iPanel and ICTV agreement to expand availability of ActiveVideo in APAC region

March 26, 2008 – iPanel Technologies and ICTV have formed an agreement to integrate ICTV’s ActiveVideo solution with iPanel’s middleware and browser, with the purpose of expanding the availability of ActiveVideo in China and the larger Asia-Pacific market.

Envivio encoders used in trial of AVS video encoding for DTT broadcasting in China

March 26, 2008 – Envivio has revealed that its 4Caster C4 encoders are being used in “extensive” broadcast trials in Shanghai that combine AVS video encoding with China’s standard for digital terrestrial television broadcasting.

IP video’s time has come

Affordable and far less complex to implement than in the past, video over IP is becoming a must-have for organisations, schools, financial institutions, government, and more. Leading businesses and institutions are finding that IP video and its myriad uses can vastly enhance company performance, greatly improve employee productivity and significantly cut operating costs. Companies leveraging IP video not only enjoy a competitive advantage today but are poised to benefit from new applications far ahead of their competition.  Courtesy of Video Furnace

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IPTV World Forum 2008 receives record attendance and 85% of exhibitors re-book on-site for IPTV WF09

March 25, 2008 - This month's IPTV World Forum 2008 was an unprecedented success, with the show attracting over 5,500 attendees across six conference streams and a joint exhibition.

Harnessing the Internet to improve broadcast TV services

Amidst the headline themes for last week's IPTV World Forum 2008 there was an interesting undercurrent surrounding the convergence of Internet sourced video and applications and classic Pay TV walled garden environments (reports John Moulding).

IPTV World Forum 2008: technologies to help consumers find content

We already have hundreds of channels of digital TV and the private network long-tail is growing (reports John Moulding). The integration of online video services into the Pay TV walled garden environment could increase content choice further but there is a danger that consumers will be overwhelmed by the volumes of content and avoid on-demand libraries altogether, or at least keep using their current favourites - in which case a great opportunity to enhance their experience has been lost.

Thomson committed to joined-up services across multiple networks

March 25, 2008 - Thomson highlighted its unified approach to content management and delivery across multiple platforms at IPTV World Forum 2008, outlining plans to converge its SmartVision service delivery platform for IPTV with the SmartVision platform for mobile TV.

Peter Barrett on user-generated content: you cannot recreate a Botticelli

March 25, 2008 - There is ample evidence that user-generated content will be integrated into the pay TV environment as a way to earn subscriber loyalty (especially among younger viewers) but Peter Barrett, CTO and General Manager of Engineering at Microsoft TV earns the 'Quote of the Show' award from IPTV World Forum for his dismissal of UGC as a revenue earner.

Global TV advertising to reach US$123bn this year

March 25, 2008 – Global net TV advertising revenues will grow 5.8% this year to reach US$123bn, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media, despite fears of a global recession.

SecureMedia integrates Cinea's Running Marks watermarking solution

March 17, 2008 - SecureMedia, a provider of content protection software for secure video and multimedia delivery over IP networks, has announced the addition and integration of Cinea's Running Marks watermarking solution into SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE System, through its IdentiFind™ open digital forensics platform.

Mirifice, Amino and Comstar partner up to improve IPTV broadcast Quality of Service

March 14, 2008 – Mirifice, a UK provider of real time service monitoring, has signed an agreement, under involvment from Amino, with Russian broadband and IPTV operator Comstar to deliver the Mirifice MiriMON product on to the population of Comstar boxes. 

Anevia and Smart Com announce IPTV ecosystem compliance

March 14, 2008 - Anevia, the French designer of the FLAMINGO DVB to IP gateways and the TOUCAN VOD/nPVR servers, and Smart Com, middleware vendor, today announced an IPTV ecosystem compliance that aims to strengthen marketing and sales to European telecom operators and ISP of integrated solutions, featuring Smart Com's IPTV middleware and Anevia's live TV and VOD solutions. 

Tilgin launches new Mood 400 high-definition IP set-top box

March 14, 2008 - Tilgin, a provider of customer premises equipment (CPE) solutions for multi-play and next-generation broadband services, has launched its new Mood 400-020 IP set-top box. 

Widevine Secures Digital Media Delivery and Playback on Archos Portable Video Players

March 14, 2008 — Widevine Technologies, a provider of multiformat, multiplatform content protection, has announced that it now secures motion pictures, episodic TV and music on Archos’ line of portable video players and WiFi digital video recorders. 

Inuk Networks Chooses Edgeware´s Orbit 2x server platform

March 13, 2008 – Edgeware, a supplier of server systems for on-demand TV, today announced that triple-play service provider Inuk Networks has selected the Orbit 2x streaming platform to add video on-demand (VoD) functionality to its Freewire IPTV service in the UK, Ireland and Canada.