Digital TV News: Tubi

Amazon announces Fire TV product updates
Sep 20, 2023 – Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced a range of updates to its Fire TV family, introducing voice search with generative AI, upgrades to the Fire TV Ambient Experience, and more powerful Fire TV Sticks.
News categories: Amazon, Tapas Roy, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA, UX

Tubi surpasses 74 million monthly active Users
Sep 6, 2023 – Tubi (NASDAQ:FOXA, FOX) has surpassed 74 million monthly active users and logged nearly 4 billion streaming hours for the first half of the year, reaching 1.4% of total U.S. TV viewing time.
News categories: Tubi, Anjali Sud, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Vestel TiVo-powered Smart TVs expected for this year's holiday season
Aug 30, 2023 – At IFA 2023, Xperi (NYSE: XPER) will demonstrate its platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to engage their audience, regardless of whether it is through a smart TV or in the car.
News categories: Xperi, IDC, Jon Kirchner, Greg Ireland, Digital TV, IFABerlin, In-Car, Smart TV, TV OS, Worldwide

Longtail OTT TV services expand reach in the U.S.
Aug 29, 2023 – Comscore (Nasdaq: SCOR) has released its annual State of Streaming report, showing a 21% increase CTV hours per household watched, with ad supported services capturing the bulk of new viewing.
News categories: Comscore, James Muldrow, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Blue Ant Media partners with IRIS.TV for contextual advertising
Aug 29, 2023 – Blue Ant Media is partnering with IRIS.TV to enable video-level contextual advertising across the company’s portfolio of global free-streaming channels.
News categories: Blue Ant Media, IRIS.TV, Jamie Schouela, Steve Reich, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

U.S. home entertainment spending topped $20 billion in H1 2023
Aug 18, 2023 – According to DEG, U.S. consumers spent $20.5 billion on movies and TV shows in the first six months of 2023, up 14.7% from the $17.9 billion spent in the first six months of 2022.
News categories: Digital Entertainment Group, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

U.S. streaming climbs to record high in July
Aug 15, 2023 – Streaming accounted for a record high 38.7% of total U.S. TV usage in July, while linear TV viewership fell below 50% for the first time, according to Nielsen's July 2023 The Gauge report.
News categories: Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

U.S. TV streaming usage hits all-time high in June
Jul 18, 2023 – According to Nielsen's June 2023 report of The Gauge, streaming accounted for 37.7% of overall TV usage in the U.S. in June, a record high share total for the digital format.
News categories: Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

LiveOne to launch PodcastOne TV via MuxIP
Jun 13, 2023 – LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO) is to launch PodcastOne TV, a FAST channel, in partnership with MuxIP. The channel will expand distribution of video content from PodcastOne's slate of podcasts.
News categories: MuxIP, PodcastOne, LiveOne, Tom Link, Kit Gray, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA, Worldwide