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Funbox 4K/UHD First UltraHD/4K Channel in Turkey

by Isaac Oburu

SPI’s Turkcell TV+ now has a 4K STB and is broadcasting Funbox 4K/UHD. This is the first IPTV platform to launch Ultra HD channels in Turkey. FilmBox Art House, Fast&FunBox HD and 360TuneBox HD …

Tags:4k| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service

by Tom Allen

Hulu is planning to stop the ad-supported free streaming service it has been offering for quite some time. Hulu has teamed up with Yahoo to create a streaming service “Yahoo View” from Yahoo and …

Deutsche Telekom Gains 41,000 IPTV Customers

by Isaac Oburu

Deutsche Telekom added 41,000 new customers for its IPTV platform ‘Entertain’ in Q2’16, bringing its total subscribers to 2.8 million. This, however, is slower growth compared to Q1’16 and Q2’15, where the company recorded …

Tags:Germany| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 32

25% of US Homes Are Cable-Free

by Tom Allen

As many as 25% of US TV households do not own a cable or satellite subscription, according to GfK. Households with a resident between 18 and 34 are most likely to have cut the …

KDDI Takes Rovi G-Guide

by Tom Allen

KDDI, the Japanese service provider, has chosen to use Rovi’s G-Guide HTML for entertainment discovery on its new Android TV-based IPTV STB. The new box – the first to use G-Guide HTML for IPTV …

Dutch TV Continues Down

by Milos Pavlovic

The Dutch TV market continued to decline in Q1, says Telecompaper, with connections falling for the fourth straight quarter. Connections were down by 8,000 (0.1%). Although digital TV was up 0.4%, this was not …

Google Supports Streaming on Fiber

by Tom Allen

Google is to integrate its Cast technology into the Fiber TV STB in the US. Google Fiber customers can use the IPTV service. Google Cast will be rolled out to all subscribers in the …

Tags:Google| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Samsung Flirts With IPTV

by Tom Allen

Bloomberg reports that Samsung is seeking to enter the online TV world, in an attempt to compete with traditional broadcasters. People familiar with the matter said that Samsung has asked media companies how much …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Post Luxembourg Adds UHD

by Tom Allen

IPTV provider Post Luxembourg has launched the Funbox UHD channel (LG Expands UltraHD in CEE), which can be received using the new N7900 set-top box.

Digital TV Up in Hungary

by Tom Allen

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that digital TV is growing quickly in the country. In March, 72.5% of pay-TV subscribers were using digital services. Cable and IPTV customers stood at 2.2 million, or which …

Deutsche Telekom Grows Base in Q1

by Tom Allen

Deutsche Telekom has added 70,000 TV customers in Q1’16 from Q4’15 – 53,000 of them in its home market of Germany. Subscriber numbers across Europe (excluding Germany) were up 0.4% QoQ and 4.8% YoY, …

IPTV Rises, Cable Down in Switzerland

by Tom Allen

Switzerland’s national telco, Swisscom, gained 36,000 IPTV customers in Q1’16, for a total of almost 1.4 million. Customers grew by 166,000 in the past 12 months (13.8% YoY). At the same time, Swiss cable …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Vol 23 - Issue 17