Consumers win as Shaw, Telus escalate turf war
Vancouver Sun
Optik is an Internet Protocol, or "IPTV" service that uses Microsoft Mediaroom to deliver an uptempo set of programming interfaces that is closer to what ...

Shaw fends off Telus with generous promos, cable revenues could slow
Financial Post
... adopted in the face of competition from Telus Corp., which pushed its internet protocol television (IPTV) services heavily in the fall. ...

IP&TV Awards 2012 Updated to Reflect the Pervasiveness of OTT
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) - 16 hours ago
... Senior Director of Digital Media at Turkish ISP TTNET who won the 2011 award for Best IPTV, Hybrid or Connected TV Service Growth Achievement. ...

Chello's Megamax Grows Presence in Hungary
World Screen
The channel will be on Telekom's digital, satellite and IPTV platforms as of today, along with two other Chello Central European channels—the documentary ...

Movistar Chile to launch IPTV service in March
Telecompaper (subscription)
Movistar will launch IPTV services in Chile in March. The service will be provided in combination with the operator's Banda Ancha Premium service with speeds of up to 40 Mbps, Diario Financiero report s, citing unnamed company sources. ...

Social TV: Tapping into Disruptive Innovation
Innovation Excellence (blog)
An old friend since the early days of IPTV in 2004,we often chat about the future of Television, and this time we talked about the current challenges of Social TV and Content Recommendation. Drawing on this conversation, I would like to examine an ...

AMINO TECHNOLOGIES PLC : Amino shortlisted for prestigious ...
4-traders (press release)
Amino Communications, leaders in IPTV/OTT solutions, has been shortlisted for a prestigious industry award for its Freedom Jump OTT companion media centre. ...

KIT digital acquires Sezmi for $27 million
FierceIPTV
FierceIPTV is an executive briefing on the IPTV industry. Sign up for FierceIPTV today to receive a complimentary guide on IPTV's rising stars! ...

LG tunes in to Google TV
Register
The set will do passive 3D, with 2D-to-3D conversion on board. LG said it was not dropping its own IPTV UI, which will be available on more than 60 per cent of its tellies this year. Well, it's good to have a back up plan.

Copaco launches IPTV service in Paraguay
Rapid tv news
IPTV is being implemented successfully in the whole of the Latin American continent and the last implementation comes in Paraguay where Copaco is about to introduce its offering. Originally due to be launched late December 2011, the launch has been ...

TDS to bring IPTV to 19 more markets
FierceTelecom
TDS Telecom (NYSE: TDS), like many traditional wireline ILECs, has had to face up to the fact that they'll need new revenue sources like IPTV to offset ongoing wireline voice revenue declines. Speaking at this week's Citi Entertainment, ...

 

 

Google plans IPTV push in 2012 with new partnerships
Telecoms.com (blog)
Google has announced that it has brought new hardware manufacturers on board as partners for its IPTV service Google TV. LG is the biggest name to join the Google TV ecosystem this year and will unveil a new line of Google TV sets running on its own L9 ...

 

Online Games Leader - GameHouse® Launches On PlayJam – the Premier Destination ...
Business Wire (press release)
We're excited about our partnership with PlayJam because we can now provide families using IPTV with top GameHouse hits such as Little Shop Treasures and Super Collapse! Puzzle Gallery.” The partnership will see a number of classic GameHouse® titles ...

 

Euronews: MSFT Linked to Telefonica IPTV Deal
Light Reading
Telefónica is set to use Microsoft's Mediaroom platform for the management and delivery of its IPTV service, according to a report from ADSLzone.tv (in Spanish). The Iberian giant has one of the most mature IPTV services in the world and has, to date, ...

French IPTV operators add TF1 pay channels
Telecompaper (subscription)
Other French IPTV operators Orange and Bouygues Telecom will also add the six channels from TF1 to their Extra and Etendu higher-tier services, but have not released any pricing information. At SFR, the six channels are now part of the Selection ...

Television Services: Global Outlook, 3rd Edition
MarketWatch (press release)
... for consumer TV services around the world, including terrestrial, cable, satellite/DTH, and IPTV services. It examines service provider activities and trends in developed and emerging regions, competitive positioning, and changing regulations. ...

Movistar picks Microsoft Mediaroom for IPTV platform upgrade
Telecompaper (subscription)
Movistar has selected Microsoft Mediaroom platform to upgrade its Imagenio IPTV product, ADSL Zone reports. As part of the service u pgrade, Movistar will revamp the content provided to Imagenio subscribers, as well as the service interface. ...

Telenor Sweden Selects Celeno-Powered Inteno ZAP 100 Video Bridges for Video ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are thrilled that Telenor has chosen the Inteno ZAP100 Video Bridge to deliver IPTV services wirelessly in subscribers' homes," said Conny Franzen, CEO of Inteno. "Designed for easy self-installation and remote management, the ZAP100 is a robust ...

Be Broadband: How to make the most of IPTV
uSwitch.com (Tech)
The broadband provider is urging UK households to make the most of IPTV and web-connected television services, to improve their end-user experience. According to Be Broadband, the majority of homes already have some way of connecting their living room ...

ACCESS Sets New Standard for HTML5 WebKit Browsers With NetFront(TM) Browser ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition, support functions can be optionally added for DTV and IPTV standards such as HbbTV and BBC iPlayer v3, as well as major Japanese VoD specifications by Digital TV Informatization Research Group. DTV/STB manufacturers, OEMs and service ...

Sky Deutschland extends TNA wrestling deal
DigitalTVEurope.net
Sky has also secured rights to air TNA wrestling on the internet, mobile and IPTV platforms. The broadcaster will air the first €15 TNA PPV event of the ...

Google TV To Get Channel Marketplace & Compete With Cable Providers?
ReelSEO Online Video News
But what I found to be extremely interesting and perhaps might be a jab at Apple's rumored IPTV service and at cable and satellite providers was this: The system operator can also create bundled channels containing videos from multiple providers, ..

LCI wins IPTV carriage deals
DigitalTVEurope.net
TF1-owned news and information channel LCI has agreed carriage deals with IPTV providers Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR, enlarging its distribution and potential advertising revenues. The deals follow the expiry of LCI's exclusive contract with ...

Beltelecom raises IPTV rates
Telecompaper (subscription)
Belarusian national operator Beltelecom has raised prices for its IPTV services, reports Tut. The price of the TV receiver increases from BYR 25000 to BYR 30000 when subscribing to a basic package of services under the Zala brand. ...

SlashGear
Roku has unveiled the Roku Streaming Stick, a compact WiFi-enabled dongle that plugs into the HDMI port of your HDTV and streams the usual array of Netflix, Pandora and other on-demand IPTV. Set to hit shelves in the second half of 2012, the Streaming ...

Sigma Designs Introduces Advanced Reference Design Featuring Quantenna Wi-Fi ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Quantenna has developed its 4x4 MIMO technology to meet the stringent requirements of highly reliable media-based applications like IPTV and whole-home video distribution. Quantenna's family of Full-11n(TM) chipsets uses the company's cost-optimized, ...

Entropic Takes $55M Stab at Trident
Light Reading
Trident, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday, makes a range of set-top box chips for satellite, terrestrial, cable and IPTV networks, as well as silicon for Docsis cable modems. The company has recently developed chips that power ...

TV Technology
Broadcasters might primarily consider IPTV to be a tool for delivering video signals to their viewers, such as streaming video over the Internet from websites or distributing content through IPTV providers such as AT&T's U-verse. ...

New role for Czech digital TV service
Broadband TV News
The Czech DVB-T operation Spray TV has been renamed HD Signal and will provide its services to cable and IPTV companies. Quoted by Digizone, Michal Král, the executive director of HD Signal's owner Self Servis, said that cable and IPTV operators, ...

Quickflix bolstered by streaming
Register
The IPTV aspirant reported that it was experiencing overall strong growth with the number of total subscribers, including trialists, reaching 110697 by the end of 2011. This represents an increase of 21303 or 24 percent during the December quarter. ...

AT&T paying TiVo at least $215M in settlement over Microsoft-powered TV system
GeekWire
That U-Verse system is based on Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV technology. Microsoft intervened in the case between AT&T and TiVo two years ago, telling the judge that AT&T, as Microsoft's customer, was demanding that Microsoft indemnify AT&T against ...

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