IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

U.S. subscriber declines spreading from voice to TV, broadband
Dec 6, 2016 – Ovum has released 3Q16 subscriber growth figures for fixed voice, fixed broadband, and pay TV for the US. Ovum notes that a triple cord-cutting threat – the loss of subscribers in all three core fixed services – continues to loom.
News categories: Ovum, Kristin Paulin, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, USA

Moldova pay TV subscribers down in first 9 months of 2016
Dec 5, 2016 – Data submitted to Moldova's communications regulator, ANRCETI, for the country's pay TV market in the first nine months of 2016, shows that the IPTV segment continues to grow, while cable TV is in decline.
News categories: ANRCETI, Cable TV, IPTV, Moldova, Subscribers

Huawei launches 4G IPTV with LRTC in Lithuania
Dec 2, 2016 – Huawei and LRTC have launched the world's first commercial IPTV service based on the 4G fixed LTE network solution Wireless To The X (WTTx) in Lithuania.
News categories: Huawei, LRTC, An Jian, Remigijus Seris, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Smart Home

Cable STBs dominated the global set-top box market in 2015
Nov 23, 2016 – According to the latest market research study released by Technavio, the global set-top-box market is expected to generate revenues close to $14 billion during the forecast period 2016-2020.
News categories: Technavio, Ujjwal P Doshi, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Worldwide

YouView reveals next generation user experience
Nov 23, 2016 – YouView has announced the re-engineering and redesigning of its entire platform to respond quickly to the fast-changing needs and tastes of TV viewers, advertisers and partners. The transformation is enabled by YouView’s move to the cloud.
News categories: YouView, Richard Halton, Nick Thexton, Digital TV, HTML5, IPTV, Set Top Box, UK

Televarpið deploys ATEME statmux headend in the Faroe Islands
Nov 22, 2016 – ATEME has announced that Televarpið, a subsidiary of Faroese Telecom and the incumbent telecommunications provider of the Faroe Islands, has deployed ATEME’s compression and statistical multiplexing solutions for its DVB-T, IPTV and OTT services.
News categories: ATEME, Televarpið, Xavier Gentric, Edvard í Skorini, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Cablevisión Argentina selects Verimatrix as revenue security partner
Nov 22, 2016 – Verimatrix has announced a multi-year agreement with Cablevisión to secure its new Cablevisión Flow service and provide access to its line of Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) revenue security solutions.
News categories: Verimatrix, Cablevisión, Steve Oetegenn, Laura Lozes, Argentina, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile

Alaska's MTA migrates to APMAX IPTV Middleware
Nov 17, 2016 – Matanuska Telephone Association (MTA), the largest Telecom Cooperative in Alaska, has migrated 100% of its IPTV customers - 7000 homes spread over 10,000 square miles - to Innovative Systems' APMAX IPTV Middleware.
News categories: Innovative Systems, Matanuska Telephone Association, Jerry Weber, Carolyn Hanson, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Major U.S. pay TV operators lose 255,000 subscribers in 3Q 2016
Nov 16, 2016 – Leichtman Research has found that the eleven largest pay-TV providers in the US -- representing about 95% of the market -- lost about 255,000 net video subscribers in 3Q 2016, compared to a loss of about 210,000 subscribers in 3Q 2015.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA