There is a thin line between fully managed IPTV services and managed OTT services – and the gap is closing. Soon we will see lots more OTT live streaming.
Briel on: HBO launches in the Netherlands
February 9, 2012 16.17 Europe/London By
The launch of HBO in the Netherlands in a joint venture with cable operator Ziggo marks an interesting move for the Time-Warner owned company.
CE manufacturers already on the Horizon…
January 11, 2012 22.23 Europe/London By
We all know we can look at the horizon, but we can never touch it. Does the same also apply to Liberty Global’s Horizon set-top box? We saw the pictures, we even saw the box at IBC – and we saw some flashy Flash demos. But touching it was out of the question – let [...]
Briel on: iTunes wins Round 1 versus UltraViolet
December 4, 2011 14.37 Europe/London By
Warner Bros.’ release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 on Blu-ray and UltraViolet has sparked much discontent among its buyers, writes Robert Briel. It looks like Hollywood has trouble finding an iTunes alternative.
KPN testing its boundaries
August 24, 2011 14.53 Europe/London By
Like all incumbent telephony operators, Dutch KPN is losing fixed line customers to alternative providers, with cable being the most formidable competitor.
Briel on: Fibre or not to fibre to my home?
June 24, 2011 09.38 Europe/London By
It was a long, long time ago when cable came first to my home. KTA, the Amsterdam city net, was a revelation: the number of channels I could receive tripled – from the two national Dutch public channels to no less than six channels – one from Belgium and three from Germany.
Briel on: Streaming to tablets can’t be stopped
April 7, 2011 20.13 Europe/London By
Multiscreen television is fast becoming a reality. With the extremely fast take-up of tablets, both iPad and Android, these are destined to become one of the main destinations of streaming videos. A development, which is also bound to create new challenges to the traditional business models.
Briel on: Connected devices are the name of the game
December 8, 2010 17.35 Europe/London By
Philips is not the only party in The Netherlands that is pioneering connected television. On the contrary, there are a number of players that have been around for some time trying to connect the web to the television set.
The end of Open Cable?
August 18, 2010 22.07 Europe/London By
Following a ruling by the Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal, cable operators UPC, Ziggo, Delta and CAIW are no longer required to give their competitors access to their networks.
The end of mobile TV as we know it?
February 5, 2010 08.16 Europe/London By
With the hype at an end, mobile TV operators are now facing up to a reality that far from matches the expectations
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