Telefónica will rely on the development of 4K to increase its subscriber basis with the aim of reaching up to 1 million 4K subs by 2018. To this end, the company intends boost the purchase of 4K TV sets among its subscribers through agreements with the main electronic manufacturers and the manufacture of its own […]
Eric Xu, Deputy Chairman of the Board and Rotating CEO, Huawei, has revealed that the ICT solutions provider is stepping up its role in supporting telcos’ video operations better to enable them to develop successful businesses. Speaking at the Ultra-Broadband Forum 2016 in Frankfurt, Xu noted that at the previous year’s event in Madrid, Huawei […]
A UK legal case against video-streaming set-tops that can access subscription content for free, begins this week. So-called “fully-loaded Kodi boxes” have gained popularity, but the legality of their sale is in question. North East trader Brian Thompson is accused of selling equipment that “facilitated the circumvention” of copyright protection measures, reports the BBC. Thompson […]
Roku has announced a new line up of streaming players with features, prices and performance for every kind of streamer. Setting a new milestone, Roku launched its tiniest streaming player yet– the new Roku Express offers a fast and complete experience with 1080p HD streaming for $29.99 MSRP. Roku Express and Roku Express+ are a […]
South Africa has confirmed it has supplied 650,000 low-cost set-top boxes to the South African Post Office for distribution to poorer families in order to receive digital transmissions. However, the analogue to digital conversion process is as slow as ever. Last year’s June 2015 switch-off date slipped badly amidst allegations of corruption and mismanagement, and […]
The Copyright Alliance, a diverse group of US creative industry companies, advocacy groups, labour unions, associations, and programmers that raised concerns in April and May about the Federal Communications Commission’s initial proposal to regulate the set-top box market, citing concerns about its potential harmful impact on copyright and content creators’ ability to be compensated for […]
Ericsson and Google are partnering to extend the reach of the Ericsson cloud-based MediaFirst TV Platform into the Android TV ecosystem, Google’s operating system for the set-top-box. Ericsson MediaFirst is a software-defined, media-optimised end-to-end portfolio suite for the creation, preparation, management and delivery of next generation pay-TV to any screen with an immersive TV viewing […]
From 360-degree movie trailers to the emergence of 4K TV services from Web and telecom players, global analyst firm CCS Insight, has revealed its expectations for the TV industry and the main highlights ahead of this year’s IBC event in Amsterdam. According to Paolo Pescatore, director of multiplay and media at CCS Insight, given the […]
EKT, specialist in the design and manufacture of Set Top Box & smart TV solutions and ACCESS Co, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the digital TV, automotive, mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) markets, announced the start of a long term cooperation whereby EKT will deploy ACCESS’ Chromium-based NetFront Browser BE as […]
EKT (Eagle Kingdom Technologies), a company specialised in the design and manufacturing of Set Top Box solutions and DOCSIS modems is launching a range of Operator SmartTVs that will completely change the TV landscape. It has long been a wish of some operators to bring consumers their complete content offering on the big screen without […]