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Freenet TV Expects Over 1 Million Customers For DVB-T2

by Alan Spencer

Freenet, the German media company, is expecting its DVB-T2 platform to reach more than one million paying customers by the end of 2018. This was announced at the Freenet Capital Market Day 2017 on …

Alticast Secures 4K UHD Content

by Alan Spencer

Alticast has integrated Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) technology into its AltiProtect Multi-DRM product. This will eliminate exposure to untrusted areas, and enable secure delivery of 4K UHD online video content from servers …

SAARC Pay-TV Revenues to Double by 2021

by Alan Spencer

Dataxis predicts that the major SAARC countries (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka) plus Myanmar will see their pay TV market doubled by 2021, to reach $16 billion compared to just $8 billion last …

Airtel Launches Internet TV

by Alan Spencer

Airtel, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel, has launched Internet TV, believed to be India’s first hybrid STB, powered by Android TV. The service includes over 500 satellite TV channels as well as online …

Pay TV Spending Spree in Middle East and North Africa, IHS Markit Says

by Milos Pavlovic

The pay TV market in the Middle East and North Africa saw record growth in 2016 despite harsh economic conditions, according to new analysis released by IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, …

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Pay-TV Households in Middle East and North Africa Exceed 5 Million

by Alan Spencer

For the first time, the number of Middle East and North Africa pay-TV households, rose above the five million mark, making the region one of the fastest growing globally. The rise took place, despite …

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Cinedigm to Add Support for More Content Protection

by Alan Spencer

Cinedigm has announced that it expects to support Apple FairPlay, Google Widevine and Microsoft PlayReady content protection solutions by the end of this month. This will enable subscribers of Cinedigm’s OTT services to watch …

Eastern Europe to See Poor Pay-TV Growth

by Alan Spencer

Digital TV Research is forecasting that poor results will be seen in pay-TV subscriber numbers in Eastern Europe. Migration coupled with low birth rates will mean that the populations will fall in 15 of …

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Apple TV Plans To Sell a Premium Bundle

by Alan Spencer

According to Recode, Apple TV is trying to position itself as a major pay-TV player, and wants to sell premium bundles of top channels. Apple TV currently sells HBO, Showtime and Starz separately but …

Spanish Pay-TV Subscribers Now Over 6 million

by Alan Spencer

According to Spain’s competition watchdog, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), at the end of the third quarter of 2016, Spanish pay-TV subscribers reached 6,006,326, which is up almost 600,000 from …

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Non-pay TV homes to Double in North America

by Bob Raikes

According to Digital TV Research, the number of pay TV subs in North America will fall by 10 million from 112 million in the peak year of 2012 to 102 million in 2022. Although …

Mstar and Irdeto Secure China DRM

by Alan Spencer

Irdeto and MStar Semiconductor have partnered to secure premium content for video service providers in China. This will give operators and content owners in China, more control and confidence to launch premium content services, …