IPTV, apps to 'drive' viewing growth
Sydney Morning Herald
And IPTV, other subscription entertainment services and new mobile media apps will drive growth in Australia's media and entertainment industry of 18 per cent over the next five years, it says. The annual PwC media report forecasts a compound annual ...

UTStarcom to divest IPTV business
Rapid tv news
UTStarcom has announced several strategic initiatives, including the divestiture of its IPTV equipment business, which will become a privately-held standalone company. Other plans include the appointment of former board member William Wong as chief ...

One-third of Australians to switch to IPTV subscription service by ...
Inside Film 
Almost one-third of Australians will have switched to an IPTV subscription ... IPTV subscription services differ from services such as YouTube because they are ...
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PwC media outlook pins mobile commerce as next growth area ...
SmartCompany.com.au 
Recent research from within the company itself has already found that 52% of Australian homes contain a device that could enable IPTV. “Consumers' familiarity ...

Online TV set to explode
Northern Star
And IPTV, other subscription entertainment services and new mobile media apps will drive growth in Australia's media and entertainment industry of 18 per cent ...

Free-to-air TV to share print's pain
The Australian
The Hub - IPTV television · Aussies quick to take up IPTV ... of Australian households will have signed up to an IPTV service to watch subscription TV channels.

Wired consumers to keep media business afloat
BRW (subscription) 
The report's editor Megan Brownlow says IPTV will provide an alternative to the more expensive cable or satellite delivered subscription television service.

UTStarcom divests 'non-strategic' IPTV equipment business
FierceIPTV
UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) is shedding its IPTV equipment business, turning it into a privately held standalone company as "a means of effectively redeploying capital to support higher return opportunities, particularly in the value-added services area ...

UTStarcom Announces Strategic Initiatives
Sacramento Bee
Company to Focus on Services and Divest IPTV Business -, - Former Board Member Mr. William Wong to Become Chief Executive Officer -, - Company Expects Second Quarter Results to be in Line with Internal Expectations -,. By UTStarcom Holdings Corp.

UTStarcom Announces Strategic Initiatives
Sacramento Bee
Company to Focus on Services and Divest IPTV Business -, - Former Board Member Mr. ... The divestiture of the Company's IPTV equipment business which will ...

UTStarcom to divest IPTV ops, push media support services
Telecompaper (subscription) 
IP networking products provider UTStarcom Holdings has announced a number of strategic initiatives aimed at generating growth, making the company more ...

Economist sees 'rising likelihood' of drought-related recession
Sioux City Journal
Iowa Press can be seen at 8:30 a.m. Saturday on IPTV World and at noon Sunday on IPTV. It is available online at www.iptv.org. Inside. A burn ban has been ...   

Amino bounces back to profit
Business Weekly 
Year-on-year the specialist in digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, has gone from a loss of £0.4m in H1 2011 to an operating profit of £0.2m this time. Gross profit was up 19 per cent to £7.1m and ...

New orders and lower specs help Amino
Broadband TV News 
The Cambridge set-top and IPTV specialist recorded £20.1 million in first half revenues, a 12% improvement. Customers in the Netherlands increased sales by £3.7 million, while Telecom Italia's commitment drew a further £1.3 million.

IPTV crew impressed with Kalona
The Kalona News
As they left Kalona Wednesday afternoon, Dan Kaercher and John Torpy of IPTV (Iowa Public Television) were already looking forward to the next time that they could come back to Kalona. Kaercher, host of IPTV show “Iowa's Simple Pleasures,” and ...

FierceIPTV
IPTV revenue reached $19 million in the second quarter of 2012 with total IPTV customers of 95100 at the end of June 2012. FibreOP TV customers grew by 13000 in the quarter to reach 65300, a portion of which were migrations from Bell Aliant TV. Overall ...

UTStarcom Announces Strategic Initiatives
MarketWatch (press release)
As part of this strategy, the Company will divest its IPTV equipment business, which will become a privately-held standalone company. Once the divestiture transaction closes, Mr. Jack Lu will lead the new IPTV equipment business, thus leaving his ...

Bell Aliant Q2 revenue down 0.7 percent, but FTTH, IPTV expansion continues
FierceTelecom
Bell Aliant's (Toronto: BA.TO) IP service growth pains continued into the second quarter of 2012, as the service provider's operating revenue dropped 0.7 percent to CAD 688 million (USD 675 million) due to declines in traditional local and long ...

TRAI to float consultation paper on media ownership
Daily News & Analysis
People need to think whether newspaper, television, radio, IPTV, satellite channels should be owned by one person, Trai Chairman Rahul Khullar said at industry body Assocham's conference on 'Cross Media Ownership'. "Most of the international experience ...

Public-sector union leader pessimistic about bargaining
Indianapolis Star
For Web video and more program times, see IPTV.org/iowapress. More. The head of Iowa's largest public-sector union Friday offered a fairly gloomy view of upcoming contract negotiations with the state, in light of a rocky and distant relationship with Gov.

Soap opera 2.0: the rise of branded entertainment in the age of smart TV
The Guardian (blog)
By 2015, 350 million internet-connected TVs will have been sold around the world, according to Vision IPTV. But what will the brand formats of the future look like on these devices? To predict this new phenomenon, and how brands will own their share of ...

YouView's launched but BT won't offer it until autumn
FierceIPTV
Just to clear up what's probably a little confusion these days about the on-again-off-again-on-again launch of British IPTV service YouView, the service did launch—at least to some customers—in time for the London Summer Olympics. But one of its key ...