Digital TV News: FON

Media Distillery deployed at Magenta Telekom in Austria
Sep 4, 2023 – Media Distillery has announced that Magenta Telekom is deploying its EPG Correction Distiller to resolve the discrepancy between actual and scheduled EPG start and end times of TV shows.
News categories: Media Distillery, Magenta Telekom, Roland Sars, Christian Jaros, Austria, Digital TV, IBC2023, IPTV, UX

TV subscribers at Vodafone down 162,000 in 2Q 2023
Jul 24, 2023 – Vodafone has released a trading update for its Q1 FY24 period. In Europe, Vodafone finished with 16.89 million TV customers, down 162,000 in the quarter, and down 1.247 million YoY.
News categories: Vodafone, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Telefonica selects NAGRA anti-piracy analytics for LATAM
Jul 18, 2023 – Telefónica has selected Anti-Piracy services from NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S). The solution identifies, monitors and displays pirate activity as well as alerting Telefónica to illicit patterns of activity.
News categories: NAGRA, Telefónica, Pascal Metral, Delia Álvarez, Content Protection, Digital TV, Latin America

Vodafone deploys streaming CDN with Qwilt and Cisco
Jul 11, 2023 – Qwilt and Cisco will deploy their CDN solution at Vodafone, increasing the performance of Vodafone’s streaming delivery to mobile and fixed broadband customers in Europe and Africa.
News categories: Qwilt, Vodafone, Cisco, Alon Maor, Giorgio Migliarina, Nadia Benabdallah, Africa, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe

KPN acquires Youfone’s Dutch activities
Jun 22, 2023 – KPN has taken over the Dutch activities of Youfone for around €200 million. Youfone, already active on KPN's networks, will be added to KPN's existing brand portfolio.
News categories: KPN, Youfone, Digital TV, MandA, Netherlands

Hyundai and Vodafone bring in-car infotainment services to Europe
Jun 15, 2023 – Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) and Vodafone Business have extended their partnership to include in-car connected streaming and infotainment services in more than 40 countries across Europe.
News categories: Vodafone, Hyundai, Erik Brenneis, Haeyoung Kwon, Digital TV, Europe, In-Car, Streaming

Vodafone UK and Three UK to merge
Jun 14, 2023 – Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison Group Telecom (CKHGT) have agreed to combine Vodafone UK and Three UK. Vodafone will own 51% of the combined business and CKHGT 49%.
News categories: Vodafone, CK Hutchison, Margherita Della Valle, Ahmed Essam, Canning Fok, Robert Finnegan, 5G, MandA, UK

Liberty Global reports Q1 2023 results
May 9, 2023 – Liberty Global has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2023. The company finished the period with 3,383,500 Video Subscribers, down 36,900 in the quarter.
News categories: Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Results, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Vodafone Deutschland deploys Synamedia analytics on its GigaTV service
May 2, 2023 – Vodafone Deutschland has gone live with Synamedia's Clarissa analytics solution to help evaluate advertising performance and reveal actionable insights into viewing behaviour on its GigaTV service.
News categories: Synamedia, Vodafone, Amruta Shankar, Lucy Norris, Wolfgang Zeller, Big Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany