- April 16, 2024 — Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile Czech Republic have extended their engagement with 24i to add new value-added content libraries and streamline the UX on their current streaming services.
- April 16, 2024 — Video advertising revenue in the U.S. grew 10.6% YoY in 2023, rising to $52.1 billion. Forty-two percent of this revenue was generated from CTV and OTT, according to research conducted by PwC for the IAB.
- April 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.
- April 15, 2024 — Amagi has announced a collaboration with Argoid AI to integrate AI-powered scheduling automation into its Amagi PLANNER product. The joint solution will be on demo at NAB Show 2024.
- April 12, 2024 — Amagi and AD Digital have unveiled the launch of MAVTV Brasil's FAST channel by SEV7N Sports, using the cloud technology and services of Amagi and AD Digital.
- April 10, 2024 — A new report from Horowitz Research sheds light on how recent crackdowns on password sharing are impacting consumer behavior when it comes to subscription streaming services (SVODs).
- April 9, 2024 — ThinkAnalytics has integrated its ThinkFAST AI-powered content scheduling Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) channel solution with AWS Elemental MediaTailor.
- April 13, 2024 — 6G-Datacast.tv has announced an upgraded version of its ATSC 3.0 receiver, providing video and connectivity to mobile devices through Bluetooth as well as Wi-Fi and USB.
- April 12, 2024 — Ad Insertion Platform (AIP) has announced that castLabs' PRESTOplay is the first video player fully compatible with its Server-Guided Ad Insertion (SGAI) technology: AdBlendr.
- April 11, 2024 — Agora (NASDAQ: API) has partnered with EZDRM to integrate its real-time engagement APIs with EZDRM's content protection to deliver secure, end-to-end media streaming.
- April 12, 2024 — Intertrust and GeoComply have partnered to provide a robust solution for content owners and streaming services to control where and how their digital content is delivered and consumed.
- April 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.
- April 11, 2024 — MediaKind, with partners Qvest and Qibb, has played a major role in facilitating the launch of Television New Zealand's (TVNZ) new sports streaming service within the TVNZ+ platform.
- April 10, 2024 — Cineverse (NASDAQ: CNVS) has selected Vionlabs and Datatonic as key technology partners for the company's new generative AI search and discovery tool, cineSearch.
- April 11, 2024 — Mangomolo has been chosen by UPICtv to provide a turnkey solution for The Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport & Culture (MYSC) of Botswana to deliver OTT video across the country.
- April 10, 2024 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has introduced in-stream advertising with split-screen ad formats on its VOS 360 Ad SaaS. The feature creates a new premium inventory for live sports streaming.
- April 10, 2024 — MediaKind has unveiled that it has added low latency streaming with dynamic advertising and blackout support to its cloud streaming platform, MK.IO.
- April 10, 2024 — Netgem has announced that it's now deploying its 'FAST Lane' channels embedded in the TV service of Netplus in Switzerland, and will launch in France with other ISPs in April.
- April 9, 2024 — At the 2024 NAB Show Suitest will introduce WingBox, a Video Capture and Control appliance enabling combined object- and image-based live and automation testing for OTT apps and devices.
- April 9, 2024 — Accedo and Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV) have collaborated with Al Sharqiya to enhance its 1001 AVOD streaming service with the introduction of an SVOD platform alongside live linear channels.
- April 9, 2024 — Pixellot has announced that the Israeli Football Association (IFA) will use Pixellot's technology to capture, produce, and distribute matches from the U19 2nd division and U16 elite leagues.
- April 8, 2024 — DISH Media has launched PerformXP, enabling digital media buys across both STB and CTV inventory via one insertion order with real-time reporting across all inventory.
- April 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.
- April 8, 2024 — Cineverse (NASDAQ:CNVS) has announced a deal to integrate Gracenote metadata into cineSearch – its AI-powered conversational entertainment search platform to be unveiled this spring.
- April 8, 2024 — Covington Entertainment is deploying the 24i Video Cloud to support the debut of Culture Entertainment Network, an OTT service offering reality TV, movies, lifestyle shows and TV series.
- April 8, 2024 — Synamedia has added capabilities to its D2C streaming SaaS solution, giving content owners greater control of their QoE, lower latency and the ability to distribute event highlights.
- April 8, 2024 — FreeWheel has announced a partnership with Lotame to expand audience data across its product suite in EMEA using audience data from the Lotame Data Marketplace.
- April 4, 2024 — Redge Technologies has announced it has delivered a VOD streaming solution to Lithuanian public media broadcaster, LRT, within a timeframe of less than one and a half months.
- April 4, 2024 — According to a study from LG Ad Solutions, sixty nine percent of U.S. CTV users prefer streaming free, ad supported streaming TV content instead of a paid subscription without ads.
- April 4, 2024 — VisualOn and Minerva have partnered on a joint demonstration at NAB 2024. The partnership addresses the need for quality video streaming solutions over a breadth of user devices.
- Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has launched a new online video service targeted at a young audience featuring original and interactive content. The new service, Playz, is designed to create an open space for young Spanish content...
- Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV is to realign its service on a hybrid model including on-demand services and a new brand. The new look service will kick off with a launch in the Russian Far East, where Tricolor TV has not been...
- Netflix has cancelled the show that has been core to its popularity, House of Cards. The show will end after the upcoming sixth season is complete, with the decision made public soon after allegations of sexual assault were made against...
- US streamer Hulu has appointed Fox Networks Group (FNG) chief Randy Freer has its new CEO, with incumbent Mike Hopkins switching over to Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Hulu is experiencing its moment in the sun, having become the first...
- US and Canada-based OTT TV technology outfit Zone-TV is planning to tap the power of artificial intelligence to launch an OTT TV service with ‘linear-like’ channels that automatically schedule themselves according to the preference of...
- The new premium content-focused version of Vivendi-owned video portal Dailymotion has launched in the UK and Switzerland, following its debut in France in July. The new version of the free Dailymotion platform is launching in the UK as...
- Jeremy Clarkson petrol-head series The Grand Tour remains the most in-demand digitally produced original programme in Europe, exclusive data shows. Parrot Analytics stats from January 1 to August 31 of this year reveal the Amazon Prime...
- HBO is the channel consumers in the US and Canada are willing to pay the most for, and 80% of consumers only want to pay for the channels they actually watch, according to TV technology outfit TiVo’s Q2 2017 Video Trends Report....
- Netflix has committed a five-year, C$500 million (€340 million) spend on Canadian original programming, and will pay no local taxes as a result. The SVOD giant will invest the money in English- and French-language programming over the...
- Amazon has launched of its Fire TV streaming device featuring support for 4K Ultra HD video, HDR and Alexa voice-enabled remote. The device, which Amazon says is 40% more powerful than the existing Fire TV Stick, will retail for US$69.99...
- A disruptive landscape is changing the shape of the entertainment industry as we know it. Embedded operators are facing cord cutting from a millennial generation that don’t want to be tied down to hefty monthly bills for channels they...
- What makes NOWTV so successful? There are several reasons, according to NowTV strategy & proposition director James Alexander.
- “OTT has shortened the gap between content producers and end users,” Henrik Schneider, director of broadcast and media services division, Antenna Hungária told attendees at the OTTtvWorld Summit today.
- “OTT has shortened the gap between content producers and end users,” Henrik Schneider, director of broadcast and media services division, Antenna Hungária told attendees at the OTTtvWorld Summit today.
- “We are not a broadcast network. We have no intention of becoming a broadcaster. We want to become the world’s largest network of broadcasters,” Matthew Corbin, Global Product Marketing, Facebook told attendees at the OTTtv World Summit...
- It’s half way through the busy season for TV Connect events, with TV Connect MENA wrapping up yesterday and only last week I made a whistle-stop trip to Budapest for Digital TV CEE. Next week sees the co-located OTTtv World Summit and...
- Piracy is about more than just content stealing, it is a threat that has the potential to bring down whole networks. Niall Hunt talks to Conax EVP and Principal Architect Tor Helge Kristiansen about the right approach to ensuring network...
- Dimitar Radev, head of content distribution & new platforms at Nova Broadcasting, quoted Apple CEO Tim Cook as he addressed attendees at Digital TV Central & Eastern Europe today. “The future of TV is apps,” he said, though...
- With few local players in the region able to achieve Netflix’s scale, a lively panel discussion chaired by Anette Schaefer, Industry Analyst, BIG Picture, debated the prospects for OTT in key markets?
- In a rapidly changing TV landscape where disruption is the norm, pay-TV operators are launching OTT services to combat churn and gain new revenue streams. Conax AS commercial product director Einar Vaagmo says the secret to success is...