Better late than never? Copaco launches IPTV six months behind schedule
TeleGeography
Paraguayan telecoms operator Copaco launched its long-delayed IPTV service in Asuncion this week, after experiencing myriad technical problems. According to local press reports, the USD25 million product launch was initially expected to materialise on ...

Emcali to get IPTV licence in Colombia
Rapid tv news
Colombian regulators are to grant Emcali a licence to launch a pay-TV service in the city of Cali in the form of Cali IPTV directly without the need to participate in an auction.

Copper still in fashion despite speed allure of FTTH
FierceTelecom
While it's clear that deploying IPTV and high resolution OTT video are necessary to compete with cable operators, some service providers like AT&T (NYSE: T) are finding they can deliver a decent experience to their customer base. Leveraging ADSL2, AT&T ...

YP: Restaurants Remains Top Local Search Heading, Medical The Top ...
Search Engine Land
The data in the report are derived from searches conducted across the company's multi-platform network: “563 million searches and nearly 11 billion impressions in Q1 2012 across the YP Local Ad Network's 300+ online, mobile, IPTV and directory ...

JadooTV partners with Pearl Media on Asian IPTV service
Rapid tv news 
JadooTV and Pearl Media Group have joined forces to launch JadooPLUS, an entertainment service on JadooTV's IPTV platform, which will feature content from ...

YouView TV service finally unveiled at £299
PC Pro 
Under these circumstances, IPTV + Freeview \ Freesat becomes attractive. ... The increasing availability of viable IPTV makes a reevaluation of the way the ...

YouView launches, Now TV on board
Advanced Television 
Following much-criticised delays, open IPTV platform YouView has finally launched, with confirmation that Humax-produced set-top boxes will be available via ...
 

New IPTV platform launches
Screen Africa
GlobeCast has announced the commercial launch of MyGlobeTV, a new subscriber-based IPTV platform for international and thematic content in the US. The service.

 WhoView? UK's big IPTV project finally nears, facing challenges
paidContent.org
The industry-wide internet TV venture led by broadcasters and ISPs promises boxes in stores before August. But, four years on, can even YouView make in-roads to the burgeoning connected TV space?

JadooTV Partners With Pearl Media To Offer South Asian Content On IPTV Service
MediaNama.com
Silicon Valley(US) based JadooTV, Inc. and Dubai based, Pearl Media Group (PMG) have launched JadooPLUS, an entertainment service on JadooTV's Internet.

Copaco launches IPTV service in Paraguay
Telecompaper (subscription) 
Paraguayan state-owned operator Copaco has commercially launched its IPTV service. The service is currently available as part of a triple-play package in Villa ...

YouView IPTV service launches in the UK
uSwitch.com (Tech)
The YouView broadband-enabled TV service has finally launched in the UK, following a string of setbacks and delays.

Foxtel goes LIVE on selected Samsung Smart TVs
iTWire
IPTV is rocketing in Australia with the news that Foxtel on Xbox 360 has gone national in previously unavailable Austar areas, and has now made the leap to Samsung's Smart TV, obviating the need for a Foxtel IQ/IQ2 box – unless you want the full suite ...

Telcos on horn of dilemma in upgrading to fibre for IPTV, OTT video
Rapid tv news
It may be a nice problem to have but a new report from ABI Research has concluded that telcos are facing cost to value proposition issues regarding upgrades to fibre infrastructures which can support advanced offerings such as IPTV and over the top ...

IPTV's Dan Wardell to visit Cresco Public Library July 10
Cresco Times Plain Dealer
Now in its sixth year, IPTV's Reading Road Trip features an original, interactive story that is connected to the libraries' summer reading theme. This year, Dan's story time encourages kids to “Dream Big – Read!” complete with a special gift for every ...

IPTV personality visits Osky library
Journal Express
He's spreading the message of reading, nutrition and, of course, fun. Host of KIDS Clubhouse on Iowa Public Television, Dan Wardell, paid a vis.

202 Communications Retained by Mariner
Utah Business 
Mariner is a leading provider of IPTV video service monitoring and management platforms for multi-screen networks. Mariner's flagship product, the innovative ...
 

ABI Research: FTTH costs giving telcos pause
FierceIPTV
Even though Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks bring blazing speed and a fat pipe on which to offer new, competitive services like IPTV, telcos worldwide are increasingly finding themselves in a financial quandary when deciding to quit copper and move ...

 RESEARCH: 1.3bn digital TV households by 2017
Advanced Television
Of the 648 million digital TV homes to be added between 2011 and 2017, 259 million will come from digital cable. Primary FTA DTT [homes taking DTT but not subscribing to cable, DTH or IPTV] will bring in a further 174 million, with pay DTT adding 5 ...

AT&T OK with AMC; Dish breaks off service
FierceIPTV
It was a busy weekend in the programming-content business. The results: AMC Networks is on-again with AT&T U-verse and off-again with Dish Network as the two carriers took different routes to resolve distribution agreements with the network.