Needham & Company Starts Sigma Designs (SIGM) at Hold; Remaining On The ...
StreetInsider.com (subscription)
Needham analyst says, "Sigma Designs reported disappointing F1Q12 results and guided for F2Q12 (July) revenue substantially below our and consensus expectations as it navigates a product transition period in the IPTV STB market. ...

Sigma Designs' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Our revenue breakouts for the quarter are as follows: Our business segment and percentage of total revenues for the quarter, IPTV media processors represented $22.3 million or 37% of the total Connected Home Technologies was $27.2 million or 45% of the ...

Comcast is going digital...again.
The Strategic Sourceror (blog) - Josh Lopez-
Comcast is pioneering yet another business venture, internet protocol television (IPTV). IPTV will allow the full features and benefits of having a cable 
 

A view from the outer U-Verse
Wireless Week
By Yankee Group Friday, May 27, 2011 I've been watching IPTV go through its formative stages since its inception in the small telcos of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Traipsing through dozens of small towns I watched with a just slight bit of envy as ...

Comcast Tests IPTV Service
Home Media Magazine
Comcast Corp. has quietly begun testing an Internet-based television platform designed to personalize TV viewing, including streaming movies and episodic programming similar to Netflix, Hulu and Apple TV. Dubbed “Xcalibur,” the platform is currently ...

Comcast testing out IPTV service at MIT to compete better against online video ...
ZDNet (blog)
The cable giant is now playing catch-up when it comes to delivering video online, planning a trial of IPTV at MIT starting this fall, according to the Wall Street Journal. Delivering live TV over Internet protocol is the way competitors like ...

IPTV Market Leaders Report Exceeds 900 Service Providers and Spotlights ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Over 900 IPTV Operators are included, many in the start-up phase. MRG, Inc. also unveiled its new RankTracker™ system that allows semi-annual rank monitoring for over 100 IPTV Vendors across 40 million active subscribers, and displays how far each ...

Sigma Designs Slips To Q1 Loss - Update
RTT News
(RTTNews) - Sigma Designs, Inc. (SIGM: News ), a designer of semiconductors for IPTV set-top boxes, said Wednesday it slipped to a loss in the first quarter, as revenues dropped and expenses increased. Excluding one-off items in reporting and ...

Comcast Testing IPTV at MIT
TMC Net
The cable giant is finally testing out some new digs and, according to the Wall Street Journal, is running a trial IPTV service at MIT's (News - Alert) campus this fall. Comcast will try delivering TV channels using the same standard used to deliver ...

Multimedia Research Group Adds Rankings to IPTV Market Report
StreamingMedia.com
By Troy Dreier Charting the growth of the IPTV industry, Multimedia Research Group (MRG) has released its latest IPTV Market Leaders Report. New to this release is MRG's RankTracker system, which monitors over 100 IPTV vendors with 40 million active ...

Comcast reportedly inching toward IPTV trial
ConnectedPlanet (blog)
by Dan O'SheaMay 26th, 2011 The Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast is set to test an IPTV offering on a limited basis on the campus of MIT this fall. The WSJ report suggests that Comcast's intent is to develop more advanced IP-based features to ...

Beltelecom extends ZALA IPTV to regions
TeleGeography
Belarusian national fixed line operator Beltelecom says it has completed upgrade works on its ZALA-branded IPTV service, extending support into regional centres. The operator says the decision to deploy its IPTV platform in its regional data centres ...

Survey Shows Global Preference For IPTV
ChannelNews
By Marie Jones | Wednesday | 25/05/2011 A new study has found that consumers are increasingly using non-traditional media for viewing TV or video programming, mostly via the Internet. Nearly 40 percent of consumers globally are using desktop PCs and ...

India approves 74% limit on foreign investment for DTH, IPTV
Rapid tv news
Endorsing the recommendations of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry will raise the FDI limit for DTH satellite TV and IPTV platforms, as well as teleport outfits, ...

MTNL Selects Alphion GPON Equipment
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Alphion offers a full spectrum of broadband access solutions that support complete end-to-end access networks, enabling multiple-play IP based broadband services such as VoIP, high-speed Internet, IPTV, and Video-On-Demand. The Gigabit Passive Optical ...

I&B Ministry Agrees to 74 Per Cent FDI Limit For DTH, IPTV
VC Circle
“The ministry may broadly agree with the recommendations that a limit of 74 per cent for foreign investment for the broadcast carriage services such as DTH, IPTV, Mobile TV, HITS and Teleport may be set. This will bring uniformity in the FDI ceiling in ...

Imagine Communications Announces ICE Broadcast System 4.0
Marketwire (press release)
Version 4.0 of the ICE Broadcast System is planned for initial deployments in June with several North American service providers for IPTV, broadcast multiplexing and switched digital video staging. "ICE Broadcast System 4.0 is an important evolution of ...

BroadbandSuite™ 4.1 Release Gives Providers Tools Necessary for Enhancing ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... has additional work in progress on quality service delivery, including pending reports on alias addressing, vectoring with VDSL2, as well as white papers focused on splitter deployment best practices, and use cases around Quality IPTV over DSL. ...

UK and French broadcasters lead the charge of the OTT brigade in Europe
IPTV News
The report concludes by stating that incumbent pay-TV operators are not standing idly by: nearly all major cable, satellite and IPTV operators are exploring TV Everywhere systems to bring OTT into their walled gardens, while satisfying consumer demand ...

Sigma Designs' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call ...
Seeking Alpha 
Growth trends in the telco IPTV segments are taking place in emerging markets such as ... As the leader in IPTV video networking over coax and phone lines, 

Sigma Designs Slips To Q1 Loss - Update
RTT News 
(RTTNews) - Sigma Designs, Inc. (SIGM: News ), a designer of semiconductors for IPTV set-top boxes, said Wednesday it slipped to a loss in the first quarter 

Bachmann next on Iowa Press‎
Eastern Iowa Government
The program will also be broadcast on IPTV WORLD (.3) June 4 at 8:30 am, and will be available online at www.iptv.org.

Research and Markets: Digital Media - 2011 Online Video Media Insights‎
TMC Net
For information on IPTV (News - Alert) and home networking systems, see separate report: Global - IPTV & Home Theatre Insights.

Connected TV Shipments to Grow at CAGR of 58 Percent through 2014 ...‎
TMC Net - Rajani Baburajan 
The growth in worldwide set top box shipments (including DTT, IPTV (News ... Global IPTV set top box shipments are expected to grow from 19.4 million to ..

Beltelecom expands IPTV platform to regions‎
Telecompaper (subscription) 
Belarusian national operator Beltelecom has launched segments of its IPTV platform in regional data centres of the operator. The relocation of part of the 

Deutsche Telekom Considers Polish Fixed Lines, Slovak Buyout in Turnaround
Bloomberg
“Fixed-mobile convergence is a precondition to be able to leverage the market and certainly to serve the customer best by offering fixed, broadband, TV or IPTV,” Mahler, 62, said in Warsaw in an interview. “In the integrated markets we see the ...

IPTV is broadcast's next power play
ITWorld Canada
Product Review - How does the HTC touch stack up against its competitors in the intense smart phone market? Manfred Arndt of HP ProCurve discusses SMB and enterprise networking at the Interop business technology event in New York City. ...

TRAI recommendations to raise FDI for DTH, IPTV from 49% to 74% accepted by ...
Economic Times
The recommendations have been accepted to bring a parity between DTH and IPTV operators with other carriage services like HITS etc that are allowed to invite up to 74 per cent, said a Ministry official. The Ministry has, however, not accepted the ...

IPTV: A Bright Future for Hotel IPTV
hotel-industry.co.uk
A recent study from IMS Research has revealed that the global hospitality market for Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) is set to enjoy double-digit year-on-year growth rates as more hoteliers decide to adopt IPTV technology as their main in-room technology ...

Broadband Forum to Improve IPTV Performance With New Spec
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Broadband Forum has released BroadbandSuite 4.1, a set of specifications that aim to improve the performance of IPTV and DSL, the industry organization said on Tuesday. The latest version of the BroadbandSuite -- which can ...

Ericsson: "It's not just about IPTV, it's about TV"
IPTV News
In recognition of winning this year's IP&TV Industry Award for 'Best Multiscreen TV Solution', we speak to Ove Anebygd, Head of IPTV & Connected Home, Solution Area TV at Ericsson. What was the original thinking behind the creation of your winning ...

AT&T U-verse TV Customers Can Follow the French Open Like Never Before With ...
PR Newswire (press release)
AT&T U-verse TV is the only 100 percent Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service offered by a national service provider, making AT&T U-verse one of the most dynamic and feature-rich services available today. Now AT&T U-verse TV ranks "Highest ...

AT&T signs multi-screen accord with Turner Networks
IPTV News
In addition to providing access to a range of TV shows and movies, U-verse Online also enables customers of AT&T's IPTV service 'U-verse TV' to schedule recordings for their U-verse DVR at home, check their installation or service appointment status, ...