jansen, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, MandA, Market Research, Private Equity, Worldwide

Magnite to power programmatic on Samsung TV Plus in Southeast Asia
Jan 15, 2025 – Magnite (Nasdaq: MGNI) has strengthened its partnership with Samsung Ads to power programmatic advertising on Samsung TV Plus inventory in Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand for the first time.
News categories: Magnite, Samsung, Gavin Buxton, Alex Spurzem, Advertising, Digital TV, Philippines, Singapore, Streaming, Thailand

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

Smartclip and M6 Publicité announce ad-tech partnership
Dec 17, 2024 – Smartclip’s advanced ad-tech solutions will progressively be integrated into M6 Publicité’s ad-tech stack, supporting Groupe M6’s ambition to triple its streaming revenues to €200 million by 2028.
News categories: Smartclip, M6 Publicité, Thomas Servatius, Hortense Thomine-Desmazures, Advertising, Digital TV, France

ACAM selects HR Media for video audience measurement in Mexico
Dec 16, 2024 – HR Media has been selected by the Alianza para la Calidad de la Medición Multimedia en México (ACAM) to provide video audience measurement services for 2025 and 2026.
News categories: HR Media, ACAM, Rodrigo Gómez, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Mexico

Blacknut Cloud gaming now integrated into VIDAA Smart TVs
Dec 9, 2024 – Blacknut and VIDAA have announce a partnership to integrate new VIDAA Smart TVs with Blacknut Cloud Gaming for an optimal cloud gaming experience for users around the globe.
News categories: Blacknut, VIDAA, Olivier Avaro, Tal Bone, Apps, Digital TV, Gaming, Smart TV, TV OS, Worldwide