IPTV expansion key to Bell Canada's future
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Bell Canada (NYSE: BCE) will continue to aggressively pursue an IPTV business to overcome what a carrier executive concedes is a "challenged" traditional wireline business, extending the footprint where service is available and introducing a wireless ...

AJ Spiker Says on IPTV Iowa Republicans are For 'One Man-One Woman ...
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While local Republicans like Jeff Angelo have spoken out in favor of gay marriage and equality in recent weeks, AJ Spiker, of Ames, and chairman of the Iowa Republican Party said Iowa Republicans do not embrace gay marriage. “There is a gay marriage ...

HBO goes live in Denmark
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HBO Nordic has launched its service in the Danish market over the IPTV service Telia TV. New episodes of popular HBO series will be made available, with ...

Telecom Italia FY results fall short of targets
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IPTV customers were down by 27 percent year-on-year and 16,000 from Q3 to 195,000. Adjusted net debt fell to EUR 28.3 billion at year-end from EUR 30.4 ...

BBC to trial online-first delivery of selected shows
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UK broadcaster the BBC has plans to broadcast selected shows online ahead of their scheduled TV transmission, in an effort to further increase usage of its ...

Coming soon: Twitter Q&As on companion screen services
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Passionate about companion screen services? We will be hosting Twitter Q&As with Nicolas Bry, SVP at Orange Vallée, and Fernando Garcia Calvo, head of ...

Hotels using LG Electronics, Swisscom Hospitality to provide IPTV
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More and more hotels are using IPTV to not only enhance guest experiences but also to create "incremental advertising revenue with the help of enterprising service providers," according to a story in HospitalityTechDecisions. HTML5 and a bevy of tech ...

France Telecom turns Orange
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After years of using the Orange brand for its broadband, TV and phone services, France Telecom is planning to officially change its name to Orange on July 1st, ...  

Frankfurt Airport to launch IPTV network
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Frankfurt Airport's operating company, Fraport AG, has announced it will be launching an IPTV network which will include more than 90 television and radio channels delivered to more than 400 set-top boxes located across the network of terminals ...

Over quarter of Croatians receive TV via IPTV
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A survey conducted by Ipsos shows that 57 percent of Croatian households receive TV via terrestrial distribution, 27 percent via IPTV, 14 percent via cable and only 9 percent via satellite/DTH. Only one percent of Croatians do not have a TV set, while ...

Swisscom increases IPTV subs in 2012
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Switzerland's national telco Swisscom increased the number of customers of its IPTV platform Swisscom TV by 183,000 to a total of 791,000 in 2012. This corresponds with a growth of 30.1% compared with 2011, the company announced at the presentation of ...

IPTV gains worldwide market share
Broadband TV News
tvSet Globally, IPTV is gaining market share year-over-year while the rest of the pay-TV platforms are slowly contracting, according to ABI Research. The worldwide pay-TV market grew at a steady pace in 2012 generating $238 billion (€176.02 billion) by ...

Internet-based pay-TV services see growth as cable continues to contract
BGR
Traditional cable-based TV providers saw their share of the pay-TV market decline in 2012 as Internet-based TV services offered by companies like Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) grew more popular, according to a new report. Market research firm ABI Research ...
 

Frankfurt Airport selects Teracue IPTV network
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Germany's Frankfurt Airport has selected IPTV equipment developer Teracue's IPTV hardware and software. This has enabled the airport to distribute more than 90 television and radio channels over the IPTV network. To date, more than 400 set-top boxes ...