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TiVo has acquired CubiwareJune 17, 2015Set-top box (STB) and TV software vendor TiVo has acquired Cubiware; a Polish STB middleware provider. Cubiware will enable TiVo to address emerging market opportunities outside its traditional, mature and saturated pay TV markets. On the surface it provides TiVo with access to a customer base in emerging markets, but the rationale behind the acquisition may have much deeper strategic underpinnings.
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Apple iPad Sales declineAugust 06, 2014Apple has reported that iPad sales declined 9.2% year on year (YoY). This is the second of two consecutive YoY declines but it is less severe than the 16.1% drop between Q1 2013 to Q1 in 2014.
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Enhancing user experience in tablets for entertainment: Sony Xperia Z2 and Huawei’s MediaPad X1 and MediaPad M1April 02, 2014A new line of tablets for consumers has been released including Sony's Xperia 10.1 inch tablet and two tablets with smartphone capability by Huawei, the MediaPad X1 and the MediaPad M1.
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Apple's Q4 2013 iPad Results Analysis: With US market maturing focus is on ChinaJanuary 30, 2014Apple reported its results for calendar quarter Q4 2013, (the first quarter of Apple’s 2014 financial year) with iPad, iPhone and Mac all showing unit and revenue growth year over year (YoY).
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Mobile operators and handset OEMs should fear Samsung's retail expansionJanuary 30, 2014Samsung plans to open sixty Samsung-branded stores across seven countries in partnership with technology retailer Carphone Warehouse. Operators will be disappointed to see an already dominant mobile handset maker become even stronger in retail. By having a one stop shop for all Samsung device sales and crucially repairs and other trouble shooting, Samsung stores could steer more consumers into its stores and not into operators' stores.
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Big Nokia launches for Microsoft's mobile futureOctober 21, 2013Both sets of new handsets are important products for Nokia and Microsoft. The new Asha handsets are a critical holding action against ever cheaper Android smartphones and a way to maintain customers that can later be sold Lumia Windows Phones. The 1520 an
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Russia sets analogue switch-off for 2018September 11, 2013According to a project by Russia's Ministry of Communications, analogue switch-off will take place in the whole country by 1 July 2018. The ministry also decided to keep must-carry status exclusively for the...Subscribers Only
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Belarus clamps down on satellite dishes as analogue switch beginsAugust 04, 2013According to new regulations by the Belarusian Ministry of Architecture and Construction, every new satellite dish to be installed on a façade of building will require a special permission from the...
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Poland completes analogue switch-offJuly 22, 2013Three years after launch of DTT platform Poland has completed the process of analogue switch-off (ASO). In the last stage of the process, which started in the last quarter of 2012, analogue terrestrial...
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Russia's multiplex 2 launched amid fear of delay in network roll-outJuly 02, 2013Russian transmission company, RTRS, launched the country's second multiplex in the city of Kazan, in the European part of Russia. The multiplex broadcasting nine free-to-air channels in DVB-T2 is...
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Macedonia completes analogue switch-offJune 03, 2013At the end of May 2013, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia completed the process of switching off analogue terrestrial TV after a five-year period of simulcast. Currently the country's DTT platform offers five free to air channels,...
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Apple's results demonstrate where it has sustainable differentiationApril 23, 2013Apple reported its results first the first calendar quarter of 2013. Operational metrics remains strong while financial performance slipped very slightly.IHS believes Apple has four assets that will deliver sustainable differentiation in the future, notab
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Ericsson's acquisition of Microsoft MediaroomApril 21, 2013Telecommunications solutions provider Ericsson is to acquire Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV Middleware business. Mediaroom is an IPTV software platform that includes the entire set-top box software stack and also related software that...
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Turkish regulator awards 33 DTT licencesApril 21, 2013Turkish regulator, the Radio and Television High Council (RTUK), has awarded 33 national digital terrestrial TV (DTT) licences, following an auction procedure, to a range of private broadcasters and thematic channel operators.
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Towercom to launch pay DTT Plustelka TV in SlovakiaApril 16, 2013Slovak transmission company, Towercom, is planning to launch a pay DTT service, called Plustelka, in the beginning of May 2013. The new service will offer up to twelve SD channels, including Eurosport 1 and...
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New satellite platform nc plus targets high end of marketMarch 22, 2013Poland's new satellite TV platform, nc plus, the result of the merger between Canal Plus-owned Cyfra plus and TVN's N, has launched with an offer, including 50 HD channels, as well as VoD and multiscreen services..
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RCS&RDS sells Croatian Digi TV to Telekom AustriaMarch 14, 2013RCS&RDS has sold Digi TV, its Croatian satellite TV platform, to Telekom Austria (TA).
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Pay DTT to launch in Belarus in DVB-T2February 27, 2013Belarusian incumbent, state-owned Beltelecom, is planning to launch in April 2013 a pay DTT service on country's multiplexes 2 and 3. The service will broadcast 16 pay channels on top of eight free to air from...
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Arabsat to buy Hellas Sat from debt-ridden OTEFebruary 11, 2013Leading Middle East and North Africa (MENA) satellite operator Arabsat Satellite Communications (Arabsat) had concluded a deal with the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE) for the purchase of...
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Poland to expand DTT channel offerJanuary 04, 2013Polish broadcasting regulator, KRRiT, called a tender for four places on country's multiplex 1. Currently the capacity is used by the public broadcaster, TVP, which by 28th of April 2014 will move its channels...
