https://www.digitaltvnews.net The latest TV and Video Content Distribution Business, Technology and Market Research news Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:53:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43399 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:53:45 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43399 February 24, 2025 — Qvest and ARABSAT are to launch an OTT streaming platform, enabling ARABSAT to extend its direct-to-consumer services while providing white-label solutions for broadcasters and content providers. ]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43395 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:30:24 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43395 February 21, 2025 — Freeview New Zealand's satellite TV service is to move to Koreasat 6 in early April. The move is essential for service continuity as the current satellite nears the end of its commercial life.]]> 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=43387 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:55:45 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43387 February 18, 2025 — AgileTV, United Teleports and BNS have announced a fully managed TV service, combining traditional cable TV and OTT apps, that addresses the needs of North American network operators.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43381 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:03:25 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43381 February 13, 2025 — Eutelsat (ISIN: FR0010221234; Paris/London: ETL) and Advanced Telecommunications Solutions and Services (ATSS) have renewed their satellite capacity agreement on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43363 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:28:58 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43363 February 11, 2025 — Sky Link TV has adopted Bitcentral's ViewNexa streaming platform. With ViewNexa, Sky Link TV's app stepped up its capacity to deliver content on iOS, Android, Roku, mobile, web, and soon tvOS and FireTV.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43361 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:19:25 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43361 February 11, 2025 — TAG Video Systems and Witbe (Euronext Growth – FR0013143872 – ALWIT) have announced a partnership on video monitoring and quality assurance across the entire OTT content delivery chain.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43356 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:50:44 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43356 February 10, 2025 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that its VOS 360 Media SaaS and VOS360 Ad SaaS are now qualified on Akamai for the deployment of playout, broadcast and video streaming workflows.]]> 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=43345 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:03:30 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43345 February 7, 2025 — Gray Media will broadcast Super Bowl LIX using HDR at all its NEXTGEN TV FOX affiliates, allowing viewers the game with improved contrast between the brightest and darkest colours on the screen.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43319 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:56:09 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43319 February 4, 2025 — The World Surf League (WSL) is to use LTN's remote production, monetization and distribution technologies to deliver coverage on global broadcast, digital, and FAST platforms.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43301 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:39:06 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43301 January 30, 2025 — Broadpeak has announced that TELUS is using Broadpeak's origin packager, running on Google Cloud, to reduce its infrastructure costs while enabling it to provide a superior QoE.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43286 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:19:49 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43286 January 29, 2025 — Backscreen is to integrate Scalstrm's Origin solution to enhance its video processing flow with features such as low-latency streaming, dynamic ad personalization and content repackaging.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43283 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:48:16 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43283 January 26, 2025 — Sky New Zealand is aware that a growing number of customers have experienced signal disruption following the decision by Optus to place its D2 satellite into an inclined orbit to conserve fuel.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43254 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:02:30 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43254 January 22, 2025 — 'yes' is migrating from satellite to OTT delivery, with satellite due to end in February 2026. The company is now considering continued limited satellite broadcasts beyond this date as well.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43252 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:27:23 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43252 January 22, 2025 — According to a paper from InterDigital, written by Futuresource, the video industry is rapidly emerging as a major emitter of greenhouse gas, accounting for 4% of total global emissions.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43243 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:48:02 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43243 January 17, 2025 — The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has released the final report on its Future of Television Initiative (FOTVI). The FOTVI aimed to ensure a smooth transition to ATSC 3.0.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43242 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:40:34 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43242 January 16, 2025 — Access Advance has launched its Video Distribution Patent (VDP) pool, providing a single license covering streaming with all four of the most recent video codecs (HEVC, VVC, AV1, and VP9).]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43240 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:34:43 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43240 January 14, 2025 — Partnering with evertz.io, Record is launching a streaming solution that will power their PlayPlus application, kicking off with twelve regionalized channels, with plans to expand to 21 channels.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43182 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:22:34 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43182 January 7, 2025 — E.W. Scripps, Gray Media, Nexstar Media, and Sinclair have formed EdgeBeam Wireless, a JV created to provide wireless data services, based on ATSC 3.0, to businesses and industries in the U.S.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43170 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:58:27 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43170 January 7, 2025 — FIFA+ has partnered with ACCESS to make its football platform accessible on Smart TVs and in cars via ACCESS’ NetRange Smart TV Portals and the ACCESS Twine4Car In-Vehicle Infotainment solution.]]> 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=43143 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:10:26 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43143 January 6, 2025 — The XR Sports Alliance (XRSA) has added its first cohort of members, including Deutsche Telekom, E1 Series and XREAL. The XRSA aims to accelerate XR sports services across the globe.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43138 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 05:00:05 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43138 December 18, 2024 — The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT), with the four FTA TV service providers CCN TV6, Parliament TV, CNC3 and TTT, has launched DTT on an ATSC 3.0 demo station.]]> 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=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.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43100 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:41:56 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43100 December 18, 2024 — Two Wheels Motor Racing (TWMR) is using Harmonic's (NASDAQ: HLIT) media SaaS, contribution encoder and IRD to deliver video streams to affiliates in Malaysia over the internet.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43086 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:29:51 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43086 December 17, 2024 — TCL and NBCUniversal have announced a new agreement to introduce a range of NBCUniversal TV shows to audiences in Europe via branded FAST services on TCL Channel.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43085 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:17:39 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43085 December 16, 2024 — Moments Lab has integrated with Bitcentral, enabling Bitcentral media asset management software users to enrich their assets with Moments Lab's AI-generated metadata.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43078 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:01:59 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43078 December 12, 2024 — Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) is to implement a new corporate structure. The re-structured company will consist of two divisions: Global Linear Networks and Streaming & Studios.]]>