Accenture and Proximus have teamed to reinvent the Belgian telco and media company’s customer, employee and ecosystem experiences for its on-demand and streaming entertainment service, Pickx. Proximus engaged Accenture to design, implement and train its people on Accenture Video Solution (AVS) – a cloud-agnostic platform to manage Proximus’ digital video content and optimize its end-user […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for set-top boxes (STB), smart TV, multiscreen and in-vehicle entertainment, has announced that Belgian telco Proximus has launched several new apps to further enhance reach and device variety for its super-aggregated Pickx service. 3SS has designed and delivered new Pickx apps for Apple TV, and iOS […]
Velocix, the carrier-grade cloud TV software provider, has announced that Proximus, Belgium’s largest convergent telecoms player, has optimised the delivery of its Pickx multiscreen video services with performance insights from Velocix Analytics. Recently deployed by Proximus, this SaaS streaming analytics application provides deep insights into the performance of the Velocix CDN plus detailed metrics about the […]
Xavier Niel-controlled Carraun, the parent company of Irish telco Eir, has confirmed that it holds an approximately 6 per cent interest in Belgian multiplay operator Proximus. Carraun says it is making the investment in Proximus to get exposure to the Belgian leader in connectivity, describing it as “the undisputed domestic leader” in fixed and mobile, […]
Belgian multiplay operator Proximus has extended its partnership with content discovery and viewer lifecycle management specialist ThinkAnalytics to power its Pickx IPTV and OTT service across all platforms including Android TV and other deployed STBs, Apple TV, as well as iOS and Android mobile devices. “Having worked closely with ThinkAnalytics over five years, we are […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for set-tox box (STB), Smart TV and multiscreen digital entertainment, has announced that Belgian telco Proximus has selected 3Ready as the foundation for its next-generation TV Everywhere multi-device Pickx offering. After a competitive RFP, Proximus selected 3SS’ product platform 3Ready to power next-generation 3SS-engineered Pickx UI/UX […]
HCL Technologies (HCL), a global technology company, has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Proximus Group, Belgium’s leading digital services and communications solutions provider, to transform its data centre business and create a resilient digital foundation. HCL will help Proximus and its internal business achieve a significantly higher flexibility and reliance as the foundation to […]
Trade body the 25GS-PON MSA Group, which brings together major operators along with leading system and component vendors to promote and accelerate the development and deployment of 25 Gigabit Symmetrical Passive Optical Network (25GS-PON) technology, has added 17 new member organisations, including service providers Proximus, OptiComm, and INEA, as well as CableLabs, the cable industry’s […]
Nokia and Proximus have turned on what they claim is world’s fastest fibre access network at a media event in Antwerp attended by the Belgian Minister of Telecommunications, the Mayor of Antwerp and executives and engineers from the two companies. Operating over existing fibre and Nokia equipment deployed in the Proximus network, the 25G PON […]
Velocix, a provider of carrier-grade video streaming and advertising technology, has announced that Proximus, Belgium’s largest convergent telecoms player, has scaled-out its Pickx multi-screen video service using Velocix’s content delivery network (CDN) technology. Driven by rapidly rising stream viewership and a growing subscriber base, Proximus will more than double its HTTP streaming capacity using Velocix’s […]