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Acetrax
was a
video on demand
company which was founded in the
UK
and
Switzerland
and incorporated as a Swiss company in Zurich in 2006.
[1]
The company was later acquired by
Sky
, a British telecommunications company.
[2]
The company provided
over-the-top
(OTT) content in
Europe
, for
connected TVs
. As of 2011, the company claimed to have their contents on TVs in 282 million households, in 48 countries.
[3]
Sky acquired Acetrax in 2012 to expand their OTT capabilities.
[4]
The gross assets of Acetrax stood at £2.3 million as of 31 December 2011, according to Sky.
[5]
By 2013, Acetrax had partnered with a variety of smart TVs and media players, including LG,
[6]
Samsung,
[7]
Toshiba, Panasonic,
[8]
Philips and WD TV.
[9]
Acetrax ceased operations as of 21 June 2013.
[10]
The service was integrated into Sky's on-demand service
Sky Store
.
[4]
Apps
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]
As well as video on demand, Acetrax has also created an
app
which is
embedded
in phones such as
Samsung
,
LG
,
Panasonic
,
Toshiba
,
Grundig
.
[
citation needed
]
See also
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]
References
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]
- ^
IPTV News
, Informa Telecoms and Media, archived from
the original
on August 30, 2012
, retrieved
June 3,
2012
- ^
"Sky acquires Acetrax as it prepares for NOW TV launch"
,
Digital Spy
, 3 May 2012
, retrieved
June 3,
2012
- ^
"Focused on Europe"
,
About us
, Acetrax, archived from
the original
on October 1, 2011
, retrieved
June 3,
2012
- ^
a
b
"Sky closing down Acetrax Movies"
.
Broadband TV News
. 2013-05-28
. Retrieved
2020-03-23
.
- ^
"Sky acquires Acetrax on-demand streaming service"
,
Cable
, Cable (Existent Ltd), archived from
the original
on August 31, 2012
, retrieved
November 30,
2010
- ^
Loveridge, Sam (2013-01-16).
"LG Smart TVs add Napster music streaming"
.
Trusted Reviews
. Retrieved
2020-03-23
.
- ^
"Samsung unveils TV Discovery for finding and watching video content"
.
Engadget
. 17 July 2019
. Retrieved
2020-03-23
.
- ^
"Panasonic goes Over The Top with AceTrax"
.
Broadband TV News
. 2010-07-10
. Retrieved
2020-03-23
.
- ^
"WD TV adds streaming options, tunes televisions near and far to your Slingbox"
.
Engadget
. 19 July 2019
. Retrieved
2020-03-23
.
- ^
Acetrax announce end of operations
, archived from
the original
on February 8, 2005
, retrieved
May 21,
2013