UPC Netherlands is the Horizon Mediabox from Samsung in the coming months to try on his cable network. The set-top box is able to onlinevideocontent to show and can stream video to several tv’s or mobile devices.
That has UPC confirmed opposite TotaalTV. The arrival of a set-top box with internet technology, it was announced by Mike Fries, ceo of UPC’s parent company Liberty Global. According to Frieze, the technique of the set-top box to internet and tv to closely integrate and will the by Samsung-made hardware, the first in Europe to be tested.
UPC will for Liberty Global in the Netherlands take the lead. The company will probably from July on a small scale and within the own organization the first tests with the Horizon Mediabox. The set-top box would, thanks to six tuners are capable of video streams wireless to stream to different devices at the same time, for example, to other tv sets in the house, or to a smartphone or tablet. Also, additional content from the web are met and are iptv broadcasts. Maybe the kabelaar the Horizon Mediabox at the end of this year on the market.
