TV Numeric, the sole company marketing the French basic pay-DTT package, is contemplating pulling the plug on its business.
OTT market to reach €3.4 billion in 2015
Published: 09.50 Europe/London, February 14, 2012 By
The market for OTT video services on the TV will be €3.4 billion in 2015, according to French research institute Idate.
Google plans home entertainment device
Published: 11.00 Europe/London, February 10, 2012 By
Google is planning to launch a wireless home entertainment system, according to the Wall Street Journal.
SBS to launch HbbTV in the Netherlands
Published: 12.36 Europe/London, February 7, 2012 By
Dutch private broadcaster SBS has announced it will start to offer HbbTV services from Q2 2012. Public broadcaster NPO and RTL will follow suit.
EBU offers fast-track to HbbTV
Published: 12.27 Europe/London, February 3, 2012 By
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Members will be offered generic applications to deploy HbbTV during the Olympics and the Eurovision Song Contest, when audiences peak. Three ‘white label’ interactive applications will be provided free to participating EBU Members to customise generic content for entertainment, news or sport.
Samsung, LG and Vizio join Sony as Google TV partners
Published: 10.10 Europe/London, January 6, 2012 By
Google TV-powered devices for consumers will be around many places at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Roku Streaming Stick makes dumb TVs smart
Published: 21.03 Europe/London, January 5, 2012 By
Just in time for this year’s CES, Roku is launching its Streaming Stick, a small dongle about the size of a standard USB flash drive that will simply plug into a TV to transform it into a Smart TV.
Numéricable to announce new set-top
Published: 11.17 Europe/London, January 5, 2012 By
French cable operator Numéricable is poised to launch a new set-top box for its customers on January 10. Called the One Power Box, the new device should compete head-on with the Neufbox Evolution and Freebox Révolution for IPTV.
Netflix streams more than 2 billion hours
Published: 20.55 Europe/London, January 4, 2012 By
Netflix has said that its members instantly watched more than two billion hours of TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix in the fourth quarter of 2011.
SlingPlayer for Boxee Box arrives
Published: 15.00 Europe/London, January 4, 2012 By
Sling Solo and Pro-HD owners are now able to stream live and recorded content from their SlingBox to any TV that’s connected to a Boxee device. And Boxee Box Live will go on sale in the US and Canada this month.
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