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Pace Micro Technology says it is on course to meet 2007 estimates

October 19, 2007 – UK firm Pace Micro Technology has said that it is on track to meet its recently hiked targets for the shortened 2007 financial year, adding that it is confident it will meet estimates for 2008.

Nighthawk Systems receives order for set-top boxes following acquisition of Eagle Broadband’s operations

October 19, 2007 – Nighthawk Systems has received an order worth US$ 480,000 for its MediaPro IP3000HD IPTV set-top boxes (STBs), following the acquisition of Eagle Broadband’s STB operations.

IneoQuest releases IQDVx, IPTV monitoring and troubleshooting software that covers both Ethernet/IP and MPEG transport

October 19, 2007 – US firm IneoQuest has unveiled a PC-based software application called IQDVx, which identifies and displays transport errors in both the Ethernet/IP and MPEG transport of video packets.

Chunghwa Telecom’s Karaoke-on-Demand service reaches 300,000 hits in first month

October 18, 2007 – Streaming21 has reported that the Karaoke-on-Demand solution it supplied to Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reached over 300,000 hits in its first month since launch.

Exterity forms joint development agreement with SpliceCom to combine IPTV and IP telephony

October 18, 2007 – Scottish firm Exterity has formed a joint development agreement with English IP convergence company SpliceCom to enable the distribution of live TV and video via SpliceCom’s PCS 410 IP Phone.

Bharti Airtel reveals will launch IPTV service in next two months

October 18, 2007 – Indian telco Bharti Airtel announced yesterday that it will launch its IPTV service in Delhi and NCR in the next two months.

ITonis announces US$ 1.2mn revenue guarantee contract

October 18, 2007 – ITonis has announced that it has been awarded a Minimum Sales Guarantee Contract worth US$ 1.2mn by Danish firm Nordic IPTV over the next three years.

Connecticut regulators order AT&T to seek cable TV licence for U-verse service

October 17, 2007 – Commissioners from Connecticut’s Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) have ordered AT&T to apply for a cable TV licence for the U-verse IPTV service which it currently provides in the state.

Exterity announces delivery milestone for DVB to IPTV gateway

October 17, 2007 – Scottish firm Exterity has announced that it has shipped its 750th DVB to IPTV gateway, which it describes as a ‘significant’ milestone.

Verizon adds more channels to FiOS service

October 17, 2007 – US telco Verizon has added two new channels to its FiOS fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) IPTV service, A&E in high-definition and the FOX Business Network.

Asia Pacific leads IPTV equipment sales with 48% of revenues in Q2

October 17, 2007 – Asia Pacific led worldwide sales of IPTV equipment in the second quarter of this year, accounting for 48% of all revenue, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.

Exclusive – “Very probable” that Telefónica’s Imagenio service will offer 2008 Olympic games in high-definition

October 17, 2007 – Telefónica has told ipTV News that it is “very probable that Imagenio will offer the 2008 Olympic Games in high-definition”, following enquiries into their plans to offer HD content through the IPTV service.

Midwest TEL NET consortium selects TANDBERG Television for high-definition IPTV services

October 16, 2007 – Midwest TEL NET, a consortium of Independent Operating Companies (IOCs) in southwest and central Wisconsin, has selected TANDBERG Television’s TANDBERG iPlex video processing platform in order to deliver high-definition IPTV services.

Vodafone Portugal is “seriously studying” entering IPTV market

October 16, 2007 – Vodafone Portugal is “seriously studying” entering the IPTV market, company Vice-President Antonio Coimbra has said in an interview with local daily Jornal de Negocios.

Tilgin signs software support contract with a leading system integrator for IPTV solutions

October 16, 2007 – Swedish firm Tilgin has announced that it has signed a software support contract with a leading system integrator for IPTV set-top box (STB) solutions to a European incumbent operator.

Icelandic telco Síminn selects Alcatel-Lucent to supply GPON fibre-to-the-home solution for IPTV services

October 16, 2007 – Icelandic telco Síminn has selected Alcatel-Lucent as its Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) supplier, which will facilitate the delivery of advanced broadband services such as IPTV, Video on Demand (VOD), high-definition content and high-speed Internet.

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