Surprise upturn for Czech IPTV service
Broadband TV News
O2TV was one of the first IPTV services to launch in Central and Eastern Europe and has seen little subscriber growth in the last 3-4 years. Its VOD offer was revamped with the launch of a new HD section in Q4 2011.

Swisscom Taps S3 Group's StormTest to Support an Enhanced and Seamless Digital ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"We strive to deliver the ultimate IPTV experience to more than 600000 customers, and as interactive services and multiple devices continue to become the norm, we need a partner who can help us ensure the highest quality of end-to-end platforms.

Swisscom selects S3 for IPTV testing
Rapid tv news
Switzerland's national telco Swisscom has chosen Irish technology company S3 Group to provide software testing services on its IPTV set-top-boxes. The deployment of S3 Group's StormTest Development Centre, focused on set-top-boxes running Microsoft ...

iBAHN partners with Bang & Olufsen to deliver IPTV and digital services to the ...
IT News Online
(London, February 20 2012) - iBAHN, a global leader in IP platform-based systems and broadband technologies for the hospitality industry, and Bang & Olufsen, the world-leading audio and video brand announce a partnership agreement, ...

LOVEFiLM to host live Q&A with Attack the Block director
IPTV News
Mark Hewis, Technical Architect at LOVEFiLM, will be speaking at the IP&TV World Foum 2012 event taking place in London on 20th-22nd March. For more information and to register, please visit www.iptv-forum.com.

DigitalTVEurope.net
Swisscom is using digital TV quality assurance company S3's StormTest Development Center for software testing on its IPTV set-top boxes. StormTest Development Center allows automated software testing to be executed across multiple digital TV devices.

S3 for Swisscom IPTV STB testing
Advanced Television
S3 Group, a global enabler of digital TV content delivery platforms, has revealed that Swisscom has chosen StormTest Development Center to ensure the accurate and speedy software testing on IPTV STBs. This deployment, focused on STBs running Microsoft ...

Cisco exiting STBs?
Advanced Television
When Cisco acquired the business, the majority of content was delivered via managed cable, satellite and IPTV services, but the amount of content streamed ...

Swisscom selects S3 Group for IPTV testing
IPTV News
Swiss telco Swisscom has chosen Ireland's S3 Group to provide testing software for its Microsoft Mediaroom-based IPTV set-top boxes. The deployment of S3 Group's StormTest Development Center is focused on set-top boxes running the Microsoft Mediaroom ...

Europe Remains Leader for IPTV
World Screen
By Kristin Brzoznowski LONDON: With strong consumer demand and active fiber rollouts, Europe continues to be the leader for IPTV, according to the latest ...


Netgem partners up for Latin American tour
IPTV News
French firm Netgem, a provider of digital convergence technologies, has formed partnerships with specialists from across the IPTV value chain to develop ...

Telefonica to launch IPTV service in Brazil in H2
Telecompaper (subscription)
Telefonica will launch IPTV services in Brazil in the second half of this year, Teletime reports, citing Paulo Cesar Teixeira, head of Telefonica's ...
 

Social media users "demanding more"
IPTV News
... at the IP&TV World Forum 2012 event, taking place in London on 20th-22nd March, 2012. For more information and to register, please visit www.iptv-forum.com.


Solidere to build FTTB network in Beirut
Telecompaper (subscription)
The real estate firm aims to provide businesses and residences with 100Mbps broadband and IPTV services over a FTTB network, the Daily Star reported.


Fibre broadband 'to drive IPTV adoption'
uSwitch.com (Tech)
The wider deployment of hybrid superfast fibre optic broadband services is helping deliver IPTV services to more consumers, it has been claimed.

Colombian operator Emcali plans IPTV service

Voiceserve Delivers Sequential Revenue Growth of 37%
Telecom Reseller (press release) - 3 days ago
... Voiceserve perfected its VoIP video-on-demand capability and won the Internet Telephony 2011 IPTV Excellence Award for its VOD platform.

Top 10 IPTV countries revealed
MyBroadband
IPTV subscribers grew by 6.06% in the third quarter of 2011 and now total 54.4 million globally. This is according to the latest Point-Topic IPTV report. The Point-Topic report highlights that IPTV growth is hampered by the requirement for higher ...

TopWireNews (press release)
In addition to Theme Channels, advanced negotiations with telephone companies have begun create a presence

through IPTV for the provision of breaking news ...

Netgem makes big LatAm push with on-demand, multiscreen IPTV platform
Rapid tv news
In an ongoing effort to expand out of its main European base, Netgem is developing a connected TV solution that it is tailored to the needs of IPTV operators in the Latin American market. The solution is meant to offer an affordable way for pay-TV ...

It's all about competition for eyeballs and advertising ringgit
Malaysia Star
How do you view the competition (from ABN and the IPTV players) ? Regardless of what anyone says, we have always been in a competitive environment.

VIVUS, Power Solutions, Monster, Gilead, UTStarcom Have New Stock ...
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
By Derek Hoffman UTStarcom, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTSI): Wedge Partners said China's cable authority announced two national IPTV platforms.

Telefonica/Vivo to launch IPTV service in H2 2012
Telecompaper (subscription)
Brazilia n operator Telefonica/Vivo should launch its IPTV service in the second half of 2012, and will use the new service to leverage the contracting of ...


Broadband Forum says Europe leads the way on IPTV
Cable.co.uk
The Broadband Forum revealed the global customer base of internet protocol TV (IPTV) products now stands at 55 million, with Europe accounting for 23.5 ...