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Right-to-left user interface customizations

“By April 2015, there were 14 service providers in 9 countries in the Middle East and North Africa offering commercial IPTV services. Bahrain had the largest number of IPTV providers with 3 providers offering services in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia and the UAE followed with 2 service providers each,” said Arab Advisors senior research analyst, Hiba […]

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Conax cites Beenius as reference in their new white paper

A lot has been said how Android OS is more exposed to attacks and that service providers should stay with Linux OS based STBs. But the fact is that Android is a highly desirable operating system which is changing the game in Connected TV industry. Conax, a provider of security systems and services, states in […]

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The use of television among diasporic communities

According to the Migration Policy Institute the U.S. has the largest number of global diaspora members of any country in the world. Among the top 10 largest diaspora populations in the United States are people from Germany, Ireland, Mexico, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, France, Puerto Rico, Netherlands and China. Different researchers are presenting that the […]

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Smart watches and TV everywhere

Love them or just don`t care about them they are here to stay according to Watches2U. And who would know better than one of the biggest online watch retailers in the world. When they were first introduced they were rugged and unattractive but things have changed since IBM introduced its Linux based smart watch in […]

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Chromecast is still the king of streaming devices

Strategy Analytics, a company that delivers analytics insights into Connected TV industry released latest report “Global Connected TV Device Vendor Market Share: Q3 2015”, which without a doubt states who is the king of streaming devices. Apple with its Apple TV on the second place is the closest rival but it is still lagging far […]

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Different VoD libaries on one platform

According to the report, The development of the European market for on-demand audiovisual services prepared by European Audiovisual Observatory in March 2015 the genres of VoD service which are the most established in EU countries are VoD Film services (41% of the total of VoD services), VoD TV fiction (13%) and VoD Generalist (11%). Service […]

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Big US cable operators and SVOD providers join forces

Big cable operators in the US have entered into a new stage of relationship with SVOD providers. They went from we will do anything to stop you to I guess we can`t stop you so let’s start cooperating. Cablevision has announced that they will be offering HBO Now service to its customers with no TV […]

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T-Mobile will let you stream Netflix and HBO for free

This week we have entered a new era of enjoying TV content on the go. According to T-Mobile, their new feature called “Binge On” will let subscribers stream video content from 24 different streaming video services without using up their data. Yes, this means viewers will be able to enjoy some of their favorite content […]

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Facebook video is getting serious

Source: digiday.com Competition forces innovation and innovation is changing the world! The numbers Facebook released this week are showing that they are very serious about the video business. 8 billion views per day made from 800 million viewers is twice as much as half a year ago and eight times the amount of one year […]

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The end of data roaming charges

This week one of the most popular decisions ever made by European Parliament has received a green light. It is official now that with 15 June 2017 mobile operators won`t be able to charge extra roaming costs to users while traveling to EU countries. This basically means you will be charged as in your […]