IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Pay-TV services gain subscribers worldwide
Apr 4, 2016 – The latest quarterly Multiscreen Index report from informitv reveals the highest overall rise in the number of pay-television subscriptions around the world for two years, with most operators gaining subscribers.
News categories: informitv, Dr William Cooper, Dr Sue Farrell, Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Worldwide

Southern Fibernet adds TV Anywhere with Conklin-Intracom
Apr 4, 2016 – Conklin-Intracom has announced an additional order from Southern Fibernet for TV Anywhere features available on fs|cdn Anywhere IPTV platform. Southern Fibernet will optimize their current video services for viewing on mobile devices.
News categories: Conklin-Intracom, Southern Fibernet, Sharad Sundaresan, Bryan Sumner, Apps, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, USA

Eastern European pay TV revenues still climbing
Apr 4, 2016 – Despite the subscriber count increasing by fewer than one million, Eastern European pay TV revenues will increase by 9.9% between 2015 and 2021 to $5.97 billion, according to Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

KPN grows TV market share in the Netherlands
Apr 3, 2016 – KPN continues to grow its share of the Dutch TV market, at the expense of cable operator Ziggo. KPN added 2.3 percentage points of market share in 2015 to take 28.7 percent of subscribers, according to Telecompaper.
News categories: Telecompaper, Kamiel Albrecht, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Subscribers

T-Mobile Czech Republic IPTV service to start on April 4th
Mar 31, 2016 – T-Mobile Czech Republic has announced that it will launch an IPTV service called T-Mobile TV on April 4, 2016. There will be three tiers of service consisting of 70, 100 or 130 channels including some channels in HD.
News categories: T-Mobile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

EE unveils 'Recordings To Go'
Mar 30, 2016 – EE has unveiled Recordings To Go. For the first time in the UK, TV lovers can select content from any of EE TV’s 70+ free to view channels to record and then transfer to a mobile device as soon as it has aired.
News categories: EE TV, Simeon Bird, Apps, Digital TV, IPTV, TV Everywhere, UK

Deluxe delivers live 4K video across the globe over the public internet
Mar 29, 2016 – Deluxe Entertainment has announced that its MediaCloud platform has successfully broadcast live 4K video between Europe and North America at over 50Mbps using the public Internet, delivering 100% uptime and availability.
News categories: Deluxe MediaCloud, Alec Stichbury, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, NABShow, North America, Streaming, Worldwide

Venezuela's CANTV launches IPTV in Caracas
Mar 28, 2016 – Venezuela's CANTV has launched its long-awaited IPTV service in Caracas. The service offers a basic plan consisting of 59 channels (52 TV + 7 radio). Subscribers are required to have CANTV's ABA post-paid broadband.
News categories: CANTV, Digital TV, IPTV, Venezuela

ABOX42 STB platform selected for M-net multiscreen IPTV service
Mar 22, 2016 – ABOX42 has announced that M-net has selected the ABOX42 M20-Series Smart Set-Top Box platform for its new IPTV service 'M-net TVplus' which will be deployed over M-net Fiber in the South of Germany.
News categories: ABOX42, M-net, Matthias Greve, Thomas Bichlmeir, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Mobile, Set Top Box