Five years ago this week… Deutsche Telekom (DT) launched the hybrid TV service MAXtv at Hvartski Telekom in Croatia, using set top software from Zenterio to bring costs down dramatically. Croatia was the latest pit stop for DT’s disruptive OTT video drive in Europe, having launched a €2 TV service in Germany just months earlier and following similar services in Greece, Romania and Slovakia. MAXtv allowed content to be viewed on phones and laptops, with online content delivered as an Adaptive Bit Rate stream. MAXtv has since not been deployed anywhere else, as DT pushes full steam ahead with MagentaTV. — US smart TV maker Vizio has snatched a baby from the arms of pay TV operators, by introducing…