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Andorra Telecom selects Ruwido remote control

September 15, 2018 13.54 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Andorra Telecom, the national telco of the Principality of Andorra, has opted for a remote control developed by Austrian company Ruwido to enhance the user experience.

Filed Under: IBC Special, IPTV, Mobile TV, Newsline, Tech, Telco Tagged With: Andorra Telecom, Carles Casadevall, remote control, Ruwido Edited: 15 September 2018 13:56

Viewers want simple remote controls

March 18, 2016 09.51 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Consumers living in multi-media homes are asking for the simplest form of remote control to control their growing number of devices.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: remote control, Universal Electronics Edited: 18 March 2016 09:51

One in five Dutch use mobile device to control TV

August 3, 2015 10.06 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Dutch viewers prefer to use a remote control for TV viewing and few have embraced the smartphone or tablet for changing channels.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: remote control, Telecompaper, The Netherlands Edited: 3 August 2015 10:06

Dedicated Netflix button comes to European remotes

April 2, 2015 09.05 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Beginning this month smart TVs, Blu-ray players and set top-boxes from several major brands sold across Europe will come with a remote control that has a dedicated button to tune […]

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Netflix, remote control Edited: 2 April 2015 09:05

Polish TV viewers use only 7 buttons on remote

February 26, 2015 08.30 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

According to research commissioned by ADB, the average Polish TV viewer uses only seven buttons of the remote control regardless if it’s a TV set or a set-top-box.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: ADB, Poland, remote control Edited: 26 February 2015 20:23

Kabel Deutschland launches TV streaming app

December 18, 2014 11.14 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Germany’s largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland has commenced offering its customers the possibility to watch selected TV channels using their smartphone or tablet at home.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Second Screen, Streaming Tagged With: app, Germany, Kabel Deutschland, PVR, remote control, streaming, Wi-Fi Edited: 18 December 2014 11:15

Philips uWand partners with CSR for Bluetooth voice recognition

May 29, 2014 08.59 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Bluetooth Smart remote platform from Wireless technology innovator CSR has been integrated into Philips’ uWand reference design, a complete firmware and hardware solution for developing pointing and gesture based […]

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: CSR, Philips uWand, remote control, voice regognition Edited: 29 May 2014 08:59

UPC plans major Horizon update

April 15, 2013 09.52 Europe/London By Robert Briel

UPC Netherlands is planning a major software update and a new remote control for the Horizon Mediabox.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Set-Top Boxes, Top Story Tagged With: Horizon, remote control, UPC Netherlands Edited: 25 April 2013 09:01

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