Foxtel partners with Commscope for iQ5 device
CommScope, a global player in home networking solutions, has been selected by Australia’s Foxtel to provide their subscribers with the new iQ5 streaming set top box solution. The iQ5 set…
Vodafone, Technicolor DOCSIS 3.1 deal
Connectivity and entertainment technologist Technicolor Connected Home and multiplay telco Vodafone have announced plans to deploy next generation gateways with Wi-Fi 6 capabilities throughout Germany in 2021. This anticipated rollout…
$31m piracy penalty for ChitramTV
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas has entered a Judgment and Injunction against ChitramTV, a popular South Asian pirate IPTV service. The Court found that…
FTC approves Broadcom anticompetitive conduct order
Following a public comment period, the US’s Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Broadcom Inc. illegally monopolised markets for semiconductor components used to deliver television…
Portugal: NOS launches Android NVIDIA Shield TV
Portuguese telecom operator NOS has launched the new Android NVIDIA Shield TV and the NOS TV App for Android TV. The NVIDIA Shield TV features a modern tubular design, designed…
Nigeria confident on DSO completion
Mallam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, Director General of the Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), says that the Commission is committed to a timely and efficient completion the Digital Switch Over (DSO)…
Eutelsat’s Sat.tv makes progress in MENA
Last year Eutelsat released its Sat.tv set-top box in the MENA region. The idea was to make it easy for viewers to arrange the hundreds of free-to-view channels available into…
Foxtel accelerates streaming strategy with Sky Glass
Following the unveiling of streaming aggregation product Sky Glass and confirmation that Foxtel would be the first global syndication partner, the Australian pay-TV operator has confirmed that the device will…
Sky Glass: Ugliest TV ever?
First, kudos for Comcast/Sky for integrating the comprehensive functionality of a modern TV system, but some major black marks for failing to make the sets simply attractive. In my opinion…
S Africa: Digital roll-out problems
eMedia Holdings, which owns the popular e.tv channels and Openview services in South Africa, is taking the government to court over declaring March 2022 closure of all analogue TV services.…
RDK DT’s broadband gateway software platform
RDK Management has confirmed that open source software platform RDK is being deployed as the global software platform for broadband gateways (i.e. modems/routers) throughout multiplay telco Deutsche Telekom’s fibre, DSL,…
Orange Slovensko launches Android TV STB on nangu.TV
nangu.TV, the media platform provider for IPTV and OTT services, has unveiled a new Android TV Operator Tier set-top box, run on the nangu.TV platform, in cooperation with Orange Slovensko…
Vodafone adds Facebook Watch to STB platform
Vodafone is to add Facebook Watch to Vodafone TV in Europe, becoming the first pay-TV operator in the region to offer the service on its set-top boxes. Vodafone TV is…
Irdeto, Minim secure DStv Internet
Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has confirmed that South African multiplay operator MultiChoice Group has implemented Trusted Home, an AI-driven network security and Wi-Fi management solution developed jointly by Irdeto…
Comcast introduces XiOne streaming device
Leveraging its combined group technology expertise, Comcast has launched the XiOne, a new global wireless streaming device currently available in Italy and Germany to Sky Q customers and beginning its…
Pure Telecom launches Pure TV
In a first of its kind move in the Irish ISP market, Irish multiplay telco Pure Telecom is launching TV services, aiming to improve its reach, ARPU and customer tenure…