YouView backers are to sign a £100 million (€117m) deal to secure the future of the online TV service with all seven partners – including the BBC – remaining on board as equal shareholders in the venture. YouView partners – which also include ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva, BT and TalkTalk – are set […]
According to research from The Diffusion Group, 14 per cent of broadband households currently use an Internet set-top box such as Roku or Apple TV to access OTT video content on their television. Internet set-top box use is especially prominent among Early Millennials (age 25-34) and Late Boomers (age 45-54). As noted in TDG’s report,
Lime TV has signed a contract with Amino for them to supply enhanced set-top boxes to support the rollout of pay-TV services in the Caribbean, Lime TV delivers over 100 channels of pay-TV entertainment – plus VoD – to customers in the Cayman Islands and Barbados. The TV line-up includes a wide range of entertainment […]
Apple is in talks with Comcast about a deal for a streaming-television service that would use an Apple device and express treatment on Comcast’s network to ensure QoE, according to US reports. The discussions are said to be in the early stages but the deal, if sealed, would mark a new level of cooperation and […]
Connected home research by Parks Associates at TV Connect in London finds consumers expect the same TV user experience throughout their home, regardless of whether the service is offered via OTT, managed operator network, satellite, or other delivery mechanisms. Expectations also remain the same regardless of the receiving device, including set-top box or connected CE device. “While […]
According to SNL Kagan there are about 900 million pay-TV households and 250 million DTT households worldwide yet STB shipments are only 230 million per year. Since set-top boxes are only replaced, on average, every seven years, a significant portion of annual set-top box shipments goes to new subscribers. Replacement rates do vary by operator, […]
ZTE Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has launched the ZTE MeBox, an IPTV and OTT dual-mode STB. The ZTE MeBox STB (model number ZXV10 B760E) is an embedded audio/video decoding device based on the open Android platform. It features advanced hardware architecture and an optimised H.264 video decoding […]
Zenterio, provider of the independent operating system platform for interactive TV, has announced that Magyar Telekom, a Deutsche Telekom Group subsidiary in Hungary, has deployed Zenterio Operating System on two new set-top boxes that will support both PVR and interactive, multi-room TV services. This deployment allows Magyar Telekom to develop its services for its TV […]
Connected home entertainment market specialist Netgem has unveiled its new out-of-the-box connected TV solution, netbox360. This new entertainment video offering enables operators to bring premium linear, on-demand and OTT content and services to any screen in the home, delivering next-generation immersive experiences in a personalised, ‘lean-back’ fashion. Netgem notes that with rising consumer demand for […]
Dune HD, the specialist in full HD media players and connected set-top boxes, has unveiled its new HEVC-capable Dune HD TV-204. It says it is the leading IP set-top vendor to demonstrate HEVC compatibility publicly with the TV-204, the first cost-effective full-featured set-top box to support HEVC. According to Dune HD, HEVC-encoded content can be […]