NEXTV
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NEXTV is a Canadian-based IPTV
provider that delivers digital television services via broadband
. It launched in 2007 and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group
, a Canadian ethnic broadcaster. NEXTV offers an array of multicultural channels to subscribers, via a set-top box and high speed Internet connection.
connection with a speed of at least 1.5Mbit/s and a set-top box which can be rented or purchased from NEXTV.
. In an effort to expand the service to other markets, Ethnic Channels Group partnered up with EURO-World Network, a distributor of ethnic channels in the US and Australia. In 2008, a US version of the service launched called NEXTV America, offering subscribers various packages of ethnic services, most identical to those offered by NEXTV in Canada. In 2011, the two companies launched NEXTV in Australia & New Zealand.http://www.nextv-australia.com
, Asia
& the Middle East
. They currently offer packages catering to the following ethnic groups:
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
provider that delivers digital television services via broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
. It launched in 2007 and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group
Ethnic Channels Group
Ethnic Channels Group is a Canadian television broadcasting, distribution and communications company, specializing in multicultural television channels for the Canadian and American markets. ECG has been in operation since 2004 and is owned by Slava Levin....
, a Canadian ethnic broadcaster. NEXTV offers an array of multicultural channels to subscribers, via a set-top box and high speed Internet connection.
Requirements
In order to receive the services offered by NEXTV, consumers require a high-speed InternetInternet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
connection with a speed of at least 1.5Mbit/s and a set-top box which can be rented or purchased from NEXTV.
Availability
NEXTV is currently available only to subscribers in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. In an effort to expand the service to other markets, Ethnic Channels Group partnered up with EURO-World Network, a distributor of ethnic channels in the US and Australia. In 2008, a US version of the service launched called NEXTV America, offering subscribers various packages of ethnic services, most identical to those offered by NEXTV in Canada. In 2011, the two companies launched NEXTV in Australia & New Zealand.http://www.nextv-australia.com
Channel Packages
NEXTV currently offers over 50 channels from around the world including EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
& the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
. They currently offer packages catering to the following ethnic groups:
- Croatian- (HRT AmericaCroatian RadiotelevisionCroatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
, Nova World, RTL TelevizijaRTL TelevizijaRTL Televizija is a Croatian commercial broadcaster with national availability that has been broadcasting since April 30, 2004.RTL Televizija is 74% owned by the RTL Group....
, HRT RadioCroatian RadiotelevisionCroatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
& Nardoni Radio)
- English- (Al Jazeera English, CBC News Network, Fashion OneFashion OneFashion One is a global fashion and entertainment television network, which was launched on 8 April 2010.Fashion One broadcasts 24/7 internationally and is the only channel to present a unique mix of lifestyle, travel, entertainment, film and fashion....
, Fox NewsFox News ChannelFox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
, The Pet NetworkThe Pet NetworkThe Pet Network is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Stornoway Communications. The Pet Network broadcasts entertainment and information programming featuring pets in the form of films, documentaries, dramas, and more.-History:...
& RTRT (TV network)RT, previously known as Russia Today, is a global multilingual television news network based in the Russian Federation run by the state-owned state-run RIA Novosti....
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- Filipino- (GMA Life TVGMA Life TVGMA Life TV, incorporated in February 2008 by GMA Network, is an international Filipino television station, and the company's secondary international channel to GMA Pinoy TV.-Background:...
, GMA Pinoy TVGMA Pinoy TVGMA Pinoy TV, incorporated in February 2004 by GMA Network and its subsidiaries GMA International & GMA Worldwide and launched in 2005 primarily in Japan and USA, is a 24-hour international Filipino television station. The channel is targeted towards Overseas Filipino and their families in the...
, GemnetDZCE-TVGEMNET is the first to test broadcast on DTV channel 49 is the flagship station of the Philippine Television Network GEMNET. It is currently the UHF television station of Christian Era Broadcasting Service, a broadcast ministry of the independent Philippine Christian church, the Iglesia ni Cristo,...
, NBNNational Broadcasting NetworkPeople's Television is the flagship government television network owned by the Philippine Government through People's Television Network, Inc. . Its head office, studios and transmitter are located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City .-History:The country's government...
, RPNRadio Philippines NetworkRadio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...
, UNTVDWAO-TVUNTV is a UHF television station in the Philippines operated by the Progressive Broadcasting Corporation, the same company that operates the 107.5 Win Radio and 91.5 Big Radio network of FM stations. DWAO is one of very few NTSC-System M stations in the world that broadcast on channel 37...
, VIVA TVViva TelevisionViva Television Corporation or Viva Television is one of the ten companies of Viva Entertainment, Inc..-History:To push its software across another medium, Viva Entertainment ventured into television production in 1986 thru local filmdom’s hottest property Sharon Cuneta via The Sharon Cuneta Show...
& DWLS FM Radio)
- German- (ARDARD (broadcaster)ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
, DW-TVDeutsche WelleDeutsche Welle or DW, is Germany's international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio on 98.7 DZFE in 30 languages . It has a satellite television service , that is available in four languages, and...
, EuroNewsEuroNewsEuronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews....
, ProSiebenSat.1 WeltProSiebenSat.1 WeltProSiebenSat.1 Welt is a German language television channel developed for the North American audiences.The channel offers programming highlights from the German television channels Sat.1, ProSieben, kabel eins and N24, which are owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. The news is specially produced for the...
, Schlager TV, ZDFZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
, Radio Herz & Radio Heimatmelodie)
- Hungarian- (ATVATV (Hungarian TV-channel)ATV is the first Hungarian private TV channel, broadcasting continuously since 1989. The focus of programming is news, public life, current events. Licensed as a partially public service commercial television station, it is obliged to broadcasting public interest programs 50% of the time...
, Echo TVEcho TVEcho TV is a Hungarian television channel own and operated by Echo Hungária TV Zrt.....
, HírTVHírTVHír TV is a Hungarian television news channel, the first of such made in the country. It began broadcasting on 2 January 2003.This TV channel was the only one to broadcast the 2006 protests in Hungary live. HirTV also performs investigative reports, political discussion programmes, a talk show and...
& Tenkes Radio)
- Portuguese- (PFC Internacional, RTP InternacionalRTP InternacionalRTP Internacional is the international television service of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcaster...
, Sport TV AméricasSport TVSportTV is the brand name for a group of seven Portuguese sports-oriented television channels. SportTV is the dominant subscription television sports brand in Portugal. The first channel, then known as only SportTV, was launched on 16 September 1998 and is produced by ZON Multimédia and...
& TV Globo InternacionalRede GloboRede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
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- Russian- (Club FootballClub FootballClub Football is a series of football video games, produced by Codemasters in 2003 and 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.Each version of the game focuses on a specific club with their official replica stadium, shirt and players...
, CTC, DomashnyDomashnyDomashny or Domashniy is a TV Network which targets female viewers aged 25–60. It was launched in March 2005. Domashny was aimed to deliver programming to capture an attractive audience in demand by advertisers, but traditionally under-served by broadcasters.CTC Media created the Domashny brand in...
, Kino 1, Kino 2, Kto est' Kto, HTB, Nashe Kino, Ren TV, RTRT (TV network)RT, previously known as Russia Today, is a global multilingual television news network based in the Russian Federation run by the state-owned state-run RIA Novosti....
, Russia 24, RTR PlanetaRTR PlanetaRTR-Planeta is the international service of VGTRK, a state-owned broadcaster in Russia. It is available throughout the world via cable and satellite. In fact, RTR Planeta is the only provider of Russian-language programming to the Asia-Pacific region covered by the AsiaSat2 Satellite...
, RTViRTViRTVi is an international Russian-language private television network, with studios based in Moscow, New York and Tel-Aviv, as well as bureaus in Washington DC, Berlin and Kiev, which broadcasts by satellite and cable in Europe, North America, Israel and CIS countries...
& TNT Russia)
- Serbian- (RTS SatRadio Television of SerbiaRadio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
& Radio BelgradeRadio BelgradeRadio Belgrade is a state-owned and operated radio station in Belgrade, Serbia.The predecessor of Radio Beograd, Radio Beograd-Rakovica, started its program in 1924 and was a part of a state wireless telegraph station. Radio Beograd, AD started in March 1929...
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- South Asian- (Kairali TVKairali TVKairali TV is an Indian television channel broadcasting in the Malayalam language catering to the Malayalam speaking population in Kerala as well as abroad . The channel, headquartered in Trivandrum, has studio facilities in Trivandrum as well as Kochi. Malayalam Communications Limited is the...
, People TVPeople TVPeople TV is an Indian television channel based at Trivandrum. It was launched by Malayalam Communications Limited. The channel focusses on news and current issues. It was People TV that introduced camera sting operation in Malayalam Television Journalism successfully...
& We TVWE TVWe TV is the third TV channel from Malayalam Communications Ltd, in Kerala and based at Trivandrum. The other two channels of this company are Kairali TV and People TV. WE TV is mainly aimed at the youth and was officially launched on April 14, 2007. Mr...
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- Vietnamese- (SBTNSaigon Broadcasting Television NetworkSaigon Broadcasting Television Network, abbreviated SBTN, is the first 24-hour Vietnamese language channel geared towards the Vietnamese diaspora. It is currently available in the United States on many cable systems as well as through DirecTV. The channel provides children, arts, entertainment,...
, Thuan Viet & VTV4Vietnam TelevisionVietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster for Vietnam. Like all media of Vietnam, its programming is directly controlled by the government.-History:...
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Resources
- Slava Levin is going over the top to get to ethnic Canadians (Interview with Slava Levin- RE: ECG & NEXTV)
External links
- Official NEXTV website
- NEXTV America
- NEXTV Australia
- Orion Electronics (NEXTV Dealer in Kitchener, Ontario)