Telefónica to drop German IPTV sales
Rapid tv news
Telefónica Germany will cease marketing its IPTV platform Alice TV at the end of March 2012. The decision was made "due to changes in the customer needs and market environment in this segment," Telefónica spokesman Albert Fetsch told Rapid TV News.

Netia, Monaco Telecom and Telstra adopt Netgem nCould mediacenter
Rapid tv news
Polish IPTV operator Netia, Australian telco Telstra and Monaco Telecom have adopted Netgem's nCould mediacenter solution, MD Christophe Aulnette has told Rapid TV News. Introduced at CES2012, the nCould platform is a complete solution to connect the ...

Dutch digital TV homes surpass 6 mln
Broadband TV News
With more than 2 million digital TV homes, Ziggo was the largest digital TV provider in Q4, followed by KPN (1.4 million homes for its DTT and IPTV services ...

African Television launches on Astra 23.5 East
Broadband TV News
AF-TV will use the Astra satellite for the distribution for both DTH reception and delivery to cable and IPTV operators throughout Europe.

Sunrise to debut packetWorx IPTV suite at Cebit
Telecompaper (subscription)
Test equipment company Sunrise Telecom will debut its packetWorx IPTV Suite, which includes the server-based packetWorx Monitoring System and packetWorx Analyzer field application, at Cebit in Hannover, Germany. Sunrise Telecom's packetWorx Suite ...

Green light for Foxtel-Austar merger
The Australian
THE Australian Competition & Consumer Commission will clear the Foxtel-Austar merger based on the belief it has left the door open for competition in new media distribution. The combined company will keep its exclusive sport content and home-grown ...
 

Google to sell Motorola set top box business
Business Intelligence Middle East (press release)
Set-top boxes will continue to be around as countries digitise their cable services and launch digital services via satellite or IPTV.

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