BEST OF THE BLOGS: Stuart Smith on the BBC and video on demand
American Chronicle
... clearly implies that, in the case of Kangaroo, the BBC did - a situation that would have eventually enabled it to exercise a stranglehold over UK IPTV. ...

Bulgarian telco Vivacom confirms IPTV plans
IPTV News
Bulgarian telco Vivacom has confirmed that it plans to launch an IPTV service by the middle of this year, becoming the second such service in the country. ...

What role do brands play in an IPTV world?
Marketing Week
They say that IPTV, with its claims to offer increased personalised services, will apparently surpass the conventional TV experience. ...

ISP filter may put Google TV on backburner
NEWS.com.au - Peter Farquhar
It will also impact not just IPTV but all kinds of web products and services." "That may well be a consideration in how quickly it's deployed in Australia. ...

Sigma Designs Slumps As Likely To Lose Market Share In 2H
Wall Street Journal
The company said the exposed part of the business comprises about 10% of total revenue and 20% of IPTV revenue, though it's "encouraged" it may end up with ...

Japan's KDDI selects new Motorola IPTV set-tops
IPTV News
Japanese telco KDDI has selected Motorola's new VIP2060 high-definition IPTV set-top boxes to provide personal media experiences to customers of its ...

Google TV and the OTT space: Winners and Losers? It's still a wide-open game
FierceOnlineVideo
TV, which helps Tier 2 and Tier 3 telcos bring IPTV to customers in small, generally rural markets, says that, while Google TV is an interesting addition to ...

Quantenna Introduces Third-Generation 4x4 MIMO 802.11n Wi-Fi Chipset With ...
Earthtimes (press release)
Quantenna's Full-11n technology also enables industry-standard Wi-Fi to serve as an ultra-reliable, carrier-class, whole-home IPTV networking backbone for ...

KDDI to deploy Motorola VIP2060 HD IPTV set top box for FTTHs subscribers
TechGadgets.in (blog)
KDDI plans to introduce the Motorola's VIP2060 HD IPTV set-top box to its FTTHs customers across Japan next month. The device comes with an in-built 500GB ..

Media Alert: Enabling IPTV Broadband Service Upgrades While Minimizing Costs ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FREMONT, CA, May 26, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Video is driving the need to enhance networks so that they are capable of handling Broadband 2.0 ...

KDDI deploys Motorola's HD IPTV set-top
Telecompaper (subscription)
Japanese operator KDDI has deployed Motorola's HD IPTV set-top to provide enhanced personal media experiences to its FTTH subscribers. ...

Nokia Siemens Networks' IPTV Platform Enables Daktel to Offer Interactive TV ...
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
According to NSN, its IPTV platform will enable Daktel to offer its subscribers interactive TV widgets (including widgets for social networking, ...

Teracue... Mobility Focus On Sailing (SatBroadcasting™—IPTV)
SatNews Publishers
The LTE radio cell was used to transmit the video signal into the mobile television studio, where the H.264 IPTV signal is decoded by a Teracue decoder. ...

Quantenna rides 4x4 MIMO into home network
ConnectedPlanet (blog)
“We think this is something the service providers will want for their evolving IPTV or cable TV environments,” French said. “Home networks are moving to the ...

Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Our IPTV market sales remained strong and though slightly dampened as a result of supply-side limitations, we believe that the fundamental IPTV market ...