Amazon acquires London-based TV app company Pushbutton
The Next Web
And now, it seems, it's also buying LoveFilm's IPTV app developer Pushbutton, as paidContent reports. Pushbutton is a London-based independent digital ... 

Targetwire (press release)
July 29th, 2011, Moscow – SmartLabs, Russian leader in the IPTV services delivery platform market, started to deploy the large-scale unified IPTV platform for Rostelecom service subscribers in all Russian Federation regions. ...

 SmartLabs secures Russian IPTV contract
Broadband TV News
SmartLabs has started to deploy a large-scale unified IPTV platform for Rostelecom service providers in all Russian Federation regions. Within the project, all separate IPTV platforms currently running in the regions will be replaced by the unified one ...

Croatia's T-HT continues to accrete TV subs
IPTV News
Croatia's T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT) had reached 303927 residential customers for its TV services (delivered via IPTV, satellite and cable) by the end of the first half of this year, up 22.7% from one year previously. The company continued to enhance ...

eircom to launch IPTV next year
IPTV News
eircom Group has announced that it plans to "significantly" upgrade Ireland's telecoms infrastructure by rolling out fibre-based access technologies across the country, before launching IPTV over the new infrastructure in mid-2012. ...

Slic Network Solutions Selects Calix B6 to Provide Advanced ...
TMC Net - Anamika Singh
The B6 ESAN will be utilized to deliver advanced voice, data, and IPTV services using GPON technology, and 10 gigabit Ethernet for reliable sub 50 ...

IPTV stagnates at Telefónica Germany
‎Rapid tv news - Jörn Krieger
Telefónica Germany hasn't managed to acquire the expected large number of new customers for its IPTV platform Alice homeTV. The service counted 79500 ...

Comcast to offer subscribers HD videoconferencing option
‎FierceIPTV - Jim O'Neill 
FierceIPTV is an executive briefing on the IPTV industry. Sign up for FierceIPTV today to receive a complimentary guide on IPTV's rising stars! ...


 

Eircom €100m plan to bring fibre access to 100k homes by 2012
Siliconrepublic.com
It also revealed plans for an IPTV service including catch-up TV by mid-2012. In a plan to roll out fibre-based access technologies delivering superfast broadband to customers, Eircom says it intends to serve 100000 premises by summer 2012 in Phase 1 ...

Amazon Buys Lovefilm's IPTV App Designer Pushbutton
paidContent.org
Lovefilm had already picked Pushbutton as its long-term partner for IPTV development. It's not clear why Amazon is buying it outright. Pushbutton clients also include ITV (LSE: ITV), NatGeo, Turner, Sky and Disney. Deal terms aren't disclosed and ...

BT Vision passes 600k subs
IPTV News
In an interview with IPTV News last month (here), BT's Simon Orme confirmed that the telco is planning to launch a major new delivery platform for live online video called 'TV Connect', with technical trials expected to start later this year, ...

TiVUS Live in 1200 Rooms at Host Hotels and Resorts Property
PR Newswire (press release)
TiVUS' agreement with Host Hotels to deploy its new HD IPTV systems in Host properties was previously announced in March of this year. Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., an S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company, is the largest lodging real estate investment trust ...

Orange counts 4.6mn European TV subs
IPTV News
The company delivers IPTV and satellite TV services in a number of markets, including France, Poland and Spain, and saw the TV customer base in its native France rise 28% year-on-year to reach 3.896mn by the end of June. ...

UTStarcom to Host Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2011 Financial ...
PR Newswire (press release)
("UTStarcom" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: UTSI), a leading provider of interactive, IP-based network solutions in iDTV, IPTV, Internet TV and Broadband for cable and telecom operators today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss the ...

Rostelecom choose SmartLabs for unified IPTV Platform
SoftPressRelease.com (press release)
SmartLabs, Russian leader in the IPTV services delivery platform market, started to deploy the large-scale unified IPTV platform for Rostelecom service subscribers in all Russian Federation regions. Within the project, all separate IPTV platforms ...

 Bell Aliant Q2 earnings slip slightly, but broadband, IPTV results raise outlook
FierceTelecom
TO) may have seen a slight 1 percent dip in Q2 2011 revenues to CAD 693 million (USD 734 million), but strong growth in broadband and IPTV drove it to increase its full year revenue guidance. Based on its Q2 results, Bell Aliant has raised its ...

Entertain IPTV service to carry exclusive 3D channel
Telecompaper (subscription)
Telekom Deutschland has announced that the Entertain IPTV service will carry the '3D The Channel' 3D channel from 01 August. The channel will be available at no extra charge to all Entertain customers with VDSL connections and a 3D-enabled TV. ...

Informa: connected TV faces formidable challenges, despite early success
IPTV News
A major industry survey by Informa Telecoms & Media (publisher of IPTV News) has found that despite making strong early progress, connected TV services still face a number of challenges, and there is little consensus amongst the different players on ...

Deutsche Telekom expands IPTV platform with 3D channel
Rapid tv news
German telco Deutsche Telekom will expand the TV line-up of its IPTV platform Entertain on 1 August 2011 with 3D The Channel. The new service will show programmes covering sports, fashion, lifestyle, events and travel in three-dimensional format. ...

Personalized, Portable, On-Demand IPTV Services Are On the Way---Infonetics ...
TMC Net
By Madhubanti Rudra Infonetics' newly published newsletter, “IPTV (News - Alert) services getting highly personalized, highly integrated, portable, on-demand,” highlighted on some interesting aspects of how IPTV service providers are responding or ...

TV apps getting used on a weekly basis
IPTV News
A recent survey by Informa Telecoms & Media (publisher of IPTV News) found that attitudes to connected TV applications have softened considerably in the past few years: they are now believed to be an important addition to connected TVs, although there ..

Live From The Independent Show: Fear Or Feast Moving Forward?
Communications Technology
“Tier 1 MSOs may go national (with IPTV offerings), forgetting that loyalty,” she said. Her partner on the panel, Miller Tabak & Co. analyst David Joyce, believes software will override hardware when it comes to how MSOs will offer new services and, ...

Microsoft Is Taking IPTV Serious on the Xbox As Evidence by Its New Media Remote
eHomeUpgrade
By Alexander Grundner | July 27th, 2011 (0) Comments Besides the new, slim Bluetooth headset you may have seen on some of the gadget and gaming sites this week, Microsoft also unveiled a new Xbox 360 Media Remote. It, of course, has buttons the mimic ...

JDSU Receives TMC 2010 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award
MarketWatch (press release)
JDSU Home PM provides deep visibility into the home networking network performance data needed to ensure quality of experience for multi-play services such as IPTV, VoIP and high-speed Internet. TMC recognized JDSU with the award based on Home PM's ...

TiVUS Engages New Public Accounting Firm
PR Newswire (press release)
TiVUS' unique HD IPTV system is a complete hotel entertainment platform that, for the first time in the industry, generates previously untapped income for the hotel through ad-revenue sharing. For more information, please visit www.TiVUS.com and www. ...

KPN grows IPTV, but DTT falls
Broadband TV News
However, while an additional 56000 homes were added to the IPTV service to reach 416000, terrestrial platform Digitenne lost 14000 homes, ending the quarter on 868000. As reported in Broadband TV News, KPN is now offering two tuners as the standard for ...

Mindspeed's Comcerto Multi-Core Packet Processors Fuel OKI Electric Home ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The product's unique dual-core architecture allows each processor to run independently of the other, one dedicated to core gateway functionalities such as IPTV routing and voice processing, and the other to OSGi applications. ...

IPTV remains a driver of broadband growth for KPN
IPTV News
KPN added 56000 IPTV subscribers in the second quarter of 2011 to reach a total of 416000 subscribers, with the Dutch telco stating that IPTV remains one of the growth drivers of its broadband customer base. The company has a long-established IPTV ...

Moldtelecom adds interactive functions to new IPTV channels
Telecompaper (subscription)
Moldavian operator Moldtelecom announced that it made available its interactive functions pause, replay and record for 10 new IPTV channels, effective as of 26 July. Initially, Moldtelecom introduced interactive functions for 5 IPTV channels at the end ...

Infonetics Research IPTV survey: IPTV services getting highly personalized,
Newsday (subscription)
Click here Infonetics Research IPTV survey: IPTV services getting highly personalized, Published: July 21, 2011 5:25 PM By The Associated Press (Marketwire) -- 07/21/11 -- Market research firm Infonetics Research today released excerpts from its 2011 ...