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Satellite Falls to IPTV in Europe

by Tom Allen

Pay-IPTV homes in Western Europe overtook pay-satellite in 2015, says Digital TV Research – a trend that is expected to continue. While pay-IPTV subscriptions will rise by almost 7 million (27%) between 2015 and …

Swisscom Enables UHD for Euro 2016

by Tom Allen

Swisscom TV customers will be able to watch select games of the European Championship in UltraHD this year; these will include the opening game and quarter-, semi- and grand finals. The games will be …

Fast Growth in PayTV is ‘Mostly Over’ for Eastern Europe

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV revenues in Eastern Europe will rise 9.9% between 2015 and 2021, to almost $6 billion – despite subscribers climbing by less than 1 million. The report comes from Digital TV Research, which adds …

French IPTV Consumption Rising

by Tom Allen

A study by Médiamétrie has shown that around 3 million viewers in France aged 15+ now watch live or catch-up IPTV on a PC, tablet or smartphone every day. This is 200,000 more than …

Tags:France| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 13

NAB is All About Codecs

by Tom Allen

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2016 show will take place in Las Vegas between the 16th and 21st April. There will be a renewed focus on traditional broadcasting, using the ATSC 3.0 platform, …

M-Net Uses ABox Across IPTV Network

by Tom Allen

German regional carrier M-Net has chosen to use ABox42’s M20-series set-top box platform for its new IPTV service. M-Net TVPlus will be deployed across the M-Net Fibre network in southern Germany. The M20 platform …

Sony Expands Vue Across US

by Tom Allen

Sony’s Playstation Vue IPTV service, which was launched to the East Coast of the USA last year (Sony’s Vue Service Now Live), is now being rolled out across the country. Prices start at $30 …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 10

US IPTV Suffers First Decline

by Tom Allen

Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the top 13 US pay-TV providers (with around a 95% combined market share) lost around 385,000 net subscribers in 2015, compared to 150,000 in 2014 and 100,000 …

IPTV Records Growth in Moscow

by Isaac Oburu

According to a report by TelecomDaily, IPTV is being received by 700,000 homes in Moscow: 33% more than a year earlier. IPTV costs on average RUB215 ($1.60) a month, while cable TV up to …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Russia| Vol 23 - Issue 06

KT Selects Ericsson AVP 4000 Encoders

by Tom Allen

Korean Telecom(KT), the nation’s largest IPTV operator, has chosen Ericsson’s AVP 400 MPEG-4 HD system encoders to enable 20 new HD channels over the next three years. Korean Telecom chose Ericsson’s equipment because of …

HbbTV Moving to HTML5, Developing Test Suite

by Tom Allen

Klaus Ilgner, of the HbbTV Association, has said that the platform is eventually intended to be extended to vertically-integrated operator environments, including IPTV. Other priorities include companion screen services, and enabling apps to be …

Tags:HbbTV| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Apple Hits More TV Service Delays

by Tom Allen

Apple has long been rumoured to be developing an IPTV service, with the last update – a delay to 2016 – coming in August (Apple TV Service Hits Delay). Now both Bloomberg and CBS‘s …

Tags:Apple| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 49