Digital TV News: VIVA
United Group acquires Bulsatcom
Nov 9, 2023 – United Group has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Bulsatcom. Bulsatcom provides direct-to-home satellite TV, IPTV, and broadband services in Bulgaria.
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United Group, Vivacom, Bulsatcom, Victoriya Boklag, Nikolai Andreev, Bulgaria, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Satellite
Vivaro chooses Appear encoding for 2023 Pan American Games
Oct 19, 2023 – Vivaro Media has chosen Appear to support its 2023 Pan American Games live contribution. Vivaro has deployed Appear's X Platform to encode 10 live HD channels during the competition.
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Appear, Vivaro, Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen, Carlos Jurado, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Latin America
Prime Video streaming added to Polestar 2 cars
Sep 13, 2023 – Polestar 2 has added Prime Video to its cars with Google built-in. Accessible to stream content while parked or charging, Prime Video joins YouTube which launched in Polestar 2 in June 2023.
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Polestar, Prime Video, Thomas Ingenlath, Digital TV, In-Car, Streaming, Worldwide
TCL launches TCLtv+ streaming service in North America
Aug 24, 2023 – TCL has launched its TCLtv+ streaming service in North America. The service makes available more than 200 FAST channels and 1500+ on-demand movies and TV series on TCL TVs at no cost.
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TCL, Mark Zhang, Haohong Wang, Digital TV, North America, Smart TV, Streaming
CARIAD launches app store for Volkswagen Group cars
Mar 1, 2023 – CARIAD has launches an application store for Volkswagen Group car brands. CARIAD is working with HARMAN to create an open ecosystem for apps that drivers can use in their cars' infotainment systems.
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CARIAD, HARMAN, Audi, Dirk Hilgenberg, Huibert Verhoeven, Oliver Hoffmann, Apps, In-Car, MWC24, Worldwide
MuxIP to power Dooya TV streaming and monetization
Aug 30, 2022 – MuxIP has partnered with Dooya Media Group (DMG) to deliver a single, customized interface for Dooya's channels, helping to expand distribution and centralize management of the FAST channels.
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MuxIP, Dooya, Thomas Link, John T. Wells, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide
United Group to consolidate DTH services on a single platform
Jun 16, 2022 – United Group has initiated steps to consolidate its three DTH services (NOVA, Total TV and VIVACOM) into a single platform by sending an RFI to a group of satellite operators for satellite capacity to support its plans.
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United Group, Srdjan Djurdjevic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Croatia, Digital TV, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Satellite, Serbia, Slovenia
FITE chooses Dooya to power FITE 24/7 FAST channel
Mar 8, 2022 – FITE has announced the expansion of FITE 24/7 into FITE's first Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST) channel. The channel will use Dooya's FASTCast process to provide distribution and monetization to cable operators as well as OTT platforms and connected TVs.
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Dooya, FITE, John T. Wells, Louis Lewow, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA
VeriSilicon AI video processor powers leading datacenters
Mar 1, 2021 – VeriSilicon (688521.SH) has announced that its VC9000 and VIP9400 in combination now offer AI Video processing, real-time AI video content analysis, scene-based video encoding, and AI pixel enhancements.
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VeriSilicon, Wei-Jin Dai, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Silicon IP, Worldwide
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