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The sports-first live TV streaming platform FuboTV has launched 10 fully branded ‘FAST’ channel radio stations in the U.S. as part of its strategy to diversify the entertainment line-up, “and redefine what it means to be a cable TV replacement for the entire family.”
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ZEE5 Global has set its sights on being a streaming aggregator for third-party South Asian streaming services in the U.S., and then extending this role to the world. It has introduced ‘Add-ons’ from multiple third-party services, with single log-in and unified billing.
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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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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.
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Users of Smart TV brands that use the VIDAA OS, including Hisense and Toshiba, will be able to play cloud-based games from the Utomik platform directly on the television set. Games become more accessible, and the move diversifies the VIDAA entertainment collection.
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The RugbyPass TV streaming service – a partnership between World Rugby and Endeavor Streaming – is being credited with helping World Rugby reach fans directly in markets where broadcast deals for the recent 2023 Rugby World Cup tournament were not in place.
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New research from Bango, which provides a SaaS platform for managing subscriptions, shows that executives at subscription services believe that being part of a multi-service bundling hub – like the ones being provided by telco pioneers – will help grow their business.
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