8th Oct 2014 05:42
LONDON (Alliance News) - EE Ltd is expected to launch a set-top box on Wednesday in a bid to keep pace with rivals BT Group PLC and TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC, both of which have gained customers by moving into television, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.
The newspaper said it is understood the device will offer a service comparable to YouView, the technology used by BT and TalkTalk. EE is believed to have held talks with the consortium behind the YouView box earlier this year but instead decided to go its own way.
Source said the set-top box hardware will be provided by Netgem, a Paris-based company which already partners with Orange SA, the French multinational which owns half of EE alongside Deutsche Telekom AG, according to The Telegraph.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/telecoms/11147319/EE-to-launch-TV-set-top-box.html
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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