Digital TV News: TO THE NEW
Malaysia carries out first 5G live broadcast
Oct 1, 2024 – Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) and Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) have conducted Malaysia's first 5G-powered live broadcast, with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as technology partner.
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Ericsson, DNB, RTM, David Hägerbro, Ken Tan, 5G, Digital TV, Malaysia
TO THE NEW selected by Irdeto as UX technology partner
Sep 13, 2024 – TO THE NEW (TTN) has been selected by Irdeto as a technology partner for delivering a consistent user experience (UX) on devices in the Irdeto aggregation platform ecosystem.
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TO THE NEW, Irdeto, Narinder Kumar, Andrew Bunten, Digital TV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UX, Worldwide
RAI begins transition of DTT to DVB-T2
Aug 28, 2024 – RAI has announced that it began the transition to DVB-T2 television transmission on August 28, 2024. Rai Storia, Rai Scuola and Rai Radio 2 Visual channels have moved to the new format.
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Radiotelevisione italiana, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Italy
AirConsole in-car gaming coming to Volkswagen models
Aug 26, 2024 – Volkswagen is partnering with AirConsole to bring in-car gaming to its ID.7, ID.5, ID.4 and ID.3 product lines as well as new Passat, Tiguan and Golf models.
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AirConsole, Volkswagen, Gaming, In-Car, Worldwide
Triveni Digital to demonstrate end-to-end TV 3.0 at 2024 SET Expo
Aug 6, 2024 – Triveni Digital will show its end-to-end offering for Latin American broadcasters at 2024 SET Expo. The company's Station Manager simplifies the operation and delivery of TV 3.0 and ATSC 1.0 services.
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Triveni Digital, Ralph Bachofen, Mark Corl, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America, SBTVD
Persidera and MainStreaming partner on distribution services
Jul 2, 2024 – Persidera and Mainstreaming are collaborating to integrate services from Persidera for HbbTV and OTT streaming delivery with distribution via Mainstreaming's Edge Video Delivery Network.
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MainStreaming, Persidera, Antonio G. Corrado, Guido Fermetti, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Italy
Astro Malaysia presents results for quarter ended 30 April 2024
Jun 25, 2024 – Astro Malaysia has presented unaudited results for the quarter ended 30 April 2024. Year-on-year, Astro's TV customer base decreased by 3% from 5.458 million to 5.309 million subscribers.
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Astro Malaysia, Digital TV, Malaysia, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers
MultiChoice Group reports results for the year ended March 2024
Jun 12, 2024 – MultiChoice has reported results for the year ended March 2024. Active subscribers declined by 9% YoY, mainly due to a 13% decline in the Rest of Africa business. The South African business declined by 5%.
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MultiChoice, Africa, Content Protection, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Streaming, Subscribers
Warner Bros. Discovery adds 2 million DTC subscribers in 1Q 2024
May 9, 2024 – Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. Global DTC subscribers were 99.6 million at the end of Q1, an increase of 2.0 million versus Q4.
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Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA, Worldwide
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