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Viaccess-Orca partners with ATEME on watermarking solution

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global player providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, and ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV, and OTT, have announced a cutting-edge contribution watermarking solution. VO’s software-based dynamic watermarking technology is embedded and ready to use within IRDs and encoders from ATEME, […]

October 20, 2021

RTVE’s debt to reach €588m

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE will see its debt grow by 61.5 per cent in 2022 to €588 million, according to the government’s general budget. RTVE’s annual budget will be cut by 6.3 per cent, with the Administration providing €443 million as state subsidies, down €30 million. RTVE’s total  budget will amount to around €1 billion, […]

October 19, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Tremor International acquires Spearad

Tremor International, a specialist in video and connected TV advertising, has announced the strategic acquisition of Spearad, a global CTV Video ad server and media management platform purpose-built for broadcasters and TV content companies to deliver seamless TV-like experiences in CTV and OTT environments, with the same advanced controls and capabilities of linear TV. The consideration […]

October 19, 2021

MLB plotting streaming platform?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is said to be in talks to launch a new video-streaming service in the US that would enable fans to watch their teams’ home games without a cable-TV subscription. The service could launch as early as the 2023 season, according to reports. The NBA and the NHL are also said to […]

October 19, 2021

AsiaSat takes stake in One Click Go Live

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), the Asia satellite solutions provider, has acquired a strategic stake in One Click Go Live, a company incorporated in Hong Kong and specialised in video live streaming services and solutions. “I am excited to announce a strategic investment in One Click Go Live, which will be an excellent complement to […]

October 19, 2021

Report: Cord-cutting continues to hurt Taiwan pay-TV

The total pay-TV service revenue in Taiwan is expected to decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.5 per cent from $1.18 billion in 2020 to $1.15 billion in 2025 due to the accelerated cord cutting trend in the country and falling pay-TV average revenue per user (ARPU), according to GlobalData, a data […]

October 19, 2021

Brazil: MultTV partners with MwareTV

MwareTV, a cloud-based multi-tenant TV platform, has announced the formation of a new partnership with shared services provider MultTV. Based in Brazil, MultTV will offer MwareTV’s IPTV/OTT platform to its Brazilian ISPs as well as other service providers. MwareTV’s new platform will enable ISPs to launch their own TV service with a fully customised interface. […]

October 18, 2021

OKAST & Quortex establish strategic partnership

OKAST, The SaaS solution for publishing white-label video streaming platforms, has signed a strategic partnership to integrate the SaaS Quortex I / O solution, which is based on the technology of “Just-In-Time-Everything”, developed and patented by Quortex since its creation in 2018. Launched 4 years ago, the OKAST offer is growing strongly, driven particularly by […]

October 18, 2021

Report: 70% TV audiences can’t be reached by linear-only ads

TVSquared, a global player in converged TV ad measurement and attribution, has released a report providing a global view on converged TV, which represents survey insights from nearly 1,000 buyers in the US, UK, Germany and Australia. The report also analysed billions of ad impressions across 20 converged TV campaigns active on TVSquared’s ADvantage platform […]

October 14, 2021

Vewd, Vestel SaaS-based Operator TV solution

OTT software solutions provider Vewd and TV manufacturer Vestel have introduced the Vewd Operator TV, a fully-featured Smart TV with a built-in, content-enriched pay-TV experience which they say will allow operators to win the retail Smart TV landscape. Rather than up-selling pay-TV services through a separate set-top box, or competing alongside other apps inside hard-to-discover […]

October 14, 2021By Colin Mann