IPTV Features & Functions
German broadband service provider 1&1 taps ABOX42 to supply set-top boxes for a new IPTV service. Using the M30-Series set-top boxes, 1&1 will deliver the service, which includes multiple features such as live TV, VoD, catch-up TV, time-shift TV, PVR, HbbTV and video streaming services.
Technology partner to ABOX42, Zattoo is pre-integrating its multiscreen TV solution on to ABOX42’s boxes for the IPTV service.
1&1 will deliver its TV service using unicast IPTV on DSL, VDSL and fibre networks.
IPTV Service and Offering
“With more than four million DSL customers in Germany, 1&1 is a powerful player in the service provider market, and adding a compelling television offering to its portfolio will further strengthen its position,” said Matthias Greve, CEO of ABOX42.
“Ultimately, 1&1 chose the ABOX42 set-top box platform based on our extensive deployment expertise, fast time to market, and support for next-generation features, including HbbTV and on-demand streaming services. Together, we’re shaping next-generation television experiences in Germany.”
Digital TV service
1&1’s digital TV service, which is also available via an app, will cost €9.99 a month for subscribers to the operator’s DSL50 and DSL100 packages. The minimum contract period is 24 months.
App’s are available for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets as well as Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV devices.
1&1 is offering up to three simultaneous streams of a service with about 90 free-to-air channels. In addition to HD version’s of Germany’s public channels, a variety of genre- and country-specific packages are available.
The service provides recording, pause live-TV, instant restart and catch-up from the cloud.
Source: DTVE
