IPTV destroying video store business in Australia
FierceIPTV
Australians are stepping up to IPTV and away from traditional video stores in a trend that will accelerate in 2013 thanks to "far more aggressive bundling strategies from telcos," according to Scott Lorsen, CEO of IPTV provider FetchTV. Lorsen, in a ...

Cartoon Network, Pogo launch on Sri Lankan IPTV platform Peo TV
Indiantelevision.com
MUMBAI: Sri Lankan IPTV provider Peo TV has inked a carriage deal with Cartoon Network and Pogo. The channels bring series such as 'Ben 10' and 'Scooby Doo' to even more viewers and fans on the island nation. Both channels are available in English.

China Telecom Kicks Off 2013 IPTV STB Tender
Marbridge Consulting
China Telecom will purchase 127,000 smart terminals, up from 74,000 IPTV-enabled smart STBs in 2012. More than 20 manufacturers are participating in the tender, including IPTV manufacturers such as ZTE (0763.HK; 000063.SZ), Huawei, Fiberhome ...

Teleste to focus on OTT, stop developing own IPTV Middleware
Telecompaper (subscription)
Network equipment maker Teleste plans to discontinue the development of its own IPTV Middleware offering and will instead seek partnerships in this area. The company said that to boost its competitiveness for multiscreen systems, it will focus on OTT ...

TiVo introduces TiVo Mini for whole-home viewing space
FierceIPTV
Recognizing that its customers want more than single-device connectivity, TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has entered into the whole-home viewing space with the TiVo ...

Quickflix boss: We're through the funding crisis and ready to grow
MuMbrella
... told Mumbrella that last week's injection of $1.7m from the Crede Capital Group will give the company the cash to capitalise on the growth on IPTV in Australia.

TRAI extends dates for comments on cross media ownership to Apr 8
exchange4media.com
“Also, more and more broadcasting companies owning television channels are venturing into distribution segments, that is, cable TV, DTH, HITS, IPTV, etc., ...

Compass Trend: IPTV vs OTT
Daoofstrategy.blogspot.com
For the last few years, IPTV has been the hot technology.  It has slowly diminished the domination of cable in the marketplace that Comcast was forced to start their own IPTV service.