Digital TV News: Verizon

U.S. MVPDs align on terminology for multiscreen TV advertising
Feb 13, 2025 – U.S. MVPDs, plus Ampersand and the VAB, have announced unified guidance on multiscreen TV advertising terminology, aiming to align the industry around the various TV advertising delivery types.
News categories: Comcast Advertising, Video Advertising Bureau, James Rooke, Jason Wiese, Advertising, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Streaming, USA

Verizon FIOS consumer video subscribers down 60,000 in 4Q 2024
Jan 24, 2025 – Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported fourth-quarter 2024 results. Consumer reported 47,000 Fios Internet net additions and 60,000 Fios Video net losses in the quarter.
News categories: Verizon, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Verizon FIOS consumer video subscribers down 74,000 in 3Q 2024
Oct 22, 2024 – Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported third-quarter 2024 results. Consumer reported 39,000 Fios Internet net additions and 74,000 Fios Video net losses in the quarter.
News categories: Verizon, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

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

Verizon to acquire Frontier Communications
Sep 5, 2024 – Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FYBR) have entered into a definitive agreement for Verizon to acquire Frontier in an all-cash transaction valued at $20 billion.
News categories: Verizon, Frontier Communications, Hans Vestberg, Nick Jeffery, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA

RCN Colombia deploys Zixi to distribute content to US affiliates
Aug 21, 2024 – Zixi has announced that RCN Colombia, a prominent news, sports, and entertainment network in Latin America, has implemented Zixi to distribute its premium content to affiliates across the United States.
News categories: Zixi, RCN Colombia, Bruno Forchieri, Omar Silva, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, USA

U.S. report shows reduced carbon footprint of STBs and CPE
Aug 19, 2024 – According to a report from D+R International, US STB energy consumption has reduced by more than two-thirds since 2012, saving consumers $18 billion and avoiding 93m tonnes of CO2 emissions.
News categories: NCTA, Consumer Technology Association, D+R International, Russ Hanser, Doug Johnson, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Top U.S. pay-TV providers lost 5 million subscribers in 2023
Mar 8, 2024 – Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 5,035,000 video subscribers in 2023, compared to a net loss of about 4,590,000 in 2022.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

Synamedia powers content distribution at Monumental Sports
Feb 29, 2024 – Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) has chosen Synamedia solutions to distribute sports content, along with other programming, to its newly launched Monumental Sports Network.
News categories: Synamedia, Monumental Sports, Julien Signes, Charlie Myers, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA