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Roku passes 100 million active households worldwide
Roku’s scale and platform growth are driving higher engagement, strengthening its value for advertisers and content partners.
AccuWeather moves to Amagi for broadcast, streaming infrastructure
AccuWeather is now using Amagi's various cloud-based solutions to power its traditional broadcast and emergent streaming distribution services.
Federal judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar-TEGNA deal
A federal judge in California has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar's acquisition of TEGNA while a lawsuit filed by DIRECTV and several states proceeds.
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Nagravision partners with Harmonic to bring watermarking to live events
The cloud-native solution uses forensic watermarking on a per-event basis, allowing streamers to activate protection only when needed.
Fox picks Amazon Web Services for next-gen streaming media workflows
Fox has entered into an agreement with Amazon Web Services for its various cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions.
NextGen TV backers set to demonstrate converter boxes at trade show
A group backing NextGen TV technology will showcase a handful of new converter boxes at a trade show in Nevada next week.
Parks Associates: Streamers want aggregated TV experience in single platform
Aggregated services like Philo boost engagement and ad attention by simplifying discovery and improving personalization.
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Samba TV hires Kelly Barrett from Comscore to lead product management
Kelly Barrett has left Comscore to become the new Senior Vice President of Product Management at Samba TV.
Spectrum launches free app for Google TV, Android TV devices
Charter has launched a new streaming television app that allows Spectrum TV subscribers to watch channels in their packages on devices powered by Google TV.
Amazon faces class-action lawsuit over Fire TV sticks
The plaintiff claims Amazon deliberately used planned obsolescence, allowing older Fire TV devices to degrade until customers were forced to purchase newer models.
Sean McCabe returns to Cineverse as Chief Financial Officer
Cineverse has appointed Sean McCabe as Chief Financial Officer as the company deepens its push into ad tech and integrates recent acquisitions.
Viant to acquire TVision Insights for $40 million
The combined platform will offer advertisers a unified view of campaign performance across linear and streaming TV, free from platform self-attribution bias.
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