Release notes - WebTV 5.8 Q2 '24

Overview

This release contains the new Live DVR experience and changes to Castlabs DRM, Google PAL SDK, and Entitlements on WebTV, supporting Generic TV (web browsers), Samsung — Tizen, LG — WebOS, and Sky Q.

What’s new

Live DVR experience

This release delivers efficient Digital Video Recorder (DVR) window navigation in DIVA player, allowing users to catch up on the beginning of scheduled programs even if joining part-way through. The DVR experience for linear streaming now includes a wall clock on the scrub bar.

What's changed

Castlabs DRM improvements

We've improved DRM token management for SSAI streams in DIVA Player. The enhancement ensures that the DRM token is always valid by updating it from the latest heartbeat response. This prevents DRM errors when transitioning from unprotected ad segments to protected content.

Google PAL SDK adjustment

We've integrated the Google PAL SDK into the DIVA player to track server-side ad events, enhancing our analytics on ad performance and viewer interactions.

Entitlement adjustments

As part of this update, we've made Entitlement API improvements. This means that entitlement checks are now exposed from the containing application via the DIVA API, informing DIVA Player whether users can/can't watch content.