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Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:09:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43403 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:09:42 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43403 February 26, 2025 — Barb, with Kantar Media, has expanded its measurement of the YouTube content that people watch on TV sets, selecting 200 YouTube channels that will become part of its daily audience reporting.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43401 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:03:29 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43401 February 26, 2025 — CryptoGuard has deployed its multi-DRM solution at SAT FILM for the Polish operator's streaming service, SAT FILM GO, providing security for both linear and on-demand content.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43393 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:24:26 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43393 February 20, 2025 — YouTube CTV platform reach and volumetrics, covering video views and duration, will be included in Comscore's (NASDAQ: SCOR) Video Metrix Multi-Platform in Canada, France, Spain and Malaysia.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43391 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:19:02 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43391 February 19, 2025 — Antenna Group has selected Ateme transcoding and packaging to power ANT1+, its OTT service in Greece, hosted on Google Cloud. The engagement enables ANT1+'s streaming experience for live sports.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43376 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:32:29 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43376 February 13, 2025 — Orange has released results to December 31, 2024. The company finished the year with 11.058 million IPTV and satellite subscribers, down 8,700 in the quarter, and down 86,900 year-on-year.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43369 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:32:31 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43369 February 12, 2025 — United Group has agreed to sell SBB Serbia to e& PPF Telecom. The Group has also agreed to sell Eon TV International (the holding company of NetTV Plus) to Telekom Srbija.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43358 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:07:13 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43358 February 11, 2025 — Sky has unveiled its new Sky Glass TV, with a brighter 4K HDR screen and seven-speaker Dolby Atmos sound. Sky Glass Gen 2 runs on the Sky OS platform, the new name for Entertainment OS in the UK.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43353 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:08:10 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43353 February 10, 2025 — Space Norway has ordered THOR 8 from Thales Alenia Space. From 1°W, the THOR 8 satellite will ensure continuity of Space Norway's broadcast coverage over the Nordics, and Central and Eastern Europe.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43352 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:52:24 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43352 February 10, 2025 — Barb is collaborating with MediaSense and Snowflake for the Barb Data Hub, a new cloud-based system for storing, processing and distributing Barb viewing data to the industry.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43347 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:48:50 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43347 February 6, 2025 — LG Ad Solutions has released findings from a study on the habits of sports viewers in the US, UK and Canada, revealing a dramatic shift toward CTV as the primary platform for live sports.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43329 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:45:09 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43329 February 4, 2025 — Vodafone has announced results for the quarter ended 31 Dec. 2024. The company's TV customer base declined by 69,000 in the period, with the migration of MDU customers in Germany largely completed.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43325 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:44:25 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43325 February 4, 2025 — According to Mediavision's latest analysis of the Swedish market, the number of paid streaming subscriptions reached a new record last year, with newer services in particular gaining market share.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43313 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:29:56 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43313 February 3, 2025 — Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20 million UK homes (68.3%) had access to an SVOD service in Q4 2024. This is a slight dip from 20.1 million (68.8%) in Q2.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43307 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:56:27 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43307 January 30, 2025 — Pixalate has released its Q4 2024 CTV Device Market Share Reports for the UK, US, Canada and Mexico. The reports provide data on the top CTV devices in each country by quarterly market share.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43306 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:44:28 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43306 January 30, 2025 — Telia Company (STO: TELIA) has reported results for the period January–December 2024. Across the Group, TV subscriptions were 3.555 million at year-end, up 81,000 in the quarter and up 125,000 YoY.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43302 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:26:42 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43302 January 30, 2025 — Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. Domestic video customers fell 311,000 in the quarter. Peacock paid subscribers grew by 16% YoY to 36 million.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43296 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:13:29 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43296 January 30, 2025 — Barb has commissioned two prototypes and two new data sources for Barb Panel Plus, which extends Barb's use of big data sets for integration with UK panel data.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43293 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:07:23 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43293 January 30, 2025 — According to an Advertising Association/WARC report, UK ad spend rose 9.7% to £10.6bn in the third quarter of 2024. BVOD ad spend is expected to have grown 12.4% at end-2024.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43291 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 09:42:25 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43291 January 29, 2025 — Netgem has announced revenue of €33.8M for 2024, with growth in its recurring revenue of 6%. The company's ended with a streaming subscriber base of more than 700,000 households in Europe.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43281 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:56:22 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43281 January 29, 2025 — According to Mediavision, in the autumn of 2024 over 700,000 households in Sweden were paying for illegal IPTV - a new record, and a significant increase compared to the spring of 2024.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43278 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:21:40 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43278 January 28, 2025 — European JICs, Media Owner Committees (MOCs), and research companies have announced the creation of the Audience Measurement Coalition (AMC) to advocate for audience measurement in Europe.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43272 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:24:02 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43272 January 27, 2025 — Data for 2024 released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment in association with the Official Charts Company confirms that video is the most popular form of entertainment in the UK.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43221 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:48:46 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43221 January 13, 2025 — According to an ANACOM report on how people access TV in Portugal, in 2024 around 7.4% of households exclusively used DTT, while 16.2% of households simultaneously accessed Pay TV and DTT.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43162 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:31:43 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43162 January 7, 2025 — 24i and STRONG have announced that m:tel Banja Luka has successfully launched ON TV, an IPTV and OTT service powered by 24i's pay TV solution and STRONG's Android TV Operator Tier set-top boxes.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43136 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 09:56:28 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43136 January 3, 2025 — The Korea Communications Commission has released results from its 2024 overseas OTT market survey. The results provide data to support the overseas expansion of domestic OTT platform operators.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43133 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:58:33 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43133 December 20, 2024 — Telenor will use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to implement a cloud-native end-to-end streaming platform for live TV, catch-up, start-over, network-PVR and VOD.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43124 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:15:28 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43124 December 23, 2024 — SEI Robotics has partnered with Elisa to launch in Estonia a Netflix-certified Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos Android TV audio-visual soundbar. The Elisa Minibar will be showcased at CES 2025.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43122 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 08:57:20 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43122 December 19, 2024 — Pre-installation of CANAL+ apps on TVs running VIDAA OS has been extended, adding Central Europe, Vietnam, Myanmar, French Overseas Territories and French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa to Poland, France and Switzerland.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43116 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:38:48 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43116 December 20, 2024 — Swisscom has received clearance for the acquisition of Vodafone Italia from both the Italian Competition Authority and the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT).]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43109 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:14:35 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43109 December 19, 2024 — SES has announced that ASTRA 1P, positioned at 19.2°E, has completed testing and is now fully operational. Equipped with 80 transponders, ASTRA 1P can support hundreds of HD TV channels.]]>