Media Broadcast is deploying a new, miniature device in Germany designed to further simplify DTT reception based on CI Plus 2.0 technology. The USB Conditional Access Module, when inserted into a compatible TV’s USB port, handles the decryption of encrypted TV signals. Users can then effortlessly control channels, volume, and more via their TV remote. […]
A seller of Illegal Streaming Devices (ISDs) in Sim Lim Square has been sentenced in relation to 34 charges selling ISDs that provided users with illegal access to copyrighted content. That content included Premier League football matches, as well as movies and TV shows belonging to members of anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and […]
LG Ad Solutions, a specialist in Connected TV (CTV) and cross-screen advertising, has announced a strategic partnership with Experian, a data and technology company, to bring audience targeting capabilities to advertisers worldwide. Through the integration of Experian’s ConsumerView data, a database offering detailed demographic, behavioural and lifestyle insights, brands will access enriched audience targeting and insights […]
A report, Video piracy, from research and advisory firm Enders Analysis, notes that industrial scale theft of video services, especially live sport, is in the ascendance, and that combating piracy is a formidable challenge, providing a direct threat to profitability for broadcasters and streamers. According to Enders, Big Tech is both friend and foe in […]
Samsung TV Plus has become one of the leading FAST platforms in Spain, offering 140 TV channels through a free app pre-installed on all Samsung connected TVs. In an interview with Hablemos de Tele, Ana Izquierdo, Head of Business Development for Samsung TV Spain, said that the service currently has 2.2 million active users in […]
Anti-piracy body the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has released its 2025 Annual Report, touting the key advancements driven by IBCAP over the past year in addressing piracy worldwide. “Since our last member meeting in May 2024, IBCAP has expanded its reach by developing proprietary automation software to detect and remove VoD content from […]
MetaBroadcast, the metadata management provider for content aggregators and audience measurement firms, has partnered with IMDb, the popular source for information on movies, TV shows and celebrities, to launch a new service that empowers media and entertainment companies with deep insights into the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of the metadata to enrich their media catalogues. […]
Irdeto, the global leader in digital video platform experiences and security, has announced its partnership with Astro, the largest pay-TV company in Malaysia, to launch the all-new Astro Sooka streaming platform. This collaboration marks a transformative step for Astro, leveraging Irdeto Experience for a complete overhaul of the Sooka platform, spanning backend, front-end and end-to-end […]
Addressable TV Initiative (ATVI) has pre-validated a turnkey solution from MediaTek; the turnkey solution is a combination of a chipset and specific middleware which together provide most of the functions of modern smart TVs running the Android TV OS. The pre-validation by ATVI provides a positive indication that the future TV models running Android TV […]
RTL AdAlliance, the international sales house of RTL Group, is broadening its Addressable TV offering with the addition of Eurosport 1. The sports channel owned by Warner Bros Discovery is now being monetised by RTL AdAlliance with simplified access for European buyers outside of Germany and US advertisers and agencies wanting to reach the local […]