Microsoft widens IPTV middleware lead with nearly a quarter of market
Rapid tv news
An investigation into the IPTV market by ABI Research has revealed that Microsoft's Mediaroom platform has a growing leadership of the middleware market and is now present in 23% of deployed IPTV boxes. What makes this performance more impressive, ...

Deutsche Telekom maintains IPTV growth
Rapid tv news
Deutsche Telekom has managed to increase the number of customers for its IPTV platform Entertain despite the loss of the football Bundesliga rights with 76,000 new households signing up for the German telco's TV offering in Q3 2012. In total, Entertain ...

UPDATE 1-Manitoba Tel profit up on higher demand for telecom services
Reuters
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Canada's Manitoba Telecom Services Inc , which has said it may sell its Allstream business, reported a rise in quarterly profit on demand for wireless, broadband and IPTV services. Net earnings rose 10 percent to C$40.8 million ($40 ...

Magyar Telekom gains IPTV subs
Broadband TV News
Magyar Telekom saw impressive growth in its IPTV subscriber take-up in the year to September 30, the figure increasing by 52.6% to 291,872. As a result, the latter exceed the number of DTH subscribers, which grew by 6.3% over the same period, to 287,284.

IPTV middleware market grows 23 pc in 2012
CIOL
BANGALORE, INDIA: IPTV platform leads the IPTV middleware market and continues to grow in market share as of mid-2012 to 23 per cent of deployed IPTV boxes, despite an environment that is beginning to fragment with many small and regional players, ...

BH Telecom places €3mn order for new OTT platform
IPTV News
A new over-the-top (OTT) video service is brewing for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the country's BH Telecom placing an order worth €3mn with Slovenian firm Beenius for an OTT service delivery platform and an extension of the existing IPTV and VoIP ...

IPTV Subscribers Top Record 6 Mil. in Korea
Arirang News
According to the Korea Digital Media Association, if the current rate continues, the number of IPTV subscribers will hit the 7 million mark by the first half of next year. Currently Korea's top three mobile carriers.. SK Telecom, KT Corporation and LG ...

TDS Telecom's wireline bundle efforts drive up revenues 5%
FierceTelecom
While TDS offers satellite video services via a relationship with Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH), in areas where it offers its own IPTV service, it has found that broadband penetration continues to rise. During the quarter, ILEC triple play penetration ...

Korean IPTV subs to hit 6mn this week
IPTV News
The number of households in South Korea who are paying to receive managed IPTV services will reach 6mn some time this week, according to the country's three IPTV operators. Local news agency Yonhap states that there were 5.948mn IPTV subscribers in ...

Pay TV Operators Aim to Increase Penetration in the Low-income User Group ...
Sacramento Bee
The rising competition among cable TV and DTH operators, and Internet protocol TV (IPTV) operators in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico will improve the availability and quality of services, add value to service offerings, and enhance price points.

Copaco reveals 4th launch date for IPTV service
TeleGeography
Paraguay. Paraguayan telecoms operator Compania Paraguaya de Comunicaciones (Copaco) is expected to launch its long-delayed IPTV service on a commercial basis before the end of November, NexTV LatAm reports, almost one year behind schedule.

Microsoft grows presence in IPTV middleware space
FierceIPTV
Sam Rosen, ABI Research director for TV and video, made it a point to note the difference between system integrators who provide an end-to-end IPTV solution and vendors who specialize in applications and customer experience. "With the exception of ... 

Microsoft now controls nearly a quarter of the global IPTV middleware market
IPTV News
Microsoft's Mediaroom platform was installed in 23% of deployed IPTV set-top boxes by the middle of 2012, despite an environment that is beginning to fragment with many small and regional players, according to US firm ABI Research. Chinese system ...

Google exec says Moto buy was all about patents; Fetch TV looking to snag ...
FierceIPTV
Cable & Wireless launched IPTV in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Story. > Ukrainian SCM Group-owned Telecom Vega is conducting tests and building an FTTH network in anticipation of launching IPTV in Odessa. Story. > Chilean service provider ...

Australian IPTV's Fetch TV Looks To Expand By Snagging U.S. & UK Channels
Deadline.com
Australia's dominant pay TV platform Foxtel won't be able to renew exclusive IPTV deals with more than 60 channels, mostly U.S. and UK entertainment services, when the current contracts expire over the next few years. That's created an opportunity for ...

Youku Tudou bulks up with Sony Pictures content
FierceIPTV
Recently formed Chinese IPTV provider Youku Tudou has signed a five-year agreement with Sony Pictures Television that will deliver more than 300 "new and classic Sony Pictures titles" to its premium platform. It's not the only deal that Youku Tudou has ...

Raft of BBC Channels Headed to Poland's Cyfrowy Polsat
World Screen
Globo International. ADVERTISEMENT. The agreement, secured by BBC Worldwide Channel, means that the BBC's thematic channels are available on all major DTH, cable and IPTV providers in the country. These four services join BBC HD, which has been ...

 South Korean IPTV subscribers predicted to hit 6 million
Rapid tv news
The number of South Korean households that have signed up for a pay IPTV service is expected to hit 6 million this week. There were 5.948 million subscribers as of 28 October according to IPTV operators KT, SK Broadband and LG U+ and their industry ...

Samsung signs multi-year Smart TV partnership with Yahoo
IPTV News
South Korea's Samsung Electronics has formed a multi-year partnership to integrate Yahoo's Broadcast Interactivity platform into its 2012 range of Smart TVs, bringing real-time, enhanced entertainment and advertising services to homes across the US.

NanoTech Entertainment (NTEK) Releases Proprietary 3D TV Library
Las Vegas Blog (blog)
NanoTech Media, the - IPTV division of NanoTech Entertainment, is now offering content providers & publishers a unique set of tools for the - creation of fully immersion 3D TV Channels & Smart TV apps. NanoFlix3D is now available on the - Roku IPTV ...

Discovery launching five channels on Turkish IPTV
DigitalTVEurope.net
The IPTV service is run by Turk Telecom subsidiary TTNet and it will carry the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, ID: Investigation Discovery, Discovery Science and Discovery World channels from later this month. Discovery already has carriage deals ...

BesTV: “We have to look beyond buying CDN services”
IPTV News
Ian Chin, Chief Operating Officer of China's BesTV New Media (a subsidiary of Shanghai New Media), on the distinctive features of smart cloud networks and services, the role they can play as a differentiator for TV delivery, and his plans to get more ...

South Korean carriers expect to surpass 6 million IPTV subscribers this week
FierceIPTV
According to statistics compiled by three IPTV operators--KT, SK Broadband and LG U+--and trade group Korea Digital Media Industry, there were already 5.9 million subscribers in the country as of Oct. 28. Following a trend of 30,000 to 40,000 ...

Eighteen new members for Open IPTV Forum in just over six months
IT News Online
Following a successful IBC, the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) is pleased to welcome set top box vendor ABox42, application developer Axonista, testing businesses BluFocus and Digital TV Labs, and technology companies DCC Labs and mistserver.org as new ...

Colombian telco ETB will integrate OTT into IPTV service
FierceIPTV
Over-the-top video is a "must-have" that will be part of the upcoming deployment of IPTV in Colombia, according to Saul Kattan Cohen, president of state-owned Colombian telephone operator ETB. "I think it [OTT] will be a complement which we must have," ...

BCE Q3 wireline revenue declines 4% despite focus on FTTx, IPTV service sets
FierceTelecom
Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) (NYSE: BCE) on Friday reported Q3 2012 revenues rose 1.5 percent to CAD 4.98 billion (USD 5 billion) due to a 7 percent rise in wireless and a 25 percent jump in media revenue. However, net income of CAD 569 million ...