MIcrosoft confirms live TV for the Xbox
IPTV News
Microsoft has confirmed that it will start delivering live television services direct to the Xbox 360 game console in multiple markets around the world this autumn, with a number of content deals already signed. Ending months if not years of ...

Vivicast Media Bags Wild and Untamed Interactive 3D for the Americas
PR Newswire (press release)
With content licensing that crosses multiple platforms and borders, Vivicast brings a suite of linear channels to viewers who want programming for multiple user devices like tablets and smart devices, as well as traditional IPTV and cable deployments. ...

IPTV subs in Asia Pacific to nudge 100mn by 2016
IPTV News
Out of the 388mn digital TV homes to be added between 2010 and 2016, digital cable is expected to contribute the most with 188mn new subscribers, followed by IPTV with 85mn, then DTT with 68mn, and pay DTH is expected to come last with an additional ...

VDSL Port Shipments Grow to Record Level in the First Quarter, According to ...
Sacramento Bee
"With ADSL being a mature technology with limited bandwidth capabilities, many service providers are upgrading their networks with high-speed VDSL or PON equipment to enable new, high-bandwidth intensive services such as IPTV," said Tam Dell'Oro, ...

Report: Pace, Moto battle for STB lead; hybrids set to grow
CED Magazine
Market research firm Infonetics Research released some of the results from its first-quarter 2011 cable, satellite, IPTV and OTT set-top boxes and subscribers market size, market share and forecast report. Among the results, Motorola is leading the ...

Report: Pace, Moto battle for STB lead; hybrids set to grow
‎CED Magazine - Mike Robuck
Market research firm Infonetics Research released some of the results from its first-quarter 2011 cable, satellite, IPTV and OTT set-top boxes and ...

Three-way shootout: IPTV
Sydney Morning Herald
Telstra director, IPTV and pay TV, Ben Kinealy says consumers want choice. ''We took the decision to be everywhere - on Foxtel, online, T-Box and smart TVs. That is so powerful for the customer,'' he says. BigPond TV on tablets will be next. ...

Anevia Marks its Participation in World IPv6 Day by Announcing IPv6 Compliant ...
Benzinga
Anevia also announced today that its hardware and software products for IPTV, over-the-top TV (OTT), and Video-on-Demand (VOD) are IPv6 compliant. Anevia has upgraded and tested its ViaLive, ViaMotion and Flamingo products so that its customers benefit ...

NBN: Is $109 the magic triple play price?
iTWire
By Renai LeMay Most of Australia's major fixed-line telcos have standardised their pricing on mid-range bundled broadband, telephone and IPTV plans around the $109 mark. opinion After Telstra revealed plans yesterday to at least double the data quotas ...

Asia Pacific to add 400 million digital TV homes
Broadband TV News
Digital cable will contribute a further 188 million and pay DTH 29 million, with pay IPTV supplying a further 85 million. So pay TV penetration will rise from 49% in 2010 to 63% in 2016, adding 156 million subs to take the total to 522 million. ... 

Games world expects Xbox IPTV service
Rapid tv news
The games community blogosphere is buzzing with expectation that Microsoft will use this week's E3 games conference to launch an IPTV service for its Xbox users. The IT giant has come under unprecedented pressure of late as its traditional business ...

 Exterity To Demonstrate Market-leading Building IPTV Solutions At InfoComm 2011
4RFV
Exterity, the Building IPTV specialist, will be showcasing the latest additions to its range of TV and video over IP products at InfoComm 2011, which is taking place from June 15-17 at the Orange Country Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida. ...

Amino Technologies maintains sales momentum
Stock Market Wire
Gross margins in the core IPTV business improved during six months to the end of May as the benefits of new supply chain management took effect. The company says it did experience some short-term challenges to its component supply following the Japan ...

 BBC2 bolstered, IPTV and iPlayer expanded in new BBC workplan
Rapid tv news
The BBC says that is currently exploring how IPTV could enrich and add value to its television services. This connected broadcasting strategy will include syndication policy, red button development work, and ongoing negotiations with platforms, ...

Max Media Group, Inc. Expands Subscriber Network to 15mm+; Closes Acquisition ...
PR Newswire (press release)
BB2Live.com ("BB2") and the company's technology applications including Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Internet Radio, VOIP, and SMS text messaging. The closing also includes the acquisition of BB2's film and music library, BB2's approximate 15 ...

Amino bounceback from Japan quake blip
Business Weekly
The company, which specialises in digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, said it experienced some short-term challenges to component supply following the Japan disaster but these were mitigated ...

Microsoft to Launch Xbox Subscription TV Service
Light Reading
(Nasdaq: MSFT) is expected to unveil a subscription TV service that will combine its Xbox Live service, Mediaroom IPTV platform and motion-based Kinect technology. BTIG Research analyst Richard Greenfield notes (registration required) that Microsoft's ...

 Private Media Group Reports on 2010 Full-Year Results and Comments on the ...
PR Newswire (press release)
We are continuing to implement our media growth strategy across all delivery systems, including: DTT, satellite, cable and IPTV. While European broadband users are signing up for IPTV services in the hundreds of thousands each month, making Europe the ...

Tivus, Inc. Debuts Tivus e-SmarTV TM HD IPTV for the Hotel Industry
Marketwire (press release)
"Tivus designed this attractive, first-of-its-kind interactive HD IPTV TV unit, bearing the Tivus brand name prominently on the front, as a multidimensional hotel entertainment platform with many integrated features including the set-top box, ...

From Seasme Street to Shredding the Six String: IPTV Rocks Tonight
Boise Weekly
Public Broadcasting has never rocked as hard as it will tonight. Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow and more will grace the stage during the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 3. The third installment of this epic assortment of rockers ...

Sony signs Asian IPTV deal
C21Media
Sony Pictures Television Networks' Asian arm has signed a deal that will see four of its channels broadcast on Indonesia's first IPTV platform. The female-focused Sony Entertainment Television network, which airs US-produced drama, reality and variety ...