Advisory boards fail to mentor CEOs, increase effectiveness: Study
Economic Times
DoT endorses the move to do away with the rules that mandated a minimum net worth of Rs 100 crore for providing IPTV services. TRAI steps in to curb telemarketers' unwanted calls · 3G case: HC issues contempt notices to Idea Cellular, others ...

Hyperoptic planning IPTV launch after £50m injection
IPTV News
UK fibre-to-the-home specialist Hyperoptik has closed a large round of funding worth GB£ 50m (US$ 75m) amid plans to roll out FTTH connections to as many as ten cities around the country by the end of the year, then launch a number of services ...

Manitoba Telecom sells off Allstream for $540 million, will focus on telecom, IPTV
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Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) will sell off its Allstream business to Accelero Capital Holdings, a Cairo, Egypt-based investment group for $540 million. The divestiture allows the carrier to go forward "as a pure-play telecom with a strong consumer ...

Arqiva 'redefines IPTV' for Freeview
Rapid tv news
UK TV continues its renaissance with communications infrastructure and media service company Arqiva claiming to have redefined the Freeview DTT service with an IPTV portal. The new Connect TV is claimed to enable broadcasters to provide Freeview ... 

Bell Canada's Fibe TV wireless receiver expected to differentiate IPTV service
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Bell Canada (NYSE: BCE) has become the first Canadian IPTV provider to offer a wireless set-top box in an effort to eliminate complex wiring and provide a flexible viewing experience as part of the home entertainment offering. The box is also expected ...

IPTV sub numbers up 36 percent; Google Fiber announces another market
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@FierceIPTV RT @engadget: TiVo adds MLB.tv in the US today, nears IPTV launch in Sweden. Article | Follow @FierceIPTV. > Research firm MRG reported that the number of worldwide IPTV subscribers rose 36 percent in 2012 and now stands at 77 million.

LG expanding Google TV presence into more countries, executive says
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The next generation of high definition broadcast is not necessarily good news for current IPTV providers because it requires more than a minimal amount of network infrastructure change to handle the algorithms that provide a richer screen experience, ...