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ZTE and Turksat Jointly Release HD Hybrid STB

by Bob Raikes

ZTE Corp and Turksat, the biggest cable service operator in Turkey, announced that they have jointly released a new HD Hybrid STB. The companies have been working together for over two years and the …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 38| ZTE

Kaon Chooses Vewd SDK for Next-Gen Set-Top-Box

by Andrew Fenn

Vewd, formally known as Opera TV, has announced that its OTT platform has been selected by Korean set-top-box manufacturer Kaon Media for its next generation of STBs. Vewd stated in their announcement that Kaon …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Software| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Korea Telecom Now Using Alticast Apex Virtualisation Platform

by Alan Spencer

Alticast has announced that Korea Telecom is using Apex, from Alticast, to deliver a graphics user experience for both linear and on-demand content, completely virtualizing STB functionalities across nearly five million already-deployed IPTV STBs …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Canal+ Launches myCanal UHD on Apple TV 4K

by Andrew Fenn

French cable operator Canal+ is bringing Ultra HD content to its myCanal service for the newly-released Apple TV 4K. The company has teamed up with French technology firms Ateme and Anevia to assist in …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Update for Dish 4K Joey Allows Multi-Room Netflix in UHD

by Andrew Fenn

US pay TV provider Dish has enabled multi-room Ultra HD Netflix viewing with a new app for its 4K Joey client. The 4K Joey add-on allows Dish users to stream content from their main …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| STBs| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Amazon Updates Fire TV, Tablet and Echo Range

by Bob Raikes

Amazon had a busy time announcing a new Fire TV product as well as a new Fire tablet and revisions to the Echo voice and audio products. The new Fire TV streamer upgrades the …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

FVP-5000T Freeview Play Recorder Supports 2TB

by Bob Raikes

Humax has released a new Freeview Play Recorder, the FVP-5000T for the UK market. Features in the new FullHD box include: Integrated Wi-Fi connectivity Three digital tuners: record up to four programmes at once …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| STBs| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Nos Deploys Metrological Platform to Deliver Integrated OTT Experience

by Alan Spencer

The Portuguese cable operator, Nos, which serves more than 1.6 million video households, is advancing its UMA personalized television experience to the next level with the deployment of Metrological’s application platform, WPE (Web Platform …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Portugal| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

ADB Getting More Nimble

by Bob Raikes

ADB is always an interesting company. Being based in Switzerland, it has to be very flexible and over the years we have seen the company move in a number of different directions. We heard …

Tags:ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcasting)| Hospitality TVs| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Comwave Partners with Abox42 on New TV Service

by Andrew Fenn

Canadian communications firm Comwave has selected German set-top-box provider Abox42 and its M30-series STB for the launch of brand new IPTV service, ComwaveTV ComwaveTV, which launched on September 25th, is Comwave’s first television platform. …

Tags:Germany| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

STB Outlook Stable and Media Streamer Demand Continues to Grow

by Alan Spencer

According to Futuresource Consulting the traditional pay-TV STB will remain a fixture in homes worldwide, as operators counter the threat posed by media streamers by adding features such as SVoD and 4k UHD services, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

SDMC Ains Android TV Certification for OTT STB

by Bob Raikes

SDMC of China said that it has got Android TV certification for its DV8219 OTT TV box and said that it is only the third company in China to get the approval, after ZTE …

Tags:Android| China| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 35