Twitter and foursquare to Speak at IP&TV World Forum 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
To view the full event programme and register for IP&TV World Forum, please visit www.iptv-forum.com or call +44 (0) 20 7017 5506. Alternatively, keep up to ...

Croatian IPTV platform goes national
Broadband TV News
The Croatian alternative telco H1 Telekom is now reported to be offering its IPTV service on a national basis. Based in Split and wholly Croatian owned, H1 Telekom claims to have over 130000 user lines and strong partnerships with leaders in the ...

HBO: "We have developed new ways of viewing our programming"
IPTV News
... stream at the IP&TV World Forum 2012 event taking place in London on 20th-22nd March. For more information and to register, please visit www.iptv-forum.com.

 IPTV licensing headache for Ukraine
Broadband TV News
A licence previously issued to Kyivstar was cancelled for unknown reasons, while the incumbent Ukrtelecom cancelled plans to launch an IPTV service. Some believe the Broadcasting Council is incapable of regulating the delivery of content over the ...

With Pats poised for Super Bowl, Boston DirecTV subscribers may be ...
FierceIPTV
FierceIPTV is an executive briefing on the IPTV industry. Sign up for FierceIPTV today to receive a complimentary guide on IPTV's rising stars! ...

Broadpeak confirmed as leading VoD server software vendor in Europe
Advanced Television
This report, covering the Autumn/Winter 2011 time period, gives Broadpeak its second successive number-one ranking among IPTV VoD server software vendors in Europe. “With consumer demand for high-quality video over the Internet rising rapidly, ...

IPTV set to explode in Brazil
Rapid tv news
Television distributed via IP networks, a service currently offered by a single pay-TV operator in Brazil (TVA), will go from having just 21000 subscribers today to 1.5 million in four years. The forecast appears in a new, rather long-titled report ...

BesTV, CNTV Discuss Possible IPTV JV
Marbridge Consulting
At a recent investor communications meeting held by Shanghai BesTV, executives said that the Shanghai Media Group IPTV subsidiary was continuing its partnership talks with CCTV's national online TV station CNTV. Executives added that China's State ..

Imagenio launches on Blackberry phones
Advanced Television
Spain's largest IPTV service, Telefónica-owned Movistar Imagenio, is launching on Blackberry phones with an offer of up 20 TV channels.

Aces: Verizon FiOS inks deal with Tennis Channel
Rapid tv news
Advantage, IPTV: Verizon FiOS has started to serve the Tennis Channel in the US with the intention to cover all of the major tournaments in the sport's calendar. This will include the currently running Australian Open, plus Grand Slam coverage of ...

Verizon FiOS TV subscribers get Tennis Channel back in time for ...
FierceIPTV
FierceIPTV is an executive briefing on the IPTV industry. Sign up for FierceIPTV today to receive a complimentary guide on IPTV's rising stars! ...

Mobile and IPTV services fuel Brazil's market
Advanced Television
Brazil is undergoing a cultural and economic transformation that will see mobile penetration grow from 118 per cent in 2011 to 153 per cent in 2016 and IPTV services to increase from 21000 subscriptions in 2011 to 1.5 million in 2016, according to ...

Brazilian IPTV subscribers to hit 1.5mn by 2016
IPTV News
A new report from Pyramid Research predicts that rising mobile penetration and new IPTV services will fuel growth for Brazilian telcos over the next five years. The research firm forecasts that mobile penetration will grow from 118% in 2011 to 153% in ...

Colombia's Une-EPM tops 1m subs
Advanced Television
By Chris Forrester Colombia's National TV Commission says that local cable and IPTV pay-TV provider Une-EPM has achieved 1.02 million subscribers, ...

ViewCast Announces New Niagara® 9100 Streaming Video Encoder Series
MarketWatch (press release)
This new video encoder series streams SD and HD video and enables service providers, broadcasters and enterprises to power digital content for existing and new audiences in the mobile, web and IPTV environments. "An ideal solution for content delivery ...

IPTV to account for 60% of telco TV revenues by 2016
IPTV News
Telcos around the world now have a "substantial" share of the multichannel and pay-TV markets, and one that is not limited to pure managed-network IPTV, according to a new report from Ovum (part of Informa Telecoms & Media, publisher of IPTV News). ...

Global IPTV subscribers up 6% in Q3 to 54.4 mn: Study
Indiantelevision.com
MUMBAI: The latest broadband and IPTV figures published by the Broadband Forum show a surge in growth in the third quarter of 2011, with more new subscribers added in the quarter than at any time since early 2009. The figures also point to the growing ...

Preparing for the IP Transition
TV Technology
The ICN provided full motion video service to school, universities, government buildings and IPTV's then eight transmitter sites. The ICN continues to serve these facilities today. Of course technology has changed over time. ...

STARZ previews Spartacus online to cable, IPTV and satellite customers
Rapid tv news
Starz Digital Media is ratcheting up the furore over the second season of the STARZ Original series, "Spartacus: Vengeance," debuting on 27 January. The premium cable network will sample the first full episode of "Spartacus: Vengeance" to more than ...

Pacnet: "Caching no longer solves all problems"
IPTV News
We speak to Chris Wilson, SVP product strategy & management at Pacnet, a global telecommunications service provider headquartered in Singapore and Hong Kong and formed from the operational merger of Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet. ...

Swisscom develops catch-up TV offering
IPTV News
Swiss telco Swisscom is in the process of adding a catch-up TV feature to its IPTV service 'Swisscom TV' that enables customers to watch programmes from 70 channels up to 24 hours after their original broadcast. The catch-up TV service is currently ...

Mobile Penetration and IPTV Services Fuel Brazil's Market through 2016 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Brazil is undergoing a cultural and economic transformation that will cause mobile penetration to grow from 118 percent in 2011 to 153 percent in 2016 and IPTV services to increase from 21000 subscriptions in 2011 to ...

A smart TV opportunity for telcos
Technology Spectator
A preoccupation with the development of IPTV as a viable non-traditional business opportunity for telecoms and broadband network operators can distract us from the fact that additional avenues are open to telcos seeking a foothold in the pay-TV market. ...