Sky: "By giving people more choice we can reach even more homes"
IPTV News
"The differences therefore will be more how the services are positioned, how content is packaged, and how we innovate with pricing models," a Sky spokesperson told IPTV News. "The rationale for launching this service is that even though pay-TV in this ...

Kiteboard Tour Asia and Marine Scene Asia form partnership to ramp ...
Sports Features Communications (press release) 
“Our goal is to showcase the marine scene in Asia to the world, using the latest IPTV technologies. Working closely with KTA this year we will provide a ...

Amino Technologies Plc : Amino and Nord to Showcase IPTV OTT Innovation at ...
4-traders (press release)
Amino Communications, leaders in IPTV/OTT solutions, will showcase its range of OTT-enhanced IPTV devices at CSTB 2012, the leading Russian digital entertainment technology show, in Moscow next week. With partner Nord Telecom Group, ...

Vela Announces Versatile, New Multiscreen HD & SD MPEG2, MPEG4 H ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release) 
... designed to meet and exceed the expectations of broadcasters, cable operators, IPTV and other demanding users in the content distribution, ad insertion, ...

BT Vision throws Microsoft Mediaroom under a bus for Linux
Register
BT controversially refused to launch a fully-fledged IPTV service when it finally got Vision out of the door in 2006, instead insisting that competing with a free-to-air digital terrestrial Freeview system, based on DVB-T, was pointless, ...

Sky is to enter the IPTV arena
World Internet TV on PC (blog)
The Sky entry into the UK IPTV arena with their own internet-hosted TV service, is due to begin before July of this year, the satellite broadcaster pledged. The station will see many of Sky's existing channels, including Sky Movies, being streamed over ...

 LG HLX56S net savvy 3D Blu-ray soundbar combo
Register
With integrated 3D Blu-ray player, copious amplification and IPTV portal, it's got everything you need for the upmarket man-cave, in a package easily parked beneath a 40in or larger flatscreen. Gimmicky it may be, but the HLX56S is well-made and ...

CNTV, BesTV Partner on IPTV Platform Operations
Marbridge Consulting
Shanghai Media Group's (SMG) IPTV subsidiary BesTV New Media (600637.SH) has announced that BesTV, along with SMG and SMG subsidiary Radio and Television Shanghai (RTS), has signed an IPTV broadcast and control platform cooperation agreement with ...

Addressing network time protocol synchronization for IPTV, IMS and Femtocells
EE Times
Ethernet displaced TDM transport, and IP is the underlying service delivery protocol for IPTV, VoIP, multimedia services, and of course, the Internet. These packet-based technologies have placed new demands on network-wide timing.

TeliaSonera celebrates half a million Swedish TV subs
IPTV News
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera reached the milestone of 500000 subscribers for its Swedish IPTV service 'Telia Digital TV' in the fourth quarter of 2011, giving it an 11% share of the Swedish TV market. Across all markets in which it operates TV ...

ZST Digital Networks, Inc. Ranks 11th on Forbes China's Top 100 Public Small ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This underscores the consistently impressive results that we have achieved in both our IPTV set-top boxes business and our rapidly expanding commercial GPS location and tracking services business, as well as the high level of transparency and ...

Orange Vallée: "Welcome to the era of transmedia!"
IPTV News
It is being integrated with Orange services such as smartphone and tablet applications (RendezVousTV, TV Check, Roland-Garros), Web portals (Orange France Entertainment, Orange Sports), and IPTV services (Orange TV). Nicolas will be speaking within the ...

Russian digital pay TV universe grows
DigitalTVEurope.net 
Analogue cable accounted for 56% of subscribers, according to J'Son, with satellite accounting for 30%, digital cable for 10% and IPTV for 5%.

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InAVate 
Colin Farquhar outlines key features of Exterity's AvediaServer 4 IPTV platform. The platform leaves plenty of room for integrators to add value to a ...
 

Telekom Srbija starts Open ADSL, IPTV promotion
Telecompaper (subscription)
Telekom Srbija introduced a new internet and IPTV offer for customers who sign up before 31 March. With a two-year Open ADSL contract, customers will get ...


Star TV: "Mobile is the most ubiquitous screen in India"
IPTV News
... at the IP&TV World Forum 2012 event, taking place in London on 20th-22nd March, 2012. For more information and to register, please visit www.iptv-forum.com.

Sencore introduces dual-input DVB-T/T2 signal monitor
OnScreenAsia
The latest member of Sencore's VideoBridge monitoring family, the VB252 is ideal for use by broadcasters to monitor their own transmissions, or by cable, IPTV, and satellite providers to monitor the local broadcasts they receive for distribution.

Over 4000 NSN jobs to go in Germany and Finland
IPTV News
An NSN spokesperson has confirmed to Telecoms.com (also published by Informa Telecoms & Media, along with IPTV News) that it will be cutting 2900 jobs in ...

UTStarcom: Company, Insiders To Buy Back Shares
Seeking Alpha
UTStarcom (UTSI) is one of the leading providers of Interactive Protocol (IP)-based network solutions in Interactive (iD)TV, IPTV, Internet TV and Broadband ...

Clearleap hires Van Orden as product marketing VP
Communications, Engineering & Design Magazine
Prior to joining Clearleap, Van Orden worked at Cisco Systems, where he held various positions, including general manager of the IPTV middleware business unit. Van Orden also served at Scientific Atlanta (SA) at the time it was acquired by Cisco.

Miramax shares BT's Vision
C21Media
BT has inked a deal with US film indie Miramax that will see the studio's slate roll out on the UK telco's IPTV service. BT Vision customers will have ...

Qvest to distribute Teracue IPTV systems in Middle East
Telecompaper (subscription)
The company is now responsible for the exclusive distribution of IPTV systems for Germany-based IPTV equipment developer Teracue in the Middle East. The IPTV systems of Teracue enable encoding, decoding, transcoding, DVB-to-IP and high quality SD/HD ...

TV4U Returns to the Las Vegas Italian American Club for a USA Boxing Card on ...
PR.com (press release)
Com, the 48 channel IPTV network featuring free internet television, will again present a USA Boxing tournament featuring the top amateur boxers from Las Vegas and the Southwest. The bouts will be televised on several of the TV4U IPTV channels ...

QVest appointed Teracue exclusive distributor
DigitalProductionME.com
by Chris Newbould on Jan 31, 2012 Qvest Media has taken on the exclusive distribution of IPTV solutions for Teracue AG in the Middle East. The high-end IPTV solutions of the Germany-based manufacturer enable encoding, decoding,

Sky Will De-Couple Pay-TV Content From Satellite For OTT IPTV Era
paidContent.org
BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is acting to head off rising City concerns about the threat from over-the-top connected TV services, by announcing it will launch by the summer its own such service that does not require a satellite subscription.

Sky looks to retain position with fibre and IPTV offerings
Telecoms.com (blog)
Sky, the UK TV broadcaster and ISP, has announced that it is adding a fibre broadband product to its internet packages, while also for the first time offering an á la carte internet TV service to compete with UK newcomer Netflix.

Octoshape and Craftwork Team Up to Disrupt the OTT IPTV Market
MarketWatch (press release)
ATLANTA, Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Octoshape, an industry leader in cloud-based global streaming technologies, today announced a strategic partnership with leading software development company Craftwork, which specializes in solutions for the ...

BT Vision inks Miramax deal
IPTV News
UK telco BT has signed a licensing agreement with Miramax that will bring the latter's films to its hybrid DTT+IP television service 'BT Vision'. The agreement will give subscribers instant access to a range of films from the Miramax collection, ...

CenturyLink beefs up IPTV whole-home DVR
Rapid tv news
National US telco CenturyLink has upgraded its Prism IPTV service using Microsoft Mediaroom, giving subscribers an enhanced whole-home DVR experience. Prism subscribers can now pause live TV from any room in the house, and can also rewind and fast ...

CenturyLink enhances its Prism IPTV offering with Microsoft Mediaroom
FierceTelecom
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) isn't content to be just another me-too video service provider, so it's added a number of new features that enable users to interact with its IPTV service. Among the new features, which are available through its application of ...