Digital TV News: Placed

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

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

EQT to sell Melita to Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Nov 22, 2024 – EQT has signed an agreement to sell Melita to Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Melita delivers digital services, including broadband, mobile, TV, and data centre solutions, to customers in Malta.
News categories: EQT, Melita, Goldman Sachs, Ulrich Köllensperger, Harald Rösch, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Malta, MandA

Bitmovin launches AI-powered contextual advertising
Nov 13, 2024 – Bitmovin has launched AI Contextual Advertising, combining the power of Bitmovin Playback and Bitmovin Encoding to provide personalized adverts based on the content audiences are viewing.
News categories: Bitmovin, Stefan Lederer, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Media Player, Worldwide

Comercio TV launches FAST channel with FAST Channels TV
Nov 8, 2024 – Comercio TV has partnered with FAST Channels TV on a FAST channel providing financial news, market insights and educational content in Spanish to audiences in the U.S., Latin America and beyond.
News categories: FAST Channels TV, Comercio TV, Russell Foy, Freddy Arias, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America, Streaming, USA

Disney+ remains #1 in new VOD subscriptions in UK
Oct 24, 2024 – Kantar has released its latest Entertainment on Demand data on the UK's streaming market. Emmy awards for FX shows have cemented Disney+ as top for new subscribers for the second consecutive quarter.
News categories: Kantar, Dominic Sunnebo, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK

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

UKTV joins Freely, the UK's new live and on demand streaming platform
Sep 16, 2024 – Everyone TV has announced that UKTV will bring its on demand service U to new streaming platform, Freely, this month, alongside streamed live channels U&Dave, U&DRAMA, U&W and U&YESTERDAY.
News categories: Everyone TV, UKTV, Jonathan Thompson, Jonathan Newman, Lottie Towler, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

UK forecast to have largest entertainment and media market in Europe
Aug 14, 2024 – The UK is forecast to have the largest entertainment and media (E&M) market in Europe from next year, according to PwC. UK E&M revenue is expected to break the £100bn barrier this year.
News categories: PwC, Mary Shelton Rose, Dan Bunyan, Ben Bird, Advertising, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming, UK