Microsoft widens IPTV middleware lead with nearly a quarter of market
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An investigation into the IPTV market by ABI Research has revealed that Microsoft's Mediaroom platform has a growing leadership of the middleware market and is now present in 23% of deployed IPTV boxes. What makes this performance more impressive, ...

Deutsche Telekom maintains IPTV growth
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Deutsche Telekom has managed to increase the number of customers for its IPTV platform Entertain despite the loss of the football Bundesliga rights with 76,000 new households signing up for the German telco's TV offering in Q3 2012. In total, Entertain ...

UPDATE 1-Manitoba Tel profit up on higher demand for telecom services
Reuters
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Canada's Manitoba Telecom Services Inc , which has said it may sell its Allstream business, reported a rise in quarterly profit on demand for wireless, broadband and IPTV services. Net earnings rose 10 percent to C$40.8 million ($40 ...

Magyar Telekom gains IPTV subs
Broadband TV News
Magyar Telekom saw impressive growth in its IPTV subscriber take-up in the year to September 30, the figure increasing by 52.6% to 291,872. As a result, the latter exceed the number of DTH subscribers, which grew by 6.3% over the same period, to 287,284.

IPTV middleware market grows 23 pc in 2012
CIOL
BANGALORE, INDIA: IPTV platform leads the IPTV middleware market and continues to grow in market share as of mid-2012 to 23 per cent of deployed IPTV boxes, despite an environment that is beginning to fragment with many small and regional players, ...

BH Telecom places €3mn order for new OTT platform
IPTV News
A new over-the-top (OTT) video service is brewing for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the country's BH Telecom placing an order worth €3mn with Slovenian firm Beenius for an OTT service delivery platform and an extension of the existing IPTV and VoIP ...

IPTV Subscribers Top Record 6 Mil. in Korea
Arirang News
According to the Korea Digital Media Association, if the current rate continues, the number of IPTV subscribers will hit the 7 million mark by the first half of next year. Currently Korea's top three mobile carriers.. SK Telecom, KT Corporation and LG ...

TDS Telecom's wireline bundle efforts drive up revenues 5%
FierceTelecom
While TDS offers satellite video services via a relationship with Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH), in areas where it offers its own IPTV service, it has found that broadband penetration continues to rise. During the quarter, ILEC triple play penetration ...

Korean IPTV subs to hit 6mn this week
IPTV News
The number of households in South Korea who are paying to receive managed IPTV services will reach 6mn some time this week, according to the country's three IPTV operators. Local news agency Yonhap states that there were 5.948mn IPTV subscribers in ...

Pay TV Operators Aim to Increase Penetration in the Low-income User Group ...
Sacramento Bee
The rising competition among cable TV and DTH operators, and Internet protocol TV (IPTV) operators in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico will improve the availability and quality of services, add value to service offerings, and enhance price points.

Copaco reveals 4th launch date for IPTV service
TeleGeography
Paraguay. Paraguayan telecoms operator Compania Paraguaya de Comunicaciones (Copaco) is expected to launch its long-delayed IPTV service on a commercial basis before the end of November, NexTV LatAm reports, almost one year behind schedule.

Microsoft grows presence in IPTV middleware space
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Sam Rosen, ABI Research director for TV and video, made it a point to note the difference between system integrators who provide an end-to-end IPTV solution and vendors who specialize in applications and customer experience. "With the exception of ... 

Microsoft now controls nearly a quarter of the global IPTV middleware market
IPTV News
Microsoft's Mediaroom platform was installed in 23% of deployed IPTV set-top boxes by the middle of 2012, despite an environment that is beginning to fragment with many small and regional players, according to US firm ABI Research. Chinese system ...

Google exec says Moto buy was all about patents; Fetch TV looking to snag ...
FierceIPTV
Cable & Wireless launched IPTV in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Story. > Ukrainian SCM Group-owned Telecom Vega is conducting tests and building an FTTH network in anticipation of launching IPTV in Odessa. Story. > Chilean service provider ...