Google TV Australia a set-top box for Internet television
FierceIPTV
There is such a thing as Google TV in Australia. It just doesn't look like the much-ballyhooed U.S. version that was supposed to take over the video entertainment delivery business and send shudders through traditional MVPDs.

Regulators taking long, hard look at Verizon-cable deals
FierceIPTV
The idea that the nation's largest wireless operator--Verizon Wireless--and the nation's largest cable operator--Comcast--can work together and still compete has federal regulators scratching their heads, multiple reports suggest.

Swisscom deploys taste-and-mood based TV discovery engine
IPTV News  
Swiss telco Swisscom has chosen a content recommendation engine from Israeli company Jinni for its IPTV service 'Swisscom TV' which intriguingly promises ...



Spain: Pay TV breaks penetration record
Advanced Television 
Pay TV subscriptions grew by 0.7 per cent to 4.5 million homes, up 32540 against the previous year, with IPTV and new pay DTT operators taking the lion´s ...

Increasing Transition to IP Video Deliver Drives the Global Ad ...
APP Market 
In order to address the expanding demand for digitized services offering personalized as well as interactive services to consumers, cable or IPTV service ...

Cayman Islands to get high-spec IPTV service in Q4
IPTV News
Logic Communications, the main service provider in the Cayman Islands (located in the western Caribbean Sea), has confirmed that it plans to launch IPTV services over a purpose-built fibre optic network in the fourth quarter of this year.

UBS Downgrades Sigma Designs (SIGM) to Sell; Cash Burn Rate ...
StreetInsider.com (subscription) 
Analyst, Steven Chin, said, "Downgrading for four reasons: 1) core IPTV sales have yet to recover and relies heavily on telco spending, 2) digital TV (DTV) ...

Sigma Designs urges shareholders to resist Potomac's calls for board reshuffle
IPTV News
US firm Sigma Designs, a leading provider of connected media platforms, has indicated that it is mailing a letter to its shareholders which urges them to reject a bid by minority shareholder Potomac Investment Partners to nominate three new directors ...

Hawaiian Telcom acquires Wavecom Solutions, adds more fiber to ...
FierceTelecom 
Hawaiian Telcom adds Universal Sports content to its IPTV lineup · Hawaiian Telcom listed in Russell 2000 Index · NLRB dismisses IBEW's complaint against ...

Pay TV in Spain achieves modest growth, Telefónica launches ...
DigitalTVEurope.net 
IPTV and digital-terrestrial pay TV saw growth, while cable, satellite and mobile TV ... IPTV providers added 57564 customers to end the year with 913148, while ...

Set-top boxes on the wane as multiscreen deployments ramp up, says IHS
IPTV News
Pay-TV operators which implement multiscreen capabilities are likely to see set-top box usage fall dramatically as a result of the new viewing options available to their subscribers, according to US-based research firm IHS.

 
Set-top boxes on the wane as multiscreen deployments ramp up ...
IPTV News 
Pay-TV operators which implement multiscreen capabilities are likely to see set-top box usage fall dramatically as a result of the new viewing options available ...

ABI: Pay-TV operators have hard time working with new breed of connected ...
FierceIPTV
A slow moving business model, less technically savvy consumers and, possibly most important of all, five-to-seven-year old set-top box technology is slowing pay-TV providers as they try to keep up with connected TVs and iPads, according to ABI Research ...

Logic Cayman to launch IPTV in Q4
TeleGeography
Logic Cayman, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bermuda-based KeyTech Holding Limited, has confirmed plans to launch a new internet protocol television (IPTV) service over a purpose-built fibre-optic network in the Cayman Islands, Caycompass.com reports.

CenturyLink gets green light to offer IPTV in Colorado Springs, Colo.
FierceTelecom
Comcast's days as the only video provider in Colorado Springs, Colo. are numbered as CenturyLink won a cable franchise to operate in the city this week.

Submarine cable operators protest FCC's USF contribution proposal
FierceTelecom 
Frontier secures $72M Connect America loan to expand broadband reach · Brazil's Oi selects Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft for its IPTV roll out · Gartner: Global ...

Bulgaria's Vivacom deploys GPON tech to boost broadband ...
IPTV News 
Bulgarian service provider Vivacom has chosen gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solutions from Alcatel-Lucent to enable faster broadband speeds for ...
 

BT Vision chief: “Our credibility is growing”
IPTV News
UK telco BT is finally beginning to achieve real traction in the market with its IPTV service 'BT Vision', and will go on to even greater things now that it has acquired the broadcast rights to 38 English Premier League football games, according to ...

Foxtel brings IPTV service with Accedo app
TelecomsTech
Accedo, the Smart TV and IPTV enabler, has been in partnership with media group Foxtel to provide a Smart TV service to Australian customers. The internet TV ...

IPTV revenues to more than double by 2017
IPTV News  
Global pay-TV revenues will hit US$ 200bn by 2017, up by US$ 23bn on 2011 but up by only US$ 2bn (1%) on 2016, according to a new report from UK firm ...

Global IPTV revenues forecast to double by 2017 with U.S. leading the way
FierceIPTV
Worldwide revenue growth for IPTV services in the next five years will outpace gains of the overall global pay-TV space, a market forecast released Wednesday indicates.

Increasing Media Transition to Digital Format Drives the Global Ad Insertion ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The global market for Ad Insertion Servers is projected to reach US$235.7 million by the year 2018, driven by the global media's transition towards digital format, and the increasing demand for high quality video content over satellite, Internet, cable ...

Kahlon: IPTV will cut monthly price to NIS 99
Globes
"We will bring competitors into the television market through Idan Plus (DTT), which will use IPTV to compete against HOT Telecommunication Systems Ltd. (TASE: HOT) and DBS Satellite Services (1998) Ltd. (YES)," Minister of Communications Moshe ...

IPTV coming to Kalona
The Kalona News
IPTV crew are expected to be focusing on local businesses such as the two bakeries, restaurants and Amish stores, as well as Max-Cast Sculpture and Foundry Services and the quilt shops. Other area connections will deal with the By-Ways Tours and the ...

Korea's SK Broadband reaches 1.2mn IPTV subs
IPTV News
South Korea's SK Broadband added 40988 subscribers to its IPTV service in June of this year to reach a total of 1.19mn.

Brazil's Oi selects Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft for its IPTV roll out
FierceTelecom
Brazil-based service provider Oi is moving forward with its IPTV plans with Alcatel-Lucent serving as the integrator of its Microsoft Mediaroom platform.