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Portugese Pay TV Still Growing

by Bob Raikes

The Portugese Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) authority said that at the end of Q3, the number of Pay TV subscribers had increased to 3.639 million, up 44,000 on Q2 and 159,000 up on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| TV Reception| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Pay-TV Grows in Portugal

by Bob Raikes

A report from APIT in Portugal, detailed on Advanced Television.com said that pay TV is gaining in popularity and reaching 42% in 2015. The majority of viewers (56%) still rely on FTA DTT content. …

NOS Supports AR in Portugal

by Bob Raikes

NOS of Portugal is offering TV content in a form that can be viewed in VR on Micosoft HoloLens headsets. Video can be viewed on the glasses, with content coming from a set top …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Portugal| Vol 23 - Issue 41

ARRIS STBs to be Used for MEO 4K service

by Isaac Oburu

ARRIS International, plc., has announced that it will use ARRIS VIP5662EW UHD STBs for its recently launched MEO 4K service in Portugal. MEO subscribers can access MEO’s 4K content via on-demand content and a …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Portugal| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Fibre Helps Portuguese Pay-TV to Grow

by Yvette Raikes

The National Communications Authority (Anacom) reported that the number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal rose 4.7% YoY to 3.6 million. The increase was partly due to the rise in fibre-optic users to 205,000 (25.7% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Portugal| TV Reception| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Pay-TV Grows in Portugal

by Tom Allen

According to Portugese regulator Anacom, 28,000 new subscribers signed up to pay-TV services in Q1’16 compared to Q4’15. The total number of subscribers was more than 3.5 million – up 150,000 (4.4%) on Q1’15. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| Vol 23 - Issue 25

RTP Promises Euro 2016 in 4k

by Tom Allen

Portuguese broadcaster RTP has announced that it will launch an UltraHD channel this year, in preparation for the Euro 2016 football tournament. Eight matches will be shown live, including the opening and closing games …

NOS Chooses Thomson for Trial

by Tom Allen

NOS, the Portugese communications and entertainment group, has launched two trial UltraHD channels in the country, using Thomson’s Vibe VS7000 encoding/transcoding platform. The HEVC-encoded channels are for NOS’s own service, as well as one …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Portugal| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Netflix Readies Southern Europe Expansion

by Tom Allen

Netflix has confirmed that it will launch its streaming service in Spain on the 20th October. Portugal will follow on the 21st October, and Italy on the 22nd October.

Soccer is the First VR Broadcast

by Bob Raikes

As a test of VR, NOS of Portugal showed in VR a soccer match between FC Porto and Benfica, at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto. Customers who saw the broadcast were in the …

Portugal Pay-TV Subs Rise With Fibre Popularity

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV subscribers in Portugal rose 1.1% (33,000) QoQ and 5.6% (183,000) YoY in Q2, ending the period at 3.43 million customers. Most growth came from the rising popularity of fibre optic connections. Cable TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Anacom Opens DTT Consultation

by Tom Allen

Anacom, the Portuguese regulator, has opened a consultation on its draft decision regarding DTT coverage requirements. The consultation is open until 31st July. The draft decision covers DTT platform operator MEO’s land coverage obligations …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Portugal| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 29