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Synamedia’s ContentArmor allows yes to effectively target its anti-piracy efforts with the help of affiliates and business partners by identifying any compromised broadcast platforms (leaks) and then taking action to disrupt pirate streams.

The player will be shown embedded with a new live, peer-to-peer stack, reducing CDN consumption for video service providers.

Tivù, the company that provides tivùsat, the Italian free-to-air satellite platform, has extended its technology partnership with NAGRA to include cardless security solutions – a move that supports the addition of the DAZN Live Sport channel, Zona DAZN, as a satellite feed. The new cardless solution will now supplement existing NAGRA smartcard solutions deployed at tivùsat. DAZN subscribers can activate the satellite channel on a Tivù set-top box or conditional access module (CAM) (plugged into television sets), with satellite distribution expected to boost QoS and service reach.

Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, has announced a new Search Behaviour targeting capability for the AdSmart addressable TV platform. This means advertisers can target audiences who are in-market and actively searching for products and services, whether they are just starting their research or adding items to an online basket. This interest and intent information is then used to deliver relevant ads to the households in question, in either live or on-demand content. AdSmart is used within Sky, Virgin Media and Now (the Pay-lite streamer owned by Sky) homes.

Five channels from the leading sports streamer and broadcaster DAZN will appear on Pluto TV (the free streaming TV service) across multiple territories after the companies signed a distribution deal. Channels dedicated to men’s football, darts and fight events will appear in Germany and Austria, and a channel devoted to women’s football and another covering multiple women’s sports (including golf, as well as football) will be distributed in Europe and Latin America.

Sharp is going to launch Smart TVs ‘Powered by TiVo’ (meaning the TiVo OS will provide the UX and content discovery heart of the connected television experience) as part of a multi-year, multi-million-unit agreement. The first ‘Powered by TiVo’ television sets are expected to ship in 2024, starting in Europe. The two companies say the new OS will “help consumers cut through the clutter of streaming and linear content options with a simplified, universal discovery – delivering a user experience that drives TV demand and viewership.”

Virgin Media, the UK telecoms and Pay TV provider, has introduced a line-up of themed FAST channels on Virgin TV, fully integrated into the EPG and available across a variety of CPE devices already in the field. An initial selection of 14 channels have been rolled-out to Virgin Media's V6, TV 360, and Stream set-top boxes running the RDK and Opera operating systems. Consumers benefit from an extended range of content, which is monetised through advertising.

Video service providers like Pay TV operators and even carmakers will be able to cherry-pick from among the vast array of YouTube content and make it available to customers via their UX after 3SS added YouTube as a partner for its 3Ready video entertainment platform and ecosystem. 3SS views this as another brick in the super-aggregation wall.

Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Sony Pictures Entertainment and BBC Studios Productions are among the companies already lined up for the IBC Conference this year, hosted at RAI Amsterdam. The IBC2023 programme will be centred around three ‘pillars’: Transformative Tech, Shifting Business Models, and People and Purpose, and these will be running across all elements of the show.

Swisscom and Ateme claim the migration of Swisscom’s blue TV cloud DVR service to AWS represents the world’s first large-scale Cloud DVR service hosted in the public cloud. Swisscom is migrating the service to remove capacity caps imposed by on-premises investments. Ateme is providing an end-to-end solution that includes packaging and CDN technologies.