NEXTV

NEXTV

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Type	Private company
Industry	Broadcasting
Founded	2007
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
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 USA.

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 GMA Life TV, GMA Pinoy 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

See also

• IPTV
• Ethnic Channels Group