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AT&T adds eight HD channels to U-verse line-up

December 18, 2007 – AT&T has announced that it has added eight high-definition (HD) channels to its U-verse TV service.

Amino/dicas support innovative IPTV over satellite hospital feed

December 18, 2007 - Content from Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 is being delivered to hospitals in Spain over an IP satellite data link, in an interesting use of IPTV technology.

Triple-play and quad-play will boost newly merged ARRIS and C-COR

December 18, 2007 - The acquisition of C-COR Inc. by ARRIS, completed December 14, will create a leading broadband solutions company with combined sales of over $1.2 billion over the past twelve months, ARRIS has declared.

TUŠ TELEKOM selects Envivio Convergence encoding solution to deliver IPTV services

December 18, 2007 – Envivio has announced that Slovenian telco TUŠ TELECOM has selected its Convergence Generation video headend for the telco’s standard-definition and high-definition IPTV services in Slovenia.

KT to acquire online ad agency as part of plans to become a media & entertainment company

December 17, 2007 – Korean telco KT has announced plans to acquire online advertisement agency Nasmedia for KRW 26bn (US$ 27.8mn), as part of its strategy to transform itself into a media and entertainment company.

2008 will be the “year of Web TV”, claims Babelgum CEO

December 17, 2007 – 2008 will be the year of Internet TV, according to Valerio Zingarelli, CEO of Internet TV platform Babelgum, as many more companies are expected to enter the Web TV market, lured by a potentially vast audience both in the UK and worldwide.

O2 to enter IPTV market in UK

December 17, 2007 – O2 is looking to replicate the success of its IPTV service in the Czech Republic by launching a similar offering in the UK before the end of next year, according to reports in The Guardian.

Ease of use fundamental to IPTV’s success, says Microsoft Senior Director

December 17, 2007 – IPTV has to “fundamentally be one of the easiest things to use” in order to achieve mainstream success, said Sal Arora, Senior Director of Product Management for Microsoft TV, at the recent IPTV World Forum Asia event.

Canal Digital increases IPTV footprint to 500,000 Swedish homes

December 14, 2007 – IPTV operator Canal Digital has increased the number of households in Sweden that can receive its packages by 150% following a new distribution agreement with Svenska Fibernät, bring the total footprint to 500,000 homes.

O2 TV reaches 70,000 customers

December 14, 2007 – Czech telco Telefónica O2 has announced that it has passed 70,000 subscribers for its “O2 TV” IPTV service, up from the 60,000 announced at the beginning of last month.

Hanaro Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent’s GPON FTTH solution to deliver IPTV and HDTV

December 14, 2007 – Korean telco Hanaro Telecom has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) Fibre to the Home (FTTH) solution to enable the delivery of IPTV, including high-definition content, video on demand (VOD), high speed Internet access and interactive multimedia services to its subscribers.

Korea Telecom places additional order with Net Insight

December 14, 2007 – Korea Telecom has placed a small add-on order for its multiservice media network with Net Insight.

artec technologies forms partnership with Ericsson

December 13, 2007 – artec technologies, a German supplier of products and solutions for streaming media and IPTV, has announced that it has formed a partnership with Ericsson to deliver white label hosting solutions for Web TV/IPTV and video on demand (VOD).

Tiscali signs content deal with Sky Italia

December 13, 2007 – Italian telco Tiscali has signed an agreement with Sky Italia to distribute Sky TV content packages on its new IPTV service, called Tiscali TV.

AT&T targets 1mn subscribers to U-verse service by end-2008

December 13, 2007 – The President of AT&T group, John Stankey, has said in a presentation to Wall Street analysts last Tuesday that the operator’s U-verse IPTV service will reach the 1mn subscribers milestone by the end of next year.

ADB achieves DLNA and UPnP certification for ADB-5000 series set-top boxes

December 12, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has announced that its latest home-networking enabled digital video recorder (DVR), the ADB-5000 series, has gained certification from the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), ensuring fast and simple networking of compatible devices in and throughout the home.

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