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13 Mar 2023

Roku

Roku unveils Roku OS 12 with an emphasis on Live TV and Sports Roku has announced the next version of its smart TV OS. That’s Roku OS 12. Which has a focus on Live TV as well as Sports this time around. For Live TV, Roku is going to offer up local news. Which will allow users to watch live news channels personalized by location or stream channels from major cities across the US. This is thanks to Roku having over 350+ free linear TV streaming channels, across many different genres. And now, they’ll be available in one spot. Roku users will be able to search for “local news” on Roku and and also visit the Live TV Zone on [...]

13 Mar 2023

3SS partners with TELUS for Android TV service

3 Screen Solutions (3SS) has entered into a partnership with Canada’s TELUS to launch a new generation Android TV entertainment service. The service offers over 400 channels, over 80,000 On Demand assets, and includes many popular third party streaming apps. Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video are pre-installed and deep-linked. Customers can also install their favourite streaming apps in Google Play Store. TELUS has chosen 3SS’ 3Ready Product Framework for its proven ability to provide a highly viewer-centric, customized UX. It has also deployed new 4K Ultra HD Jade set-top box (STB) from VANTIVA, formerly known as Technicolor. Commenting on the development, Greg Riker, chief revenue officer at ThinkAnalytics, said: “TELUS is able to fully leverage the Think360 platform from ‘cold [...]

13 Mar 2023

Sony

Sony Enters Into Its First CTV Live Streaming Deal With Vidgo Sony, the Japanese technology company, and Vidgo, America’s best value for cord-cutters looking to save money and watch live sports, announced a new deal bringing Vidgo’s premiere streaming service to millions of Sony smart TV viewers across the nation. “56% of US homes own a smart TV and Sony continues to increase its share of TV purchases, despite downturns for the traditional top three brands,” said Paul Erickson, director of research, Parks Associates. Recommended AI: Lion Announces It Will Explore ChatGPT Related AI & NLP Technologies To Empower Digital Program Vidgo is offering all new and existing Sony TV users across the country a free 30-day trial to its [...]

13 Mar 2023

OQEE Ciné

Free lance OQEE Ciné, le nouveau service de films et séries à la demande gratuit pour les abonnés Freebox Free vient de lancer son 1er service d’AVOD (Advertising Video on Demand). Baptisé OQEE Ciné, ce dernier est disponible gratuitement dès ce jour pour tous les abonnés Freebox. Blockbusters, séries cultes, comédies, thrillers, dessins animés, dramas… avec ce nouveau service, l'opérateur entend être le premier à proposer à ses abonnés une offre ciné-séries aussi large, accessible sans surcoût et en illimité. Les abonnés ont accès à OQEE Ciné directement sur leur TV via leur player Freebox ou en mobilité via l’application OQEE by Free. Ainsi, Free permet à ses abonnés de retrouver partout et de manière simple l’ensemble de leurs contenus [...]

13 Mar 2023

Telus

Telus taps 3SS to power next-gen TV service Leading Canadian communications technology company Telus has deployed a 3SS 3Ready-based technology platform to launch a next-generation super-aggregated entertainment service based on Android TV OS. The new entertainment service offers over 400 channels, over 80,000 on-demand assets, and includes popular third party streaming apps such as Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video are pre-installed and deep-linked. Customers can also install their favourite streaming apps in Google Play Store. Other service features include restart, full nPVR, user profiles, 14-day EPG and zones for Sports and Kids. What is said to be core to its strategy to deliver superior Android TV viewing, Telus chose 3SS’ 3Ready Product Framework for its ability to provide a viewer-centric [...]

13 Mar 2023

US pay-TV majors accelerate subs losses in 2022

The downward trajectory of the US pay-TV industry continues unabated with a study from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) showing that major providers lost about 5.88 million subscribers in 2022, about 1.2 million more than in the previous year. The leading pay-TV providers, representing about 92% of the market, now account for about 70.2 million subscribers – with the top seven cable companies having about 37.8 million video subscribers, other traditional pay-TV services having 24.1 million subscribers, and the top publicly reporting Internet-delivered (vMVPD) pay-TV services having 8.3 million subscribers. Looking at market dynamics, LRG found that the top cable providers had a net loss of about 3.530 million video subscribers in 2022, compared with a loss of about 2.695 million [...]

13 Mar 2023

DAZN

DAZN launches women’s sports FAST channel DAZN RISE DAZN will launch a free, ad-supported streaming channel dedicated to women’s sports in Germany and Austria on March 16, 2023. The FAST channel DAZN RISE will initially be available on Samsung TV Plus and waipu.tv, with other platforms such as LG and Cliq to follow. The line-up will include live broadcasts and highlights, in football for example the UEFA Women’s Champions League, the French and Spanish first leagues, Division 1 Féminine and LaLiga Femenina, and from September 2023 the Women’s Bundesliga, as well as golf, handball, basketball, hockey and boxing. Documentaries will also be shown. Upcoming UEFA Women’s Champions League games on DAZN RISE include FC Bayern Munich’s quarter-final matches against FC [...]

13 Mar 2023

wedotv

wedotv launches FAST channels on Freeview Ad-supported streaming service wedotv has launched its FAST channels wedo movies and wedo big stories on UK TV platform Freeview. wedo movies is a movie service featuring high-quality contemporary films. Factual Entertainment channel wedo big stories features nature and science documentaries and outdoor/adventure lifestyle programming. Both are delivered as FAST channels and are now available to consumers on Freeview as part of Channelbox’s bundle of curated channels. “Our focus on FAST is at the centre of our expansion plans for 2023 and we’re pleased to be a part of the Freeview platform in the UK,” said Philipp Rotermund, co-CEO of wedotv. “Bundling our FAST services is going to be the answer to channel discovery [...]

13 Mar 2023

Zattoo

Zattoo launches FAST movie channel Netzkino TV streaming provider Zattoo has launched its first own FAST channel: Netzkino shows movies from the genres romance, comedy, action, thriller and horror. For the free, ad-supported streaming channel, Zattoo uses content from German provider Netzkino, a Plaion Pictures brand, that is already available in the on-demand area, to which more than 20 new titles are added every month. Following wedo movies, wedo big stories and Beauty TV, Netzkino is the fourth FAST channel on the Zattoo platform. “FAST channels are one of this year’s big streaming trends. Their great popularity shows that linear television continually manages to adapt to changing usage needs. With our first very own FAST channel, we are expanding our [...]

13 Mar 2023

ESPN

ESPN wants to create a sports hub – even including competitors ESPN is exploring the creation of a feature on its website and app that would link users directly to a live sporting event that is being streamed. The project is still in development, but CNBC reported that the Disney-owned sports broadcaster has already held conversations with major sports leagues and media partners to gauge their enthusiasm. A number of business models have been considered, including one where ESPN would take a portion of subscription revenue if a customer were to sign up for a streaming service as a direct result of being referred by the website or app. ESPN’s linear service may also alert viewers to sports about to [...]