- November 12, 2024 — Vodafone Group has announced results for the half-year ended 30 Sept. 2024. The company's total TV customer base declined by 2.9 million in the period, mainly due to the MDU transition in Germany.
- November 12, 2024 — Vecima Networks (TSX: VCM) has completed initial linear parity ad insertion for Hotwire Communications, moving the provider toward dynamic ad insertion (DAI) in 2025.
- November 8, 2024 — Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced that it has completed the previously announced spin-off of its Swiss business, Sunrise, into a separate publicly traded company.
- November 7, 2024 — Telefónica has presented results for the third quarter of 2024. In Spain, Pay TV net adds were 49,000 for the quarter. Elsewhere Pay TV subscribers fell 44,000, resulting in net global growth of 5,000.
- November 7, 2024 — BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) has reported results for the third quarter of 2024. Bell added 9,197 retail IPTV subscribers to finish the quarter with 2,133,397 retail IPTV subscribers in total.
- November 6, 2024 — Türk Telekom Group has announced third quarter 2024 results. TV Home recorded 20k net additions and maintaining its subscriber base at around 1.5 million.
- November 6, 2024 — MwareTV has implemented IGADO+, a video streaming service dedicated to the Ethiopian market. IGADO+ works in conjunction with Ethio Telecom to deliver the service over broadband and mobile.
- November 5, 2024 — KT has launched its 'KT Genie TV Set-Top Box 4', the first in the IPTV industry to support 8K. The box includes AI technology for optimal picture and sound quality, and personalized features.
- October 31, 2024 — Swisscom has released results for the third quarter of 2024. Over the quarter, the number of TV connections dropped by 12,000 to 1.499 million, down 2.7% year-on-year.
- October 29, 2024 — Green Streams has integrated Swisscom's TV and video backend and CDN with its Media Integration Platform and frontend applications to create an IPTV service for operators in Switzerland.
- October 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.
- October 21, 2024 — Pay TV service revenue in the Philippines will increase slightly over 2023-2028, supported by strong growth in IPTV subscriptions and a steady rise in DTH subscriptions.
- October 17, 2024 — GlobalData expects South Korea’s multiplay service revenue to grow at a gradual yet consistent pace, increasing at a CAGR of 1% from $6.2 billion in 2023 to $6.6 billion in 2028.
- October 8, 2024 — Vodafone and Google will work on search and recommendations for TV, deploy Google Cloud's gen AI capabilities, and Google Ad Manager will be used to monetize Vodafone's addressable TV inventory.
- October 1, 2024 — Sky Switzerland is working with Zattoo as a lighthouse customer for Zattoo's new suite of Stream API services on the Sky platform, powering applications, front-ends and devices in the IPTV market.
- September 26, 2024 — Witbe (Euronext: FR0013143872; ALWIT) has announced that Bouygues Telecom is using its Witbox+ automated testing to deliver video services more efficiently, with a superior QoE for viewers.
- September 25, 2024 — Slovak Telekom has selected MediaKind to transform its TV distribution headend through the deployment of MediaKind's Aquila Broadcast compression, monitoring, and control solution.
- September 19, 2024 — Agile Content, in partnership with Convergenze, has announced that the technology and content of its Agile TV platform will now be available in Italy as Convergenze TV.
- September 17, 2024 — According to Anacom, at the end of Q2 2024, there were 4.6 million pay TV subscribers in Portugal, up 86,000 year-on-year. The growth rate was the lowest (+1.9%) since the end of 2013.
- September 13, 2024 — m:tel has partnered with 24i and Antecna to update its IPTV experience with new features, and an advanced user interface supporting the broad range of devices used to consume content.
- September 12, 2024 — Rakuten TV is now available on Altibox. Rakuten's strategy is to partner with the main telco players in Europe, with the goal to broaden the reach of its content to telco clients.
- September 13, 2024 — Síminn has renewed its relationship with XroadMedia. XroadMedia will now provide its advanced decision engine technology to power targeted ads and FAST channels on Síminn’s platform.
- September 12, 2024 — Makedonski Telekom has partnered with MediaKind to launch MagentaTV. Powered by MediaKind's MediaFirst Cloud TV platform, the service offers customers an advanced, personalized viewing experience.
- September 10, 2024 — Waoo is to upgrade its Waoo TV offering with new elements from Zattoo including an in-field set-top box, à-la-carte channel shopping, Nielsen audience ratings and an extensive VOD store.
- September 10, 2024 — TiVo Broadband, which launched in the U.S. earlier this year and is now available in Europe, is transforming the content experience through super aggregation and advanced discovery for broadband-only customers.
- September 9, 2024 — DELTA Fiber in the Netherlands has gone live with Synamedia's fully redundant cloud DVR solution (cDVR), enabling pause live, start over, and catch-up TV for DELTA's viewers.
- September 5, 2024 — O2 Czech Republic has launched a smart TV with a pre-installed O2 TV app and dedicated button on the remote control. The TVs are manufactured by KIVI TV and are based Android TV 11.
- September 3, 2024 — Synamedia has announced that POST Luxembourg is deploying Synamedia's Fluid EdgeCDN for its linear IPTV service, called 'POP TV', and other streaming services.
- September 2, 2024 — América Móvil [BMV,NYSE:AMX] and Telefónica are jointly to explore their potential participation in the sale of the assets of Chilean telco, WOM S.A., as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
- August 28, 2024 — iWedia has completed a project to extend the life of Hrvatski Telekom's legacy IPTV STBs via the integration of iWedia's media player and browser to support new DRM protected ABR streaming.
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