The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has issued guidance on illicit streaming devices (ISDs) aimed at helping consumers understand why so called ‘Kodi’ and other illegal IPTV set-top boxes and sticks should be avoided. It tables five frequently asked questions, setting out its advice as follows: What is ‘illicit streaming’ and what devices are commonly used? […]
A series of product safety tests on popular illicit streaming devices entering the UK have found that 100 per cent fail to meet national electrical safety regulations. The findings are a result of a joint initiative between UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and safety awareness body Electrical Safety First which […]
Dataxis research shows that some 40 worldwide pay-TV operators deployed Android STBs during the third quarter of 2017. Android is in general used by operators wishing to create more “OTT friendly” pay-TV offers as well as pure OTT services. However, Dataxis research shows that the actual number of subscribers with Android STBs remains limited. For […]
Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has extended its long-standing security partnership with Foxtel, Australia’s leading pay-TV operator, with the aim of providing Foxtel with a reliable and stable security partner that will ensure premium content is securely delivered across any device, minimising revenue leakage from all forms of piracy. Irdeto Cloaked CA will now securely […]
Technicolor, a global technology player in the media and entertainment sector, has announced that Australia’s leading pay-TV provider, Foxtel, has integrated Technicolor’s Android TV-based technology into its Foxtel Now box, a next generation hybrid set-top box for its Foxtel Now subscribers. The Foxtel Now box is an Android TV-based set-top box that offers access to […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus will launch a new 4K HDR-equipped set-top-box by April 2018. The new device is currently being tested with functions including catch-up service Últimos 7 días (Last Seven Days) and the recording of 4K programmes. The STB will be compatible with the most powerful WIFI connection (802.11 ac) in frequencies 2.4 […]
Google could gain increased clout in the pay-TV market as interest from operators in Android TV picks up and creates a resulting surge in shipments of Android TV STBS, accoridng to a report from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Operators launched many Android TV STB trial deployments in 2016 and 2017 and many OEMs are beginning […]
Foxtel has unveiled its new Foxtel Now box. The plug-in-and-play box delivers seamless access to an line-up of programming, streamed instantly, live or on demand. Foxtel favourites available to stream on the Foxtel Now box, with a Foxtel Now subscription, include Love It or List It Australia, A Place to Call Home, Gogglebox Australia, plus international […]
Members and supporters of the newly-established Coalition Against Piracy gathered at the annual CASBAA Convention in Macau on November 7th to mark the initiation of joint work in southeast Asia against Illicit Streaming Devices (ISDs) and the app networks that underpin them. In toasting the launch, Birathon Kasemsri, Chief Commercial Officer, True Visions Group, described […]
Kenya’s Communications Authority (CA) says it will ban the important of so-called ‘first generation’ digital decoders from January 1st 2018. A statement on the CA’s website says specifically that TV decoders for the GoTv, Zuku, Startimes, DStv and Bamba services will not be permitted. “The importation into Kenya of cable or satellite receivers/decoders that do […]