KPN adds 58k IPTV subs in 1Q11
IPTV News
Dutch telco KPN added 58000 subscribers for its IPTV service 'Interactieve TV' in the first quarter of this year, reaching a total of 360000 by the end of March. The telco lost 13000 subscribers for its DTT TV service 'Digitenne' in the first three ...

Reportlinker Adds Future Telecom (Scenarios 2020)
PR Newswire (press release)
What are the potential take-up levels and revenue generated by the different fixed (broadband, voice, VoD, IPTV, VoIP) and mobile (voice, data, VoD, IPTV, VAS) services? • How will market forces play out for telcos, between pressure from Internet ...

Numericable introduces triple play offer‎
MediaMughals - Nitesh Sharma
French cable and IPTV operator Numericable has come out with a new triple-play offer 'TV Gold HD' for its users. This new service will be available for a ...

End-to-end IPTV Solutions with Server Appliances by Motama
TVover.net
IPTV is becoming increasingly important. IPTV not only allows for serving millions of users within public networks but also provides transmission of content in hospitality and health care, in universities, schools, and corporations, and in IP networks ...

DDG To Carry Wi3 Line
Twice
Combining the Nationwide reach of the sixteen-member Digital Delivery Group (DDG), WI3 plans to make its IPTV/ SmartTV Ethernet connection products available to CEDIA professionals, contractors, security dealers and integration companies nationwide. ...

Verizon FiOS rolls out free on-demand indie films with Openfilm‎
Rapid tv news - MIchelle Clancy
Verizon FiOS TV has partnered with Openfilm, aimed at giving its IPTV subscribers free, on-demand access to independent films. Openfilm is dedicated to the ...

AT&T passes 3.2mn IPTV subs in 1Q11
IPTV News
AT&T added 218000 subscribers to its IPTV service 'U-verse TV' in the first quarter of this year to reach a total of 3.2mn by the end of March, with more than three-quarters of these taking a triple- or quad-play package. Average revenue per user ...

 Telia hikes monthly fees for IPTV subscriptions‎
Telecompaper (subscription)
Telia Sweden has increased the prices it charges its new Telia Digital-tv IPTV customers, effective as of 23 March. According to the altered pricing list, ...

Korea Ranks 4th in terms of No. of IPTV Subscribers
Arirang News
Korea was home to around 3.65 million IPTV subscribers. Korea also posted the world's fastest growth in subscribers seeing an increase of nearly 54 percent compared to a year earlier. The largest market for IPTV is France, topping the chart with nearly ...

Tesco buys IPTV service Blinkbox
Marketing
by Ed Owen, 20 April 2011, 10:27am Tesco has bought an 80% stake in internet TV service Blinkbox for an undisclosed sum, Marketing can reveal. Blinkbox allows users to stream movies using a rental model - movies can be viewed any number of times for a ...

TEO posts slender gains for IPTV service
IPTV News
Lithuanian telco TEO had reached 70821 subscribers for its IPTV service 'Interactive GALA' by the end of the first quarter of 2011, up 21.9% from 58111 one year previously. The telco added the channel Sony Entertainment Television to its IPTV service ...

M'sia gets second IPTV provider
ZDNet Asia
KUALA LUMPUR--Malaysia's first pay and only satellite TV operator Astro has launched its Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service in collaboration with broadband service provider Time dotCom (TdC). The inking of the deal will enable Astro to offer ...

IPTV will discuss recovery plans for endangered salmon
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
By :KATHERINE WUTZ As a federal judge prepares to hear oral arguments on recovery plans for endangered salmon, "Dialogue" on Idaho Public Television will discuss different proposals and the issues facing the court. After decades of litigation, ...

ETSI Member To Discuss CDNs And IPTV At The CDN World Forum
AddPR.com (press release)
Dr. M. Oskar van Deventer, an ETSI member, will be discussing ETSI standards for CDNs and their interconnection with IPTV and other CDNs. The session, taking place on Day 1 of the forum, will discuss ETSI TISPAN standards on IPTV and content delivery ...

Computerworld Australia
GoConnect (ASX:GCN) has announced a new Asian-language IPTV joint venture with Victoria-based ISP Netbay Internet. The arrangement will see the creation of an equally-owned company, Asia IPTV, which will initially serve up Cantonese and Mandarin ...

Entone wins new US contract
IPTV News
US telco Granby Telephone Company (GTC Broadband) has selected Entone's Amulet IPTV Receivers and Janus Media Hubs for its rollout of high-definition IPTV services throughout southwestern Missouri. The deployment will enable GTC Broadband to offer ...

Astro launches IPTV service
Business Times - Malaysia
Under a package called Astro B.yond IPTV (internet protocol TV), they will also enjoy high speed fibre broadband internet delivered via Time Dotcom's fibre broadband line. Asfro chief executive officer Datuk Rohana Rohzan said over time, ...

GoConnect forms Asian-language IPTV joint venture
CFO World
By Dylan Bushell-Embling (CFO World) GoConnect (ASX:GCN) has entered a new Asian-language IPTV joint venture with Victoria-based ISP Netbay Internet. The arrangement will see the creation of an equally-owned company, Asia IPTV, which will initially ...

Astro, Time dotCom launch IPTV service
Malaysia Star
Called the Astro B.yond IPTV, the service will allow customers to watch a multiplay of Astro channels in high definition with personal video recording and video-on-demand services, which will be delivered via TdC's 100% fibre broadband service. ...

Astro B.yond IPTV – The best of 3 worlds in 1 service
ADOI magazine
Astro delivers the best of Broadcast, Broadband and Voice through its latest service – Astro B.yond IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) . Astro B.yond IPTV brings to life true digital lifestyle serving the needs of knowledge driven and globally connected ...

ZST Digital Networks Unfolded: A Mutual Fund Manager Seeks the Truth, Part 1
Seeking Alpha
One is providing Internet protocol television (“IPTV”) set-top boxes that are used to provide bundled cable television, Internet and telephone services to residential and commercial in Henan Province, the other is providing GPS location and tracking ...

Fetchtv spreads to Westnet
iTWire
By Stephen Withers The fetchtv IPTV service is now available from another Australian ISP. Westnet has announced it will offer the service to its customers as an add-on. WA-based ISP Westnet is following the lead of its parent company iiNet in offering ...

IPTV: NeuLion Unveils New College Division
TMC Net
By Carolyn J Dawson, TMCnet Contributor NeuLion (News - Alert), Inc., a leading multi-platform broadcast technology company that enables its partners to stream and monetize digital broadcast content, has launched a new College Division of NeuLion. ...

Virtual cable companies gaining traction in US? Keep an eye on Verizon‎
FierceIPTV - Jim O'Neill - 12 hours ago
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Montana Telco Selects IPTV Middleware Vendor
TVover.net
After a thorough review process, Ronan Telephone has chosen Innovative Systems to deliver IPTV middleware for their new video system that will serve their cable television subscribers in western Montana. "Our relationship with Innovative Systems goes ...

MyZen.TV launches Freebox SVOD service‎
Rapid tv news - Pascale Paoli-Lebailly 
TV is offering most of its programming available on a subscription VOD on the Freebox IPTV platform. The new platform called MyZen. ...

WildPackets and Gigamon Expand Technology Partnership‎
PR-USA.net (press release)
... VoIP, Video, and IPTV links to remote offices. "This technology is essential for any organization where network uptime is critical," said Mike Valladao, ...

Entone wins new US contract‎
IPTV News 
US telco Granby Telephone Company (GTC Broadband) has selected Entone's Amulet IPTV Receivers and Janus Media Hubs for its rollout of high-definition IPTV ...

Playcast Media Launches First Ever Cloud Gaming Service in Asia‎
TMC Net - Anil Sharma
Playcast Media, a company that provides a cloud gaming service to IPTV (News - Alert) and cable operators, has launched ...

Fetchtv IPTV Lands In OZ $15 Westnet‎
Smart Office - Oonagh Reidy 
The IPTV service, which starts from $14.95 per month, includes a state-of-the-art HD set top box that comes with a one terabyte hard drive and three HD ...

Galloping IPTV Pushes Global Set Tob Box Revenue Near $6Billion
ChannelNews
By Marie Jones | Tuesday | 19/04/2011 The worldwide set top box revenues totalled $5.7 billion in 4Q10 as compared with $5.3 billion in the corresponding quarter of 2009, with IPTV set top box shipments increasing by 3.7 million in 2010. ...

Imago announces IPTV initiative
AV Interactive
Breeze Technologies, the MPEG and IPTV solutions developer – represented exclusively by Imago in Europe – has formed a new partnership with French IPTV middleware provider, Vianeos, which will allow the two companies to deliver an 'IPTV in a box' ...

Dish TV falls on SC verdict on channel rates
India Infoline.com
Effective September 2010, broadcasters were asked to charge only 35% of the rates paid by cable operators from service providers on platforms such as DTH, IPTV and HITS. The country's leading broadcasters then moved the TDSAT, challenging TRAI's tariff ...

Apex court orders new tariff formula for DTH operators
Financial Express
Simply put, this means that DTH, digital cable, and IPTV operators will only pay the broadcasters up to 42% of the tariff fixed in the analogue cable market (non-addressable and un-regulated). This is important because the government has recently ...

EchoStar Corporation Announces Conference Call for First Quarter 2011 ...
Marketwire (press release)
... 25 years of experience designing, developing and distributing award-winning television set-top boxes and related products for pay television providers and is creating hardware and service solutions for cable, telco, IPTV and satellite TV companies. ...

Motorola Mobility Acquires IPTV Software Company Dreampark
TMC Net
By Tracey E. Schelmetic, TMCnet Contributor Motorola Mobility has acquired Dreampark (News - Alert), a Swedish IPTV software provider, reports TechCrunch. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Motorola says it expects the acquisition to close in the ...

Tivus Summarizes National Association of Broadcasters 2011 NABShow Attendance
Marketwire (press release)
"After reviewing the plethora of IP-based content and HD IPTV technology innovations presented, I must admit it was gratifying to confirm our business plan is not only on the leading edge of this burgeoning platform, but it appears we are ahead of the ...

Sigma Designs and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation Establish Joint Venture
Marketwire (press release)
The joint venture, VietSilicon Technology Joint Stock Company (VSilicon, JSC), will enable the two companies to accelerate their growth in the Vietnamese market by combining proven IPTV semiconductor technology with VTCs unparalleled local content and ...

Moto strengthens IPTV play with Dreampark acquisition
Rapid tv news
Dreampark offers a platform for IPTV operators to customise their electronic programming guides and ancillary screen plays—tablet apps and smartphone navigation and remote control included. The company's software suite uses open standards like HTML. ...

"No current trend" towards cord cutting
IPTV News
The report also found that US cable operators lost 2.5mn subscribers in 2010, but satellite and IPTV operators made up this difference. Neither age nor household income appears to make an impact on pay-TV cord cutting, according to In-Stat, ...

Worldwide 4Q10 Set Top Box Market Revenues Approach $6 Billion, says In-Stat
FierceIPTV
Worldwide IPTV set top box unit shipments increased by 3.7 million in 2010. During 2010, in Latin America, 8 million more SD set top box units were shipped than HD boxes. Recent In-Stat research, 4Q10 Set Top Box Database Update (#IN1104986STBD), ...

SC Interim Order raises DTH rates for paid channels
Law et al. News
The Bench of Justice RV Raveendran and Justice AK Patnaik after hearing both the parties passed the interim order which raised the rate for a pay channel for addressable systems such as DTH, HITS, and IP TV to 42% of the rate of the channel as .