News Summary:
Levira, a playout centre in northern Europe, upgraded its core infrastructure on June 2, 2026, implementing Starfish Technologies' patented transport stream processing technology. This enhancement allows the company to insert targeted commercials into live streams without decoding and recoding, improving efficiency, flexibility, and supporting regionalisation and localisation services. Previously, on May 13, 2026, Estonia's Ministry of Finance decided against privatizing its 51 percent non-controlling stake in Levira, as part of a broader decision concerning several state-owned or partly-owned digital services, lottery, energy, and real estate firms. Earlier, on March 26, 2026, Levira, a media company based in Tallinn, Estonia, established a presence at aql's Leeds HQ in the UK. This move positioned Levira, which serves global broadcasters including France 24, PBS America, and Warner Bros/Discovery, within a facility housing the UK's first internet exchange outside of London. This followed a February 6, 2026, assessment by the Ministry of Finance, which consulted with the Ministries of Justice and Digital Affairs, Culture, and the Interior. The consultation aimed to evaluate Levira's market services and gather views on whether the state should maintain its stake in the media infrastructure company.
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