Following complaints by Dutch cabler VodafoneZiggo, a cybercrime team of the Midden-Nederland police arrested two men on suspicion of card sharing, a form of piracy in which a legitimate TV subscription is shared unauthorised via the Internet
Report: Dutch TV and video market grows thanks to OTT
The Dutch TV and video market grew by 7.2 percent to 556 million euro turnover in the past year.
Dutch Ziggo to launch Android TV app
Liberty Global is working to launch its Ziggo Go app for Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV in the Dutch market.
Prison sentences for large-scale hack of Ziggo modems
The Rotterdam District Court has sentenced the main suspect in a large-scale modem hijack, Remko van D. (37), to 15 months imprisonment.
Dutch regulator opens up VodafoneZiggo’s fixed network
KPN and VodafoneZiggo must both open up their fixed networks to third party providers.
Liberty Global rolls out next-gen Horizon set-tops featuring cloud PVR and 4K
Liberty Global has unveiled its next-generation TV entertainment platform, Horizon 4, at the company’s annual Tech Summit in Amsterdam. The new STB features 4k, cloud PVR and voice control.
Ziggo, KPN take 84% of Dutch TV market
The Dutch TV market contracted again in Q2, down by 0.2 percent to 7.45 million subscribers. Only IPTV showed growth, while cable, satellite and DTT lost customers, according to the latest quarterly report from Telecompaper.
Sparql teminates its IPTV service
Dutch TV service provider Sparql has stopped selling subscriptions and said it plans to migrate existing customers to the Canal Digitaal platform.
Cable Europe rejects Dutch regulator’s “anachronistic” market analysis
Cable Europe is urging the European Commission not to accept Dutch regulator ACM’s draft broadband market analysis, which was submitted Friday, August 3.
Ziggo analogue switch-off reaches Rotterdam
Dutch cable operator Ziggo will be switching off the analogue TV signal in Rotterdam, Hook of Holland and Rozenburg this September.