The Czech Republic’s TV Prima has begun to offer O2 TV’s paid sports content via HbbTV.
Spanish HbbTV platform to challenge Netflix, HBO and Sky
The three leading Spanish FTA broadcasters Atresmedia, RTVE and Mediaset have entered into a partnership in order to compete with Netflix, HBO and Sky.
ProSiebenSat.1 and 1&1 sign carriage deal
ProSiebenSat.1 and internet service provider 1&1 have concluded a long-term distribution agreement making the commercial broadcaster’s free-to-air TV and pay-TV channels available on IPTV platform 1&1 Digital-TV.
Smart TV devices achieve record sales in Germany
More smart devices for media use at home were sold in Germany last year than ever before.
Michael Hagemeyer new head of IRT
The shareholders’ meeting of German broadcast technology institute IRT has appointed Michael Hagemeyer as the institute’s new Managing Director effective January 25, 2018.
CABSAT 2018: Media Broadcast Satellite unveils broadcast services
German satellite services provider Media Broadcast Satellite will present its teleport and broadcast solutions at CABSAT 2018 in Dubai from January 14-16, 2018.
ABOX42 supplies 1&1 with set-top-boxes
1&1, one of Germany’s largest internet service providers, has selected the M30 series smart set-top-box platform from ABOX42 for its new multiscreen digital TV service.
HbbTV Application Discovery Service launched
RadioDNS and HbbTV have announced that RadioDNS has implemented support for HbbTV’s “Application Discovery over Broadband” specification.
AdScribe brings HbbTV interactive advertising to Switzerland
AdScribe, a technology and services company based in London and Dublin, is enabling next-generation advertising for television viewers on HbbTV devices in Switzerland.
HbbTV Association publishes its IPTV specification
The HbbTV Association has finalised and published its IPTV Specification. This specification builds on HbbTV 2.