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Acetrax

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Acetrax
Industry technology
Founded 2006
Headquarters Zurich , Switzerland
Area served
Europe
Parent Sky

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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ IPTV News , Informa Telecoms and Media, archived from the original on August 30, 2012 , retrieved June 3, 2012
  2. ^ "Sky acquires Acetrax as it prepares for NOW TV launch" , Digital Spy , 3 May 2012 , retrieved June 3, 2012
  3. ^ "Focused on Europe" , About us , Acetrax, archived from the original on October 1, 2011 , retrieved June 3, 2012
  4. ^ a b "Sky closing down Acetrax Movies" . Broadband TV News . 2013-05-28 . Retrieved 2020-03-23 .
  5. ^ "Sky acquires Acetrax on-demand streaming service" , Cable , Cable (Existent Ltd), archived from the original on August 31, 2012 , retrieved November 30, 2010
  6. ^ Loveridge, Sam (2013-01-16). "LG Smart TVs add Napster music streaming" . Trusted Reviews . Retrieved 2020-03-23 .
  7. ^ "Samsung unveils TV Discovery for finding and watching video content" . Engadget . 17 July 2019 . Retrieved 2020-03-23 .
  8. ^ "Panasonic goes Over The Top with AceTrax" . Broadband TV News . 2010-07-10 . Retrieved 2020-03-23 .
  9. ^ "WD TV adds streaming options, tunes televisions near and far to your Slingbox" . Engadget . 19 July 2019 . Retrieved 2020-03-23 .
  10. ^ Acetrax announce end of operations , archived from the original on February 8, 2005 , retrieved May 21, 2013