Digital TV News: Vodafone
Hyundai and Vodafone bring in-car infotainment services to Europe
Jun 15, 2023 – Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) and Vodafone Business have extended their partnership to include in-car connected streaming and infotainment services in more than 40 countries across Europe.
News categories:
Vodafone, Hyundai, Erik Brenneis, Haeyoung Kwon, Digital TV, Europe, In-Car, Streaming
Vodafone UK and Three UK to merge
Jun 14, 2023 – Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison Group Telecom (CKHGT) have agreed to combine Vodafone UK and Three UK. Vodafone will own 51% of the combined business and CKHGT 49%.
News categories:
Vodafone, CK Hutchison, Margherita Della Valle, Ahmed Essam, Canning Fok, Robert Finnegan, 5G, MandA, UK
Liberty Global reports Q1 2023 results
May 9, 2023 – Liberty Global has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2023. The company finished the period with 3,383,500 Video Subscribers, down 36,900 in the quarter.
News categories:
Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Results, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland
Vodafone Deutschland deploys Synamedia analytics on its GigaTV service
May 2, 2023 – Vodafone Deutschland has gone live with Synamedia's Clarissa analytics solution to help evaluate advertising performance and reveal actionable insights into viewing behaviour on its GigaTV service.
News categories:
Synamedia, Vodafone, Amruta Shankar, Lucy Norris, Wolfgang Zeller, Big Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany
Media Distillery improves user experience at VodafoneZiggo
Apr 25, 2023 – Media Distillery has announced that VodafoneZiggo has implemented its EPG Correction Distillery to improve the user experience for its nearly 4 million video subscribers in the Netherlands.
News categories:
Media Distillery, VodafoneZiggo, Liberty Global, Roland Sars, Leo-Geert van den Berg, Chris van der Linden, Big Data, Digital TV, Netherlands, Set Top Box, UX
NAGRA joins AWS ISV Accelerate Program
Apr 18, 2023 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) has joined the AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program with validation for its NexGuard Forensic Watermarking, OpenTV Video Platform and Active Streaming Protection offerings.
News categories:
NAGRA, Sebastian Kramer, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Watermarking, Worldwide
Pay TV subscriptions in Portugal up 136,000 in 2022
Apr 14, 2023 – According to Anacom, at the end of 2022 96.4% of households in Portugal had pay-TV equating to 4.5 million subscribers, 136 thousand (+3.1%) more than in the previous year.
News categories:
Anacom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers
Annual AVOD/FAST ad revenue already above €250m in the EU5
Apr 4, 2023 – In 2022, NPA Conseil and Médiamétrie estimate that AVOD and FAST advertising revenues reached €255 million in the EU5, with the UK and Germany accounting for 80%.
News categories:
Médiamétrie, NPA Conseil, Laurence Deléchapt, Philippe Bailly, Advertising, Digital TV, EU, Market Research, Streaming, UK
Android TV adopted as preferred platform for Vodafone TV in Europe
Feb 21, 2023 – Vodafone has announced plans to expand its European collaboration with Google. As part of the agreement, Android TV will be adopted as the preferred platform for Vodafone's TV offer in nine countries.
News categories:
Vodafone, Google, Aldo Bisio, Hiroshi Lockheimer, Android TV, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Set Top Box
Latest News
- Streaming video revenues in MENA to surpass $1.2bn in 2024
- Orange France upgrades set-top box with SoftAtHome
- ZTE launches B866V6N 4K AI-SR set-top box
- Tucson television stations launch NEXTGEN TV services
- Cloud TV 3.0 Smart TV operating system released
- Ateme powers TVRI's transition to 4K UHD OTT
- Five million pirates in the Nordics
- WSC Sports introduces three new fan personalization products
- Sky Stream available in Italy from June 3rd
- Irdeto certifies security on latest Amlogic HD broadcast chipsets
- LG Automotive Content Platform features in new Kia EV
- Netflix publishes July to December 2023 viewing report
- MySat launches bouquet of Arabic TV channels on AsiaSat 9 for Australia
- Ad server from SAS powers advertising on ITVX
- Multiplay service revenue in India to grow at 4.5% CAGR
- Atlas proposes buying all outstanding shares in Millicom
- Cyfrowy Polsat contract pay TV RGUs down 147,000 YoY in Q1
- CANAL+ launches TV+ streaming service
- Mangomolo powers SABC+ video platform expansion
- Accedo supports extension of ITVX to Sony PlayStation