Hilversum, 3 May 2021 – NEP The Netherlands (NEP) has announced today that they’ve reached agreement on the acquisition of Stoneroos. The transaction, where 100 % of the shares are transferred to NEP, is completed on May 3rd. With this acquisition, Stoneroos has become part of NEP immediately.

Together with Delta – which is rated as the best Dutch provider of 2020 – Stoneroos is constantly striving for improvements of their TV product. As the outcome of this, Stoneroos is happy to announce a fully improved set-top box user experience for DELTA and Caiway. The operating brands from the leading internet, TV and telephony provider DELTA Fiber Netherlands.

SportsTribal TV is the new free, ad-supported streaming TV service (FAST) specializing 100% in sports-themed content. The new free-to-air sports streaming TV service hosts a wide selection of 24/7 linear sports channels not available on traditional pay-tv operators. The new OTT service gives under represented sports, rights owners and sports media companies the ability to ‘go direct’ to their fans on a daily basis to engage and entertain whilst earning valuable new advertising revenues.

SportsTribal TV is a new free, sports streaming TV service representing a wide range of new and exciting 24/7 sport-based entertainment channels from around the world, all on one streaming service. SportsTribal has chosen the white-label OTT NOW! solution from Stoneroos for its launch in late 2020.

Annelies Kaptein is the founder and CEO of Stoneroos, her company that has been making digital television applications for eighteen years. KPN is an important customer in the Netherlands, among others, but “we are ready to look for our expansion abroad”, says Kaptein. The largest and most important step has now been taken in Switzerland. In BM Talk Annelies Kaptein tells about her plans and ambitions.