Global IPTV subscribers up 6% in Q3 to 54.4 mn: Study
Indiantelevision.com
MUMBAI: The latest broadband and IPTV figures published by the Broadband Forum show a surge in growth in the third quarter of 2011, with more new subscribers added in the quarter than at any time since early 2009. The figures also point to the growing ...

Preparing for the IP Transition
TV Technology
The ICN provided full motion video service to school, universities, government buildings and IPTV's then eight transmitter sites. The ICN continues to serve these facilities today. Of course technology has changed over time. ...

STARZ previews Spartacus online to cable, IPTV and satellite customers
Rapid tv news
Starz Digital Media is ratcheting up the furore over the second season of the STARZ Original series, "Spartacus: Vengeance," debuting on 27 January. The premium cable network will sample the first full episode of "Spartacus: Vengeance" to more than ...

Pacnet: "Caching no longer solves all problems"
IPTV News
We speak to Chris Wilson, SVP product strategy & management at Pacnet, a global telecommunications service provider headquartered in Singapore and Hong Kong and formed from the operational merger of Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet. ...

Swisscom develops catch-up TV offering
IPTV News
Swiss telco Swisscom is in the process of adding a catch-up TV feature to its IPTV service 'Swisscom TV' that enables customers to watch programmes from 70 channels up to 24 hours after their original broadcast. The catch-up TV service is currently ...

Mobile Penetration and IPTV Services Fuel Brazil's Market through 2016 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Brazil is undergoing a cultural and economic transformation that will cause mobile penetration to grow from 118 percent in 2011 to 153 percent in 2016 and IPTV services to increase from 21000 subscriptions in 2011 to ...

A smart TV opportunity for telcos
Technology Spectator
A preoccupation with the development of IPTV as a viable non-traditional business opportunity for telecoms and broadband network operators can distract us from the fact that additional avenues are open to telcos seeking a foothold in the pay-TV market. ...

Ian Chin of BesTV New Media to Present at CDN Asia Summit
MarketWatch (press release)
HONG KONG, Jan 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ahead of the CDN Asia Summit IPTV News caught up with Ian Chin, Chief Operating Officer at China's BesTV New Media (a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group). As well as speaking at the CDN Asia Summit along with ...

Vision IPTV's white label video apps deliver crystal clear video content to ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Vision IPTV, UK's leading online video platform, has been shortlisted today as the UK's Most Innovative Mobile Company by Smart UK Project. Along with its suite of services for broadcasters, Vision IPTV also provides white label video apps for delivery ...

KT's IPTV base exceeds 3 mln
Telecompaper (subscription)
South Korean communications provider KT ended 2011 with 3.076 million IPTV subscribers, up from 2.085 million in December 2010. KT added 82000 new IPTV subscribers in December. The company also had 221000 Wi-Fi customers, a number which has been ...

Embedded Senior Software Engineer - DTV, IPTV, STB
ElectronicsWeekly.com
The role will require the embedded engineer to carry out the whole SDLC on cutting edge applications on embedded devices including DVB Set-top-boxes, IPTV and HDTVs. If you feel you are the perfect Set-top box (STB)/DVB/IPTV embedded engineer for this ...

BT Vision to add social media
Broadband TV News
BT Vision is to redesign its IPTV service to offer a more personalised experience and to include elements of social media. A report in the Financial Times ...

Big December pushes BBC iPlayer to record figures
Computer Business Review
BBC's iPlayer has recorded record viewing figures, driven by the growth of mobiles, tablets and IPTV usage across 2011, followed by a particularly big December. The corporation says it saw 1.94 billion TV and radio requests across the iPlayer platform, ...

Political parties like Congress, BJP, SP reaching out to voters via social media
Economic Times
While the Congress and Samajwadi Party are using social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, the BJP is using the Internet protocol television (IPTV) to reach out. Even the BSP, which spends little by way of publicity, ...

Give me my IPTV: Consumers prepared to do almost anything for ...
Herald Sun
You want Roku, you'll have to buy a set top box overseas as it's not available in Australia. Picture: Roku Source: Supplied CONSUMERS fed-up with waiting ...