IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

NTT to show 4K internet streaming to a set-top box at IMC Tokyo 2013
Jun 11, 2013 – NTT West has announced that at IMC Tokyo 2013 it will show live streaming of 4K video over the internet to a set-top box connected to a standard 4K TV. The demonstration will use High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265) compression.
News categories: NTT West, NTT SmartConnect, Digital TV, IPTV, Streaming

World's 20 largest IPTV operators serve 83% of global IPTV households
Jun 6, 2013 – An SNL Kagan analysis of the world's 20 largest IPTV providers shows that a handful of operators dominate the global IPTV market with a geographic concentration in Western Europe and Asia-Pacific.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Julija Jurkevic, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Subscribers

Costa Rica's ICE launches 'kölbi hogar TV' IPTV
Jun 5, 2013 – Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has launched Costa Rica's first IPTV service. The service, called 'kölbi hogar TV' has 87 channels, with 11 channels of pay per view, plus seven in HD.
News categories: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Costa Rica, Digital TV, IPTV

Pay TV still growing in Western Europe
Jun 5, 2013 – The number of pay TV subscribers in Western Europe increased by 1 million in 2012 to 94.1 million, and will climb by another million in 2013, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Open IPTV Forum publishes HTML5 profile for Connected TVs
Jun 4, 2013 – The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) has published a profile of HTML5, CSS, DOM3 and other related web technologies aimed at connected TV services and devices that implement a browser-based application environment.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming

Verimatrix chosen to secure Slovak Telekom multiscreen service
Jun 3, 2013 – Verimatrix has announced that Slovak Telekom has chosen Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for Internet TV to protect its new Magio GO over-the-top (OTT) multi-screen services.
News categories: Verimatrix, Slovak Telekom, ANGA COM, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Slovakia, TV Everywhere

Pay DTT in Croatia reaches 10,000 subscribers in 1st quarter after launch
May 31, 2013 – The Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM) has reported market data for the end of the first quarter of 2013. The newly launched 'evotv' pay DTT service had more than 10,000 subscribers at the end of March.
News categories: HAKOM, Cable TV, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

iWedia software in Swisscom's WinGo Android IPTV set-top box
May 31, 2013 – iWedia has announced that it has deployed its Teatro-3.5 software solution for Android IPTV STB in the TV box of WinGo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Swiss telecom operator Swisscom.
News categories: iWedia, Swisscom, WinGo, Android TV, ANGA COM, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Switzerland

ZON TV Cabo pay TV share drops below 50% in Portugal
May 30, 2013 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), the country had 3.13 million pay TV subscribers at the end of Q1 2013, seven thousand more than in the previous quarter, and 3.2 percent more than at the end of the same quarter of 2012.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers