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iWedia and DMT partner for UHD IPTV/OTT hybrid STBs Running Android TV

by Isaac Oburu

Digital Multimedia Technology Co., Ltd. (DMT), a leading manufacturer of Pay-TV Set-Top Boxes (STB), and iWedia, a leading provider of software solutions for TV devices to service operators and Consumer Electronics manufacturers, today announced …

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iWedia Creates UHD STB with DMT

by Tom Allen

iWedia and Digital Multimedia Technology have collaborated to produce an UltraHD IPTV/OTTT hybrid set-top box, running Android TV. It uses iWedia’s Teatro-3.5 STB software for Android TV, running on DMT’s hardware. The box itself …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 17

UltraHD STB Market to be Worth $3.65 Billion

by Isaac Oburu

Grand View Research has predicted that the global UltraHD set top box (STB) market will reach $3.65 billion by 2024. Increasing demand for UHD video content, as well as rising sales of compatible UltraHD …

Samsung and Roku are First Comcast Xfinity Partners

by Tom Allen

Samsung and Roku have signed up to Comcast’s new Xfinity TV Partner Programme, which expands the range of devices that customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service. Samsung’s and Roku’s partnership means …

Vodafone Marketing UltraHD in Spain

by Isaac Oburu

Vodafone has began marketing a new UltraHD-capable TV decoder, which uses an xDSL receiver. it is the first on the Spanish market to do so, the firm says. Festival Fun Box 4K UHD, Slow …

UHD STBs in Canada With Alticast and Videotron

by Isaac Oburu

Alticast has partnered with Videotron to achieve a milestone for the Canadian pay-TV industry. The two companies have made a cable UltraHD set-top box available to consumers in the country.

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 …

Sky Promises 4k This Summer

by Tom Allen

Sky will roll out its own UltraHD content to the new Sky Q set-top box, the Sky Q Silver, this summer. The company’s strategy director, Nick Hern (speaking at the Connected TV Summit in …

Set Top Box Market Worth $25.45 Billion By 2022

by Isaac Oburu

The global set top box (STB) market size is expected to reach USD 25.45 billion by 2022 according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Technology proliferation and increasing demand for high-quality …

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Innovations in Hybrid STBs Will Fuel the Global In-built Set-top Boxes Market Until 2020

by Isaac Oburu

According to the latest market research report by Technavio, the global in-built set-top boxes market sales will likely surpass 179 million units by 2020. In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth …

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Google Pushes Android 6.0 to Shield

by Isaac Oburu

The Nvidia Shield (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console) is the first device to get version 6.0 (Marshmallow) of Android TV. The software update comes with new features and includes various …

Liberty Global Prepares UHD Boxes

by Isaac Oburu

Balan Nair, CTO of Liberty Global, has said that their set-top boxes will be UltraHD-capable beginning next year. However, Liberty Global has said that it has no plans to introduce UltraHD services itself this …