Ericsson to acquire Microsoft's IPTV unit
China Daily
After the acquisition, Ericsson will become the top player in the IPTV sector, with a global market share of more than 25 percent, the company said. Currently, Mediaroom powers 22 million set-top boxes in 11 million subscriber households worldwide ...

Ericsson to acquire Microsoft's IPTV biz Mediaroom
Indiantelevision.com
MUMBAI: Ericsson has reached an agreement with Microsoft to acquire its TV solution Mediaroom business. The acquisition, Ericsson believes, will make it one of the leading providers of IPTV and multi-screen solutions with a market share of over 25 per ...

Microsoft's telly-over-the-net tech gobbled by Ericsson for mobes
Register
It gives the world's largest maker of mobile network gear the keys to a quarter of the world's video over IP (IPTV) market - and 400 staff to improve the delivery of telly to pockets, palms and living rooms. Microsoft's Mediaroom system delivers ...

Microsoft To Its Sell Mediaroom IPTV Platform to Ericsson
Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft will sell its Mediaroom IPTV platform to communications services provider Ericsson, pending regulatory approvals, the two companies announced Monday. The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year. Terms weren't announced. 

Google Fiber heading to Austin, Texas
IPTV News
The company aims to start connecting homes in Austin by mid-214, and will offer a similar choice of services as those available in Kansas City, including 1 Gbps broadband and an IPTV service called 'Google Fiber TV', which currently offers nearly 200 ...

Tech News: Apple Scores Patent for Buying Songs Offline
Minyanville.com
Plus, more free WiFi on London's Tube, the Samsung Galaxy Win, and Ericsson's acquisition of Microsoft's IPTV division. PRINT. STAY CONNECTED WITH MINYANVILLE. Twitter · Follow Us · Facebook · Like Us · RSS Feed. Apple Patents System for Offline ...

Telkom Indonesia picks ZTE for IPTV network rollout
TeleGeography
Indonesia's largest fixed line and broadband operator by subscribers, Telkom Indonesia, has awarded Chinese vendor ZTE a four-year contract to build, operate and maintain a low-bit-rate IPTV network between now and 2016. Under the plan the Chinese ...

ZTE CORPORATION : ZTE's IPTV Solution Wins “Best Asian Service Platform of ...
4-traders (press release)
Previously, ZTE won the IPTV Interop Events certificate from ITU-T. The multiple awards won by ZTE show the broad international industry recognition of the company's achievements in the broadband multimedia domain in recent years and innovative service ...

Microsoft sells Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson
SlashGear
Mediaroom powers approximately 22 million set-top boxes in 11 million households around the world, and the purchase by Ericsson will make the company the leading provider of IPTV solutions with a market share of over 25%, according to a statement by ...

Ericsson Buying Microsoft's IPTV Business
TechWeekEurope UK
Ericsson, one of the largest telecoms equipment manufacturers in the world, has announced the intention to acquire Microsoft Mediaroom, the IPTV business of the US software giant. The deal will make the Swedish company a leading player in online video ...

Ericsson buys Mediaroom platform from Microsoft
V3.co.uk
Ericsson said that the deal will bring its total IPTV holdings to 40 customers and more than 10,000 households in what the company believes will be a $32bn global market over the coming year. "Ericsson's vision of the Networked Society foresees 50 ...

Microsoft sells Mediaroom IPTV portfolio to Ericsson
Tech2
Per Borgklint, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Support Solutions at Ericsson, wrote on the Ericsson site, “Mediaroom is the leading platform for video distribution deployed with the world's largest IPTV operators.” He added that his ...

Microsoft Jettisons Mediaroom IPTV Solution
Zatz Not Funny
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has reached an agreement with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to acquire its TV solution Mediaroom business. This will make Ericsson the leading provider of IPTV and multi-screen solutions with a market share of over 25%. Closing ..

Microsoft Sells Off IPTV Business, Turns TV Focus To Xbox
Kotaku Australia
Microsoft will sell its Mediaroom IPTV platform to Ericsson and focus all of its consumer TV strategy on its Xbox division, the company said this morning in a statement. “With the sale of Mediaroom, Microsoft is dedicating all TV resources to Xbox ...

AT&T expands U-verse-Disney relationship; Ericsson beefs up Telus' Optik IPTV
FierceIPTV
Ericsson has provided MPEG-4 AVC HD compression technology to Telus' Optik TV IPTV service. Story. > Consolidation is expected to continue in the TV middleware market, according to data compiled by ABI Research. Press release. > ZTE will construct ...

Microsoft sells IPTV platform to Ericsson
PCWorld
Microsoft has sold its Mediaroom IPTV platform to Ericsson in order to solely focus on the Xbox. For Ericsson, the deal will make it the largest provider of "IPTV and multi-screen solutions," it said on Monday. The two companies didn't announce any ...

Microsoft sells its Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson
The Verge
Microsoft is announcing today that is has sold its IPTV business, Mediaroom, to Ericsson. The software giant says Ericsson will continue to invest in the Mediaroom platform that is currently used by 22 million set-top boxes in 21 countries around the ...

Ericsson to buy Microsoft IPTV business
Reuters UK
Ericsson said the deal would make the company, already the world's biggest mobile networks maker, the leading provider of IPTV with a 25 percent market share. Microsoft's website said the Mediaroom platform was offered by more than 40 operators.

Digisoft.tv and Dune HD Partner to Introduce Industry-First Solution to Cord ...
Sacramento Bee
Based on the award-winning Dune HD Connect StickSTB™ with additional support for the company's full line of IPTV and OTT IP and hybrid CPE devices, the agreement encompasses distribution, systems integration, research and development and support.

Netia buys network from UPC Polska
DigitalTVEurope.net
Polish IPTV service provider Netia has signed a deal with UPC Polska to buy a part of the former Aster cable operator's network. The deal will see Netia take network capacity in Warsaw and Krakow. UPC agreed to buy Aster in 2011 and as part of the ...

IPTV to help drive cloud-based TV services to $750 million by 2017
FierceIPTV
Cloud-based TV services, driven by IPTV, cable and satellite pay TV service providers, will grow from $120 million in 2013 to more than $750 million by 2017, according to a new report developed by the Multimedia Research Group. In the report ...

The Past, Present, And Future Of Alcatel-Lucent
Seeking Alpha
It acquired Metro WDM, an enterprise networking services provider, Tamblin, an IPTV software company, and Thompson Advisory Group. In 2008, Alcatel Lucent ...

Why can't I get my TV on my phone already?
Montreal Gazette (blog)-by Jason Magder
The last decade has seen a lot of advances in the realm of entertainment, and IPTV is perhaps one of the most revolutionary ones. Bell's Fibe TV delivers ...