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AT&T Has Mixed Results for the First Quarter of 2017

by Alan Spencer

AT&T has reported that total linear video subscribers were down for the first quarter of 2017. However, in the quarter there was an increase in subscribers for DirecTV Now. The number of satellite subscribers …

Five Japanese TV Networks in Streaming Initiative

by Alan Spencer

All five major commercial TV networks in Japan have agreed to join forces and develop a system that will enable simultaneous broadcasting of broadcast TV content via IP. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TV Asahi, …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13

TV Connect 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Elemental is a key provider of compression and transcoding systems for broadcasters and was one of the few companies at the show that was demonstrating and taking about HDR. The firm was showing how …

Swisscom Adds Insight TV UHD to its Platform

by Alan Spencer

The UHD channel, Insight TV, has been added to Swisscom’s IPTV platform, Swisscom TV 2.0, which was launched in April 2016. Insight TV is a linear pay-TV service, offering travel and sports programmes. Swisscom’s …

Police Raid Illegal IPTV Operation

by Bob Raikes

Police in Spain have raided a store in Málaga that is believed to have been running an IPTV service that was supplying up to 100 international channels (including Premiership football) and was supplying content …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Spain| Vol 24 - Issue 06

O2 Gains TV Customers in Czech Republic

by Alan Spencer

In the Czech Republic, the incumbent O2 ended 2016 with 221,000 IPTV and OTT subscribers for its TV service, up 6.1% more than a year earlier. O2 has a complementary service called Multi that …

Tags:Czech Republic| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

AT&T Reports 235,000 Increase in Satellite Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

AT&T added 235,000 satellite subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2016, although IPTV subscribers declined by 262,000. For the third straight quarter, gross additions increased on a year-on-year basis even when excluding IPTV customers …

Canada Pay TV Industry Announces STB Efficiency Agreement

by Milos Pavlovic

Canadian Pay TV service providers (specifically, cable, direct-to-home satellite and IPTV providers) along with set-top box manufacturers have finalized a voluntary agreement, committing themselves to improving the energy efficiency of set-top boxes from coast-to-coast-to-coast. …

Tags:IPTV| STBs

ABox42 & Zattoo Win EWE

by Bob Raikes

German telecommunication specialist EWE has rolled out a TV service, based on the internet TV platform from Zattoo and on STBs from ABox42 of Germany. This extends the EWE offering from just mobile devices …

EKT Adds Qarva Client for Fast IP Switching

by Bob Raikes

EKT, which develops STBs and SmartTV solutions (ETK Integrates STB to Smart TVs), is working with Qarva to implement FastSwitch technology from Qarva which is said to accelerate the channel change time for IPTV …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 45

More Spanish Viewers Choose IPTV

by Yvette Raikes

According to the Spanish regulatory authority CNMC, IPTV saw an almost 1 million rise in subscribers during the year to the end of March, bringing the total to 3.06 million. In the previous year …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Spain| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 44

IPTV Shores Up Nordics Pay-TV market

by Yvette Raikes

Generally over Western Europe there has been a rise in pay-TV subscriptions and this is forecast to continue. But IPTV in particular has seen a doubling of its subscriber base and now outnumbers satellite …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 38