NEXTV
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Products | IPTV, Ethnic TV |
| Owner | Ethnic Channels Group |
| Website | NEXTV |
NEXTV is a Canadian-based Over the Top provider that delivers digital television services via Internet. 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. In 2012, Ethnic Channels Group acquired a BDU license for the Greater Toronto Area.
Requirements
NEXTV delivers video and audio to the subscriber's home using their existing high speed internet connection. In order to receive the services offered by NEXTV, consumers require a high-speed Internet connection with a speed of at least 5.0Mbit/s and a set-top box which can be purchased in local stores.
Availability
NEXTV is currently available to subscribers in Canada and United States.
Channel Packages
NEXTV currently offers over 40 channels from Europe, Asia and North America. They currently offer packages catering to the following ethnic groups:
- English- (Al Jazeera English, Fox News, Press TV & RT)
- Filipino- (Aksyon TV International, Filipino TV & Kapatid TV5)
- German- (EuroNews, German Kino Plus, ProSiebenSat.1 Welt, SchlagerTV & Radio Herz)
- Hungarian- (ATV, Duna World, Echo TV, Hír TV & M4 Sport)
- Portuguese- (PFC Internacional, Record Internacional, RTP Internacional, TV Globo Internacional & TVI Internacional)
- Russian- (RTVi, RTR Planeta, AMEDIA 2, Russian Illuzion, Nashe Kino, CTC International, TVCi, TV Rain, & Detskiy )
- Zee Package- (Zee TV Canada, Zee Cinema & Zing)
Resources
- The face of ethnic media (Interview with Slava Levin -ECG & NEXTV)
- OTT A Major Challenge to Satellite, Ethnic Channels Group Says (Interview with Slava Levin - Co-founder and CEO of Ethnic Channels Group)
- New Sports Channel Wants to Play in Canada