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TELE2’S NEW IPTV SERVICE terrestrial networks. in Romania, PSI in Thailand, Elektrons Tele2 has Sisvel has also completed the in Latvia, Click TV in Mexico and launched a transfer from ETSI of the licensing Nenda in Scandinavia. Africanews is new internet framework covering DVB’s Common also reaching new audiences through TV service in Scrambling Algorithm, CSA2 and launching with operators such as Estonia in CSA3. DSTV, ZAP and Moobifun. collaboration EURONEWS EXPANDS BASE SES SURVEY RESPONSE with Go3. The deal consists of Euronews has increased its SES, the packages offering 31 channels and base to 25 million homes in the last leader in includes channels like Estonian few weeks across Africa, Asia, Europe global channels, Kidzone, Nickelodeon, Nick and North America. content Jr, Viasat (Explore, Nature, History), Nat connectivity Geo, BBC World News, Euronews, solutions TV1000 and TV1000 Action, NBA TV over satellite revealed the results of its and Setanta Sports. first-ever TV market reception survey The new Tele2 Go3 service is in the Philippines. Out of the 3,000 the first wireless solution in the residential households interviewed Estonian market that provides TV across the Philippines, SES unveiled viewing on smart TV screens using the that households who subscribed to application. It does not require the satellite TV ranked highest in terms of purchase or rental of a Digibox: all satisfaction with their TV service. A content is broadcast through the Go3 large majority of satellite TV application. households were very satisfied with This application is compatible their TV service (76%), in comparison with smart TVs LG, Samsung and with cable TV (70%), digital terrestrial Android TV, as well as smartphones (69%), analogue terrestrial (59%) and and tablets based on iOS and Android. IPTV (54%) respectively. NEW STDS FROM DVB The distribution has expanded Satellite TV (17%) is also the Licensing programmes through existing operators to their second-most popular mode of TV covering DVB standards DVB-S2, entire subscribers’ base on three major reception in the Philippines, behind DVB-SIS and DVB-CSA have been platforms in Canada, one in the US, terrestrial TV (66%) but ahead of cable updated. four in Scandinavia, one in Romania, TV (15%) and IPTV (2%), according to DVB member Sisvel, which three in Africa, one in Georgia and the SES Satellite Monitor report. The manages patent licensing programmes another in Ukraine. This extended offer Philippines stands as one of the most for several DVB standards, has represents an incremental 22.5 million dynamic and highly-penetrated TV announced it’s completed the transfer homes who are now able to access markets in Asia Pacific with over 20.8 of the licensing programme for DVB- Euronews. million TV households and 86.8% TV S2 essential patents. The company is penetration rate. working with DVB-S2 patent owners The SES annual market on the terms of a relaunched patent research, also known as the SES pool, that will include facilitated Satellite Monitor, offers a licensing of DVB-S2X patents as well. comprehensive and in-depth analysis In March, Sisvel announced In addition, the group reached into the TV market in each country it the availability of a licensing several distribution deals with new surveys and is designed to assess the programme covering the recent DVB partners since the beginning of the development of TV reception modes, standard, DVB-SIS (Single Illumination year launching Euronews, adding 2.5 SES’s total reach in the market, as well System), which covers the use of a million homes, through agreements as to serve as a benchmark for the TV satellite beam for both DTH and with Telekom Romania and Vodafone and satellite industry.
SATELLITE & CABLE TV 49 JUNE 2020