StarTimes Media in Kenya has made a pre-holiday offer to would-be DTH subscribers to its bouquet: Sign up and get a free HD set-top box. Subscribers need to order StarTimes’ Super Bouquet, costing Kenya Shillings 2499 (€22.65). Existing subscribers are not ignored and will get a free week of viewing for every month of a […]
Chinese authorities have ordered domestic producers of OTT set-top boxes to uninstall illegal third-party applications from their products. The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China has issued a list of 81 such illegal applications meaning that domestic brands such as Tmall, Xiaomi and Huawei will need […]
ABOX42, a supplier of IPTV, OTT and Hybrid SmartSTB platforms, has announced that EVIO Polska, the Polish fibre TV service provider, has selected the ABOX42 M-Series SmartSTB platform for its new TV service ‘Telewizja Swiatlowodowa’ which will be used by over 100 local fibre-optic networks throughout Poland, delivered together by EVIO and local ISP operators. […]
A man from the UK East Midlands city of Leicester has been handed a 32-month jail sentence after a joint investigation by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) and Leicestershire Police discovered he was selling hundreds of illegal TV set-top boxes from an online marketplace. Between February 2012 and February 2015, Mark Brighty imported hundreds […]
Describing it as “the biggest reimagining of Sky in its history”, Jeremy Darroch, CEO of the UK pay-TV operator, has launched Sky Q, a family of products which it says are designed to reflect the way people consume content nowadays. It also confirmed that Sky Q would be UltraHD ready in advance of the launch […]
NOW TV, Sky’s online streaming service, has launched a range of limited edition NOW TV Boxes for £15 (€21). Seven original boxes make up the exclusive collection including festive polar bear and reindeer designs and a Fungus the Bogeyman themed box – just in time for the new two-part series that will be shown exclusively […]
ABOX42, a German based Set Top Box manufacturer and provider of advanced Set Top Box solutions is entering the African Continent with its compelling and market proven total Set Top Box solution containing the latest technology M-Series Set Top Box platform (different M-series models for various preice-performance and feature requirements of operators), the advanced ABOX42 […]
ABOX42, a provider of OTT, IPTV and Hybrid-DVB Set-Top-Box solutions, presents latest product innovations at AfricaCom / TV Connect Africa (Stand #TV10) and will speak about “IPTV for everyone: ABOX42´s IPTV Set Top Box solutions for networks with limited bandwidth” in the Masterclass session at the AfricaCom. ABOX42, a German based Set Top Box manufacturer […]
Time Warner Cable (TWC) has launched The TWC TV Roku Trial in New York City, its first IP-only video trial. Participants will experience TWC’s video service delivered through its secure and managed network using a Roku Streaming Player rather than leasing a traditional set-top box. As an incentive for participating in the trial, participants will […]
Apple released its first upgrade to its Apple TV last week, and as usual the first buyers of the latest gadget are its biggest fans. While the average person who buys an Apple product spends $788 per year on Apple gear, those who bought the latest Apple TV spent $1,161 in the same period, according […]