Six U.S. SVODs will have approaching 1bn subs combined by 2029
Media Analysis
28-11-2023
Global SVOD subscriptions will increase by 321 million between 2023 and 2029 to reach 1.79 billion, according to figures just released by Digital TV Research. The U.S. will account for 30 million new subscriptions during this period.
MainConcept adds VVC and LCEVC to real-time encoding
Infrastructure
28-11-2023
MainConcept has added support for VVC/H.266 and MPEG-5 LCEVC to the latest version of its real-time encoding application for OTT and TV broadcasting workflows, Live Encoder 3.4. The company says v3.4 can help transform live video distribution.
ACR-enabled geo audience data to power omnichannel targeting
Ad Tech
28-11-2023
Hawk’s demand-side platform is going to ingest Samba TV’s first-party geographic audience data to give advertisers a privacy-safe and unbiased insight into TV advertising reach analysed at a geographic level.
Q4 television shipments were lowest in nearly a decade
Media Analysis
28-11-2023
Market intelligence firm TrendForce says the traditional peak period for television set shipments, Q4, has seen a year-on-year unit decline of 1.7%. Just 54.55 million units moved. Q4 shipment volumes are the lowest in nearly a decade.
HbbTV OpApp improves support for linear channel streaming
OTT
27-11-2023
HbbTV OpApp now has improved support for rendering IP-delivered linear channels, including enabling regular HbbTV interactive (Red Button) applications to appear alongside IP-delivered linear channels and operator-managed user interface elements.
Fuse Media localises for Mexican FAST with AI synthetic dubbing
Broadcast
27-11-2023
Papercup is shaking up the world of content localisation with its ability to create expressive synthetic voices for video dubbing, and the latest company to use its technology is Fuse Media. The content owner has dubbed 200+ hours so it can distribute into Mexico.
DTG’s FAST guide highlights potential role for new metadata spec
OTT
27-11-2023
DTG has released a guide to FAST TV that highlights opportunities for standards to support FAST distribution. Noting the potential role of DVB-I, it also flags the opportunity to develop a metadata specification to support FAST library content search and discovery.
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