Digital TV News: Play Group

NAGRAVISION selected to secure Play Poland pay TV service
Oct 21, 2024 – NAGRAVISION (SIX:KUD.S) has announced a partnership with Play Poland, part of the iliad Group, who have selected the NAGRA OneCAS solution to secure the former pay TV service of UPC Polska.
News categories: NAGRAVISION, Play Poland, Olivier Met, Michał Ziółkowski, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Poland, Set Top Box

Viaplay subscribers up 60% YoY in 1Q 2023
Apr 25, 2023 – Viaplay Group AB has released its Q1 2023 interim report. At period-end, Viaplay paying subscribers were up 60% year-on-year to 7,643k (4,783k) with 325k subscribers added in the quarter.
News categories: Viaplay Group, Anders Jensen, Digital TV, Europe, North America, Results, Streaming, Subscribers

Viaplay paying subscribers up 83% in 2022
Feb 14, 2023 – Viaplay has released its interim report for the January-December period. In 2022, the Viaplay paying subscriber base grew 83% YoY to 7,318k (4,005) with 890k subscribers added in the final quarter.
News categories: Viaplay, Anders Jensen, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

Viaplay app to be pre-installed on Hisense Smart TVs
Nov 8, 2022 – Viaplay Group and Hisense's VIDAA have agreed that the Viaplay app will be pre-installed on all Hisense Smart TVs sold in Viaplay’s current D2C markets, and in North America where Viaplay will launch in early 2023.
News categories: Viaplay, VIDAA, Philip Wågnert, Nick Ruczaj, Apps, Digital TV, Europe, North America, Smart TV, Streaming

Viaplay to launch in the UK on November 1st
Oct 18, 2022 – The Viaplay streaming service will launch in the UK on 1 November, offering two packages: Films & Series package focused on Nordic storytelling, and Total that also includes sports from Viaplay and Premier Sports.
News categories: Viaplay, Anders Jensen, Digital TV, Streaming, UK

Play Group acquires 92.5% of Redge Technologies
Jul 7, 2022 – The Play Group (part of iliad) has acquired 92.5% of Redge Technologies. The residual 7.5% remains with Przemysław Frasunek, CEO and Co-Founder of the company. In 2021, Redge Technologies had revenues in excess of €7.5 million.
News categories: Redge Technologies, Play Group, Przemysław Frasunek, Tomasz Potapczuk, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, MandA, Poland, Streaming

STMicroelectronics Reveals Details of World's Most-Powerful Broadband Set-Top Box SoC
Sep 8, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has unveiled details of its forthcoming high-performance broadband set-top box system-on-chip IC for home entertainment, codenamed 'Orly'.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

STMicroelectronics launches interactive broadband home-entertainment platform
Sep 1, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced details of its latest interactive broadband home-entertainment platform, capable of a more personalized and socially interactive viewing experience with amazing 3D graphics and easy-to-use smart navigation.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, IBCShow, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up to Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment
Oct 28, 2009 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) have announced that ST has adopted the ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ processor, in addition to the Mali®-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box and digital TV ICs.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, ARM, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV