German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast is the only applicant for the operation of the future digital terrestrial TV platform in DVB-T2/HEVC in Germany.
Archives for January 2015
Taxman can’t count IPTV boxes as video tuners
Amino Communications has won an appeal against UK Revenue & Customs over whether IPTV set-top boxes should be classed as video tuners.
Chromecast streams a billion times
Google has revealed that its Chromecast platform has now been used to stream content more than one billion times.
Levira secures sports channel deal
The Tallinn-based TV play-out service provider Levira is to deliver the 24-hour HD channel Fight Sports in the Nordic region.
Pickbox TV connects to Samsung smart TVs
Pickbox.tv, a SVOD service in the region of the former Yugoslavia, has launched its application for Samsung smart TVs.
Nickelodeon jumps on OTT bandwagon
Viacom’s Nickelodeon has announced it will launch a streaming OTT service in the US this March. In France, TF1 will launch a OTT S-VOD portal for kids called TFou Max.
Major Russian internet deal in doubt
Russia’s Rostelecom has hired Morgan Stanley to help it in its search for online video assets.
Xstream appoints Jan Bertil Dahms
Xstream has appointed Jan Bertil Dahms, formerly of thePlatform, as its new global Chief Sales Officer.
Orion Express growth continues
The Russian DTH platform Orion Express ended 2014 with 2.580 million subscribers, or 30% more than a year earlier.
BT plans 500Mbps standard broadband
BT CEO Gavin Patterson has announced plans to deliver ultrafast speeds of up to 500Mbps to most of the UK within a decade. It will utilise G.fast, a digital subscriber […]