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Telefónica Selects Frog Source from Wyplay

by Bob Raikes

Telefónica has started a project to create an Open Middleware solution to integrate in set-top boxes, based on the Frog Source solution from Wyplay. Frog Source brings together more than 200 components powering all …

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STB Shipments Expected to Have Grown in 2016

by Isaac Oburu

SNL Kagan, an offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence, has released its annual global look at the set-top box (STB) market in The set-top box market remains robust, a set of deliverables that includes …

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Huawei Now Top STB Supplier

by Milos Pavlovic

SNL Kagan (part of S&P Global Market Intelligence) said that worldwide STB shipments are on track to reach 273 million in 2016, up slightly from 269 million in 2015. In addition to the growth …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Inview Uses Access NetFront Browser

by Bob Raikes

Inview will use the Access NetFront HTML5 browser in its middleware for cost-effective STBs. Inview believes that this will enhance its ability to rapidly implement custom interactive services and smart applications to its customers. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 48

STB Market to be Worth $29.78 Billion in 2024

by Bob Raikes

Grand View Research of the US has said that the global STB market will reach a value of $29.78 billion by 2024 as the market has grown as a result of mandatory migration from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Tele Columbus AdvanceTV Due in January

by Bob Raikes

TeleColumbus in Germany, and the third largest cable operator in the country, will launch a new advanceTV platform on 16th January 2017. The box allows PVR, OTT, PayTV and PPV movies as well as …

Tags:Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 48

ABox42 & Zattoo Win EWE

by Bob Raikes

German telecommunication specialist EWE has rolled out a TV service, based on the internet TV platform from Zattoo and on STBs from ABox42 of Germany. This extends the EWE offering from just mobile devices …

EE TV launches ‘Watch with Twitter’

by Bob Raikes

In the UK, EE TV has partnered with Twitter to offer ‘Watch with Twitter’ features which allow viewers to see which TV programmes are currently trending. Other new features include a TV replay service …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Arris HD PVR has HEVC for Streaming

by Bob Raikes

Arris has launched a new PVR, the DStv Explora 2 decoder, that is for customers in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa for use with the MultiChoice TV service in the region and which will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Telus adds Netflix 4K to Optik TV

by Bob Raikes

Telus of Vancouver, BC, Canada, said that it is releasing the Netflix app on its Optik TV 4K set top boxes, allowing users with a Netflix Premium subscription to stream 4K content directly from …

HKBN to Buy 450,000 More STBs from TVB

by Bob Raikes

The Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) said that it has supplied 250,000 myTV Super STBs and that to meet further demand it will buy a further 450,000 from Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB), with a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Funbox UHD Channel Goes Live

by Bob Raikes

Sony Pictures International (SPI) has added an UltraHD application to the Amazon Fire TV and also made the UltraHD channel on the Eutelsat Hotbird satellite neighbourhood at 13º East fully active. The channel on …