Acetrax
Acetrax is a video on demand company which was founded in the UK and Switzerland and incorporated as a Swiss company in Zürich in 2006[1] and which was bought by Sky .[2] The company provides over-the-top (OTT) content in Europe, for connected TVs. They claim to have their contents on TVs in 282 million households, in 48 countries.[3] It is understood that Sky's acquisition of Acetrax in May 2012 will provide the Sky customers who do not currently subscribe to pay TV - with films and music. The move seen as part of the satellite broadcaster's move into the internet TV market.
The gross assets of Acetrax stood at £2.3 million as of December 31, 2011, according to Sky.[4]
Acetrax will cease operation as of June 21, 2013.[5]
Apps
As well as video on demand, Acetrax has also created an app which is embeded in phones such as Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Toshiba, Grundig.
See also
- Cisco Systems
- Enhanced TV
- Hybrid digital TV
- Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV
- Interactive television
- Hotel television systems
- List of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices
- Over-the-top content
- Tivoization
References
- ↑ IPTV News, Informa Telecoms and Media, retrieved June 3, 2012
- ↑ "Sky acquires Acetrax as it prepares for NOW TV launch", Digital Spy (Digital Spy), retrieved June 3, 2012
- ↑ "Focused on Europe", About us (Acetrax), retrieved June 3, 2012
- ↑ "Sky acquires Acetrax on-demand streaming service", Cable (Cable (Existent Ltd)), retrieved November 30, 2010
- ↑ Acetrax announce end of operations, retrieved May 21, 2013
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