News of Note—Akamai, Dish, Evolution Digital, MobiTV and Nielsen

Here are some other stories we’re following today:

> Evolution Digital announced that Cash Hagen has been named chief operating officer, effective Oct. 1, 2018. Release

> Nielsen announced Thursday that Dish Media Sales has selected Nielsen to provide digital measurement on Sling TV and data segments for addressable advertising across both Dish TV and Sling TV inventory. Release

> MobiTV announced it has secured hosted streaming delivery rights from another 90 networks including Bloomberg Television, Discovery, MGM HD, Newsmax, Outside TV, Smithsonian Channel, Stingray Music and Univision. Release

> Akamai, SpotX and Yospace have set out the key principles of monetizing major live events over OTT in a white paper entitled "Go Live: Addressable, Ad-Supported, Live Video At Scale." Release