Magyar Telekom offers the world’s first IPTV over cable service

June 18, 2010 - PRLog -- Hungary’s Magyar Telekom announced recently that it will introduce the world’s first IPTV service cable television network using EuroDOCSIS 3.0 technology.

Based on a very high speed internet cable connection, the IPTV service will allow its users to record programs, stop live broadcasting and rewind content as well. Video-on-demand, EPG and DVR will also be part of the features.

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Magyar Telekom had 678,000 TV subscribers at the end of the first quarter of 2010, according to Dataxis Intelligence. Cable TV accounted for nearly 60% of the customer base, but fell 4% from last year.
Satellite services ended the quarter with 196,000 customers, while IPTV services attracted 79,000 subscribers, or 110% more customers than last year.

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