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Pay-DTT Rises, But IPTV Rules Croatia

by Tom Allen

According to HAKOM, the Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency, pay-DTT was the fastest-growing segment of the Croatian TV market last year, with subscriptions rising 52.5% YoY to 47,900. However, IPTV had the most …

Witbe Supports UltraHD Conformance Testing

by Tom Allen

Witbe, which monitors the quality of experience for service providers’ and content owners’ IP video, has added UltraHD support to its product offering. The company is now able to perform lab testing and live …

Sony Intends to Head UltraHD IP Alliance

by Tom Allen

Sony plans to form a group called the IP Life Consortium, say Asian sources, to boost IP-based UltraHD video broadcasts. Ten companies, including Cisco and Rohde & Schwarz, will be members.

German HD Climbs Rapidly

by Tom Allen

More than 3 million households were subscribed to SES’ HD+ platform in Germany at the end of last year. 1.65 million were paying for the service as of 31st December: a 17% increase compared …

UltraHD and Continuity Arrive With HbbTV 2.0

by Tom Allen

HbbTV 2.0 has been released by the HbbTV Association. New services are expected to be introduced beginning in 2016. The 2.0 specification adds support for standardised UltraHD content delivery, using HEVC; HTML5 user experiences; …

APAC Overtakes Europe in IPTV

by Tom Allen

The worldwide IPTV market will be worth almost $79.4 billion by 2020, exhibiting a CAGR of 18.1% from 2014, says Transparency Market Research. The firm expects APAC to overtake Western Europe as the market’s …

Tags:APAC| Europe| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Pay-TV Doubles in MENA

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV homes in the MENA region will double between 2010 and 2020, to 21.3 million, according to Digital TV Research. 18% of households in MENA legitimately paid for TV signals last year, set to …

IPTV Continues to Lead in Montenegro

by Tom Allen

At the end of 2014 digital TV subscribers in Montenegro, across all platforms, fell 0.8% (1,242) QoQ, but were up 3.8% (5,692) YoY. The total subscriber base was 154,393, representing 79.26% of households. IPTV …

Netflix tops 57m subs; accelerates expansion

by Vanessa Browning

Netflix has revealed that its customer base grew by 13 million last year, comparing favourably to the 11.1 million customers added in 2013. The result brings the company’s total subscribers to 57.4 million. 4.33 …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Global IPTV Market is Expected to Reach $79.38 Billion in 2020

by Helen Vince

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research “IPTV Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020,” the market was valued at USD 24.94 billion …

Tags:Broadcast Market| IPTV

Streambox and Celebro Collaborate on High-Res Broadcast

by Vanessa Browning

Streambox and Celebro Media Studios have partnered to debut a live UltraHD broadcast from the UK. The transmissions were enabled by Streambox’s 4k Software Encoder/Player and 4k Rackmount Encoder/Decoder.

Tags:4k| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Chilean Satellite Overtook Wired Pay-TV in 2014

by Tom Allen

At the end of Q3’14, Chile had gained almost 200,000 satellite subscribers (up 16.1%), to more than 1.4 million, according to the Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel). Cable and IPTV subscribers rose from 1.26 million to …