Cable, not IPTV, may be the Key to India's Broadband Digital Future

By Ritesh Gupta

A new study, Broadband Digital Networks: The Future of Cable in Accelerating India's Growth by Media Partners Asia, Ltd., Star Group, Macquarie Media Group and Liberty Global, Inc., says twenty million more homes are connected to cable than to fixed line telephony.

Algérie Télécom launching advanced broadband services

WiMAX services will launch in Algiers, Blida and Boumerdes, and extend to Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Ouargla before the end of 2007, opening the way for IPTV. By Branislav Pekic

Brazil opts for hybrid TV in the face of regulatory restrictions

Brazil seems to be opting for a hybrid IPTV solution (satellite + broadband), as telecommunications operators still face restrictions on offering TV channels via IPTV and face increasing competition. By Branislav Pekic

Broadband IP penetration pales in comparison to Cable and Satellite in India

Buoyancy in consumerism, 7-8% GDP growth, enormous appetite for media and entertainment, a booming telecoms sector, government supported broadband growth …all these factors suggest that IPTV will excel in India. By Ritesh Gupta

Minerva Networks & ADB announce HD, MPEG-4 IPTV solution

May 22, 2007 - Minerva Networks and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) have announced the availability of Minerva's iTVManager IPTV services management platform and ADB's new ADB-3800W high definition (HD) IPTV set-top box.

MTNL targeting 80,000 IPTV subscribers by March 2008

Initial teething problems have slowed MTNL at the starting gate but two energetic content partners and a host of technology partners have high hopes for success. By Ritesh Gupta

Clix adds free IPTV tier in Portugal; PTC poised to launch

Sonaecom launched a free IPTV service with 21 TV channels in April, to attract new broadband clients to its triple-play offer while PT Comunicações prepares launch later in the year. By Branislav Pekic

Has the hour finally come for IPTV in the Enterprise?

Unlike consumer IPTV, where service providers must capture market share from entrenched cable and satellite operators either via lower prices or preferably by offering something different, enterprise IPTV has had the opposite challenge of selling the solutions in the first place, but at least there's no competition to IP. By Philip Hunter

LambdaStream launches YouLike.TV over IP

May 4, 2007 - LambdaStream is launching YouLike.TV, a global Internet TV platform that allows deployment of Internet TV services with access through the IP set-top-box or the PC

Nokia Siemens Networks signs contract for IPTV deployment in Poland

May 4, 2007 - Nokia Siemens Networks has signed a contract with Dialog telecom to deliver and integrate an interactive TV and video-on-demand platform. The test installation will be rolled out this June and the commercial roll out is expected for end of this year.

Sonaecom selects CopperGate technology for IPTV service in Portugal

May 4, 2007 – CopperGate Communications has been selected by Sonaecom, Portugal’s second largest telecommunications provider, to provide technology for the Clix SmarTV IPTV service.

T-HT Croatia selects Scientific Atlanta IP set-tops for IPTV services rollout

May 4, 2007 - Scientific Atlanta’s Model IPP330HD IP set-tops have been selected by T-HT Croatia for IPTV service rollout.

Amino and Imago present a vision of the future at European events

May, 2007 - Amino, IPTV platform supplier, and Imago, European video communications distributor, will be showcasing latest AV technology on May 15-16 at the IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe in Prague.

Sibir Telecom selects Orca for IPTV service in Russia

May, 2007 – Orca Interactive’s IPTV middleware, RiGHTv, has been deployed by Open Technologies, a Russian system integrator of information services for Sibir Telecom, one of the largest telecommunication operators in Russia.

Widevine receives Red Herring 100 technology award

May, 2007 – Red Herring has today announced that Widevine Technologies is a recipient of Red Herring 100, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in North America.