Per-subscriber IPTV VOD revenue soars past cable
Rapid tv news
In 2012 over three-quarters of all transactional video-on-demand (VOD) movies were rented via cable and satellite TV services; however, IPTV operators grew their share of the VOD movie rental market by 4% and earned more than twice the amount of movie ...

Biz Buzz: IPTV could pick new chief this week
DesMoinesRegister.com
Other changes coming to IPTV: Jennifer Konfrst, communications manager, is leaving in August to do what she said she's always wanted to do — teach at Drake University's school of journalism and mass communications. Recovering: Attorney Roxanne ...

Samsung signs deal with Yahoo!7 as it seeks more content partners
BRW (subscription)
The partnership gives Samsung exclusive rights to Seven content in the IPTV (television via the internet) space for 12 months. This makes Seven productions such as My Kitchen Rules, Packed to the Rafters, Home and Away and Better Homes and Gardens ...

Samsung aims to strengthen content offerings with Yahoo!7 deal
FierceIPTV
In a move intended to bolster its content offerings for both TV and mobile devices, Samsung has obtained exclusive IPTV rights to content from Yahoo!7, a 50-50 ...

IPTV operators grow share of VOD movie rental business; Discovery reports ...
FierceIPTV
More news bytes from around the World Wide Web... > IPTV operators grew their share of the VOD movie rental business by 4 percent and earned more than twice the amount of rental revenue per subscriber than cable and satellite during 2012. Story ...

Pace continues to bounce back from disastrous year
FierceIPTV
It would be tough to have a worse year than Pace Plc (LSE: PIC.L) had in 2011, when it suffered supply chain problems, a management shake-up and the ...

Perceived value of pay-TV on the wane
IPTV News
The value that consumers attribute to traditional pay-TV services like cable, satellite and IPTV appears to be steadily declining due to continued economic ...

In-room IPTV revenue up 150%
Rapid tv news
iBAHN, the hospitality-focused IPTV provider, said that in-room sales of its IPTV service, iMEDIA, generated a 150% increase in revenue for its hotel customers from October 2011 to December 2012. With the buy rate for in-room, on-demand movies ...

In-room IPTV revenue up 150%, says iBAHN
FierceIPTV
According to an iBAHN press release, the company's in-room IPTV offering, iMEDIA, generated a 150 percent increase in revenue for its hotel customers during the 14-month period by giving guests access to Internet content delivered in high definition ...

Telekom Slovenije to add BBC Knowledge to IPTV offer
Telecompaper (subscription)
Telekom Slovenije announced that it will add the BBC Knowledge channel to its IPTV offer SiOL TV from 01 April. As a result, Slovenia will become the fourth country in Central and Eastern Europe where the BBC channel will be available, following ...

Mtel offers multi-screen TV services with ZTE IPTV platform
Telecompaper (subscription)
Bulgarian operator Mtel is using an IPTV platform from ZTE to deliver multi-screen television services to TVs, PCs, tablets and mobile phones across Bulgaria. Mtel jointly constructed an IPTV pilot with ZTE in September 2011 and signed a five-year ...

Mtel rolls out cross-platform IPTV service
DigitalTVEurope.net
Bulgarian operator Mtel has rolled out its ZTE-powered anytime, anywhere IPTV service to customers across the country. According to a stock market update by China-based technology ZTE, Mtel's cross-platform IPTV service – for TVs, PCs, tablets and ...

Belgacom adds 175k IPTV subs in 2012
IPTV News
Belgian telco Belgacom saw more strong progress for its IPTV service 'Belgacom TV' in 2012, adding 175,000 subscribers over the course of the year to reach a total of 1.386mn. Sales of multi-play packages continued to do well last year, with 148,000 ...

Samsung, Yahoo!7's IPTV alliance
Technology Spectator-by Harrison Polites
Yahoo!7 needs to launch its mobile IPTV offering with a bang if it hopes to lead the space and being automatically featured on Samsung devices may help ...

ZTE CORPORATION : ZTE Delivers New IPTV Experience to Mtel Customers in ...
4-traders (press release)
SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, is pleased to provide its market-leading IPTV solution to Mobitel (Mtel), and offer consumers in Bulgaria a ubiquitous television viewing ...

New digital media head for Telstra
The Australian Financial Review
The job covers Telstra's sporting and content assets within BigPond, IPTV ... It is unusual for a marketer to take on an additional portfolio like digital and IPTV.

Telstra is bringing showcase on National Broadband Network
Coffs Coast Advocate
... lounge room and offer customers insights into how they can use high-speed internet in the home to stream IPTV, play games online and downloading movies.

John Grant
The Australian
... and producers will be employed to report on matches, break news and create content to be streamed over smartphones and tablets and through Telstra's IPTV ...
 

Sports rule in a shifting media game
The Australian
... their own media team to report on matches, break news and create content to be streamed over smartphones and tablets and through Telstra's IPTV platform.

Bloomberg TV partners Optima Media Group
spyghana.com
Localised and international Bloomberg Television content will be packaged and distributed via satellite delivery and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) as well ...

Samsung signs deal with Yahoo!7 as it seeks more content partners
BRW (subscription)
The partnership gives Samsung exclusive rights to Seven content in the IPTV (television via the internet) space for 12 months. This makes Seven productions ...
 

Verimatrix Brings Multi-Network Solutions Forum to CABSAT 2013
Marketwire (press release)
... services over combinations of managed networks (cable and satellite, IPTV, and terrestrial) and Internet TV / OTT to off-the-shelf consumer electronics devices.

CEO Q&A: Head of VTC believes in exceeding expectations
La Crosse Tribune
VTC had the first commercially deployed IPTV television network in the U.S. and one of the first two in the world. A lifelong resident of Westby, Olson and his wife, ...

The Grid: Clipsal 500 Adelaide, Race 2
V8 Supercars
You can watch the race live on the Seven Network around Australia, Sky Sports in New Zealand or anywhere around the world via the V8supercars.com.au IPTV ...

Prasar Bharati to spread reach of DD's international channel
Deccan Herald
... can help in global distribution of DD India through suitable delivery platforms like Direct to Home, cable or IPTV in different regions of the world," a source said.


Glued to smartphones and YouTube, the oldest of the tech ...
Herald Sun
They choose YouTube over newspapers, IPTV over TV and smartphones over telephones. They are criticised for their short attention spans, for illiterate texting ...


The UK now has the potential to lead the way into a truly competitive ...
ComputerWeekly.com (blog)
Meanwhile Telefonica's revenues from mobile, broadband and IPTV revenues in South America have overtaken those from Europe. Note also their strategic ...

French HD channels expand DTT coverage
Broadband TV News
The six HD channels are also available on the various cable and IPTV platforms as well as on Eutelsat's Fransat bouquet. Canal's TNTSat platform only carries ...

Comment on Slow Windows 8 Uptake by Jeff Kagan Tech Analyst
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
He follows wireless, telecom, Internet, cable television and IPTV. He also follows the wider and more general consumer electronics and technology space.