Digital TV News: SES

SES Ethiosat delivering content to 95% of TV homes in Ethiopia
May 14, 2024 – SES has announced that its Ethiosat platform at 57°E now delivers content to 17 million TV households in Ethiopia, up 7 million compared to 2022, with its reach penetration growing to 95%.
News categories: SES S.A, Norbert Hölzle, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Satellite

VIZIO reports Q1 2024 financial results
May 8, 2024 – VIZIO Holding (NYSE: VZIO) has announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The company reported 18.6 million SmartCast Active Accounts. SmartCast ARPU increased 17% YoY to $34.24.
News categories: VIZIO, Advertising, Digital TV, Results, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

SES to acquire Intelsat
Apr 30, 2024 – SES is to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) and certain contingent value rights.
News categories: SES S.A., Intelsat, Adel Al-Saleh, David Wajsgras, Content Distribution, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, Worldwide

Graham Media Group selects Bitmovin Playback
Apr 16, 2024 – Bitmovin has announced that Graham Media Group has selected Bitmovin Playback to enhance its viewer experience. The solution includes the Bitmovin Player and Bitmovin Analytics.
News categories: Bitmovin, Graham Media, Stefan Lederer, Kenny Elshoff, Michael Newman, Big Data, Digital TV, Media Player, QoE, Streaming, USA

Akamai rolls out NVIDIA-powered Cloud services optimized for video processing
Apr 15, 2024 – Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) has added a media-optimized offering based on NVIDIA GPUs to its cloud portfolio, aimed at companies that need to process video content faster and more efficiently.
News categories: Akamai, NVIDIA, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Semiconductor, Software, Worldwide

Brightcove introduces Smart TV SDKs for Roku, Samsung and LG devices
Apr 15, 2024 – Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) has launched player platforms for Roku, Samsung and LG Smart TVs. The SDKs unlock features in the player framework, including content protection, monetization, and analytics.
News categories: Brightcove, Scott Levine, Digital TV, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

NAGRA and Eluvio launch forensic watermarking for sports and events streaming
Apr 11, 2024 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) and Eluvio have commercially launched an integration of NAGRA NexGuard forensic watermarking for live streaming via decentralized networking using the Eluvio Content Fabric.
News categories: Eluvio, NAGRA, Michelle Munson, Ken Gerstein, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Watermarking, Worldwide

Amagi sees remarkable growth in channels deploying on Google Cloud
Apr 10, 2024 – Amagi has announced a strong surge in its customer deployments of broadcast and FAST channels on Google Cloud with channel growth of over 30% in the last six months.
News categories: Amagi, Google Cloud, Srinivasan KA, Anil Saboo, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Worldwide

Eluvio unveils next-gen Content Fabric and debuts new apps
Apr 9, 2024 – Eluvio has updated its Eluvio Content Fabric, delivering live streaming, PVOD, FAST channels and video archive monetization at scale, alongside apps to extract the full potential of the Fabric.
News categories: Eluvio, Michelle Munson, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, Streaming, Worldwide