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Briel on: CE manufacturers take a smart lead

June 8, 2012 10.32 Europe/London By Robert Briel

In the past few months we have seen an acceleration of activities from consumer electronics manufactures. By adding ever more services and apps to their smart TVs they seem to be taking the lead in the connected home.

Filed Under: Briel On Edited: 8 June 2012 11:41

Briel On: Live streaming goes over-the-top

May 17, 2012 21.04 Europe/London By Robert Briel

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.

Filed Under: Briel On, Columns Edited: 24 March 2022 21:25

Briel on: HBO launches in the Netherlands

February 9, 2012 16.17 Europe/London By Robert Briel

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.

Filed Under: Briel On, Columns Tagged With: Chellomedia, Film1, HBO, Ziggo Edited: 12 February 2012 13:07

CE manufacturers already on the Horizon…

January 11, 2012 22.23 Europe/London By Robert Briel

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 […]

Filed Under: Briel On Tagged With: Connected TV, Horizon, Philips Net TV, Samsung Smart TV Edited: 13 January 2012 10:06

Briel on: iTunes wins Round 1 versus UltraViolet

December 4, 2011 14.37 Europe/London By Robert Briel

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.

Filed Under: Briel On, Columns Edited: 9 December 2011 09:31

KPN testing its boundaries

August 24, 2011 14.53 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Like all incumbent telephony operators, Dutch KPN is losing fixed line customers to alternative providers, with cable being the most formidable competitor.

Filed Under: Briel On, Columns Edited: 24 August 2011 23:01

Briel on: Fibre or not to fibre to my home?

June 24, 2011 09.38 Europe/London By Robert Briel

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.

Filed Under: Briel On, Columns Edited: 12 August 2011 14:32

Briel on: Streaming to tablets can’t be stopped

April 7, 2011 20.13 Europe/London By Robert Briel

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.

Filed Under: Briel On, Columns Edited: 7 April 2011 21:38

Briel on: Connected devices are the name of the game

December 8, 2010 17.35 Europe/London By Robert Briel

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.

Filed Under: Briel On, Columns Edited: 3 January 2011 11:03

The end of Open Cable?

August 18, 2010 22.07 Europe/London By Robert Briel

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.

Filed Under: Briel On Edited: 18 August 2010 23:29

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