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Swisscom releases HbbTV on IPTV platform

April 14, 2015 10.10 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

SRG HbbTVSwitzerland’s national telco Swisscom has commenced offering interactive services in multimedia standard HbbTV to the customers of its IPTV platform Swisscom TV.

HbbTV is available via Swisscom TV 2.0 on the HD channels of SRG SSR, ARD, ZDF, ORF1 and ORF2.

By pressing the red button on the remote control, viewers can access the HbbTV services which contain, for example, programme information, weather reports and sports results.

The HbbTV function will be activated for all 450,000 Swisscom TV 2.0 households by April 16, 2015.

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Filed Under: IPTV, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: HbbTV, IPTV, Swisscom, Swisscom TV, Switzerland Edited: 14 April 2015 10:10

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About Jörn Krieger

Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since 1992, he has been working as a freelance journalist, specialised in digital media, broadcast technology, convergence and new markets. He also takes up University lectureships, writes articles in specialist publications, and produces radio reports. Jörn is also a moderator of panel discussions at industry events such as ANGA COM, Medientage München and IFA Berlin.

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