IPTV News

Potential of Eastern European pay-TV "now being realised"

June 23, 2008 - The potential of pay-TV in Central and Eastern European is "now being realised", according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media, which projects that the region's pay-TV sector will increase from US$5.6bn in 2007 to US$12bn by 2013.

O2 TV to pass 100k Czech subscribers "soon"

June 23, 2008 - O2 TV, the IPTV service from Telefónica O2 of the Czech Republic, will exceed 100,000 subscribers "soon", according to the telco, and is offering a new LG LCD television as a gift to the 100,000th customer.

Conditional access vendors to benefit from new content distribution channels

June 23, 2008 - The global market for conditional access systems exceeded US$1bn in 2007, according to ABI Research, and over the next five years the market is expected to grow further thanks to a "robust competitive environment" and alternate modes of content distribution such as IPTV offered by telcos.

Southeast Asian nations agree on STB specifications

June 23, 2008 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has reached an agreement on a common set of specifications for standard-definition and high-definition digital set-top boxes (STBs) at the end of the ASEAN Digital Broadcasting meeting held in Singapore last week.

Lemon Way introduces IPTV banking application

June 20, 2008 - Lemon Way, a French firm specialising in mobile banking and trading software, has introduced an application enabling users to manage their bank accounts and transactions via their IPTV service.

Vodafone out of running for Tiscali takeover

June 20, 2008 - Vodafone has pulled out of the running to purchase Tiscali, an Italian ISP with operations in Italy and the UK, according to reports in the UK's Financial Times.

Motorola launches new xDSL voice gateways for triple-play operators

June 20, 2008 - Motorola has launched a new family of xDSL voice integrated access device (IAD) gateways at the NXTcomm event currently taking place in Las Vegas, designed to enable service providers to offer Internet, VoIP, IPTV and wired and wireless home networking via one device.

Agilent introduces service assurance solution for Mediaroom deployments

June 20, 2008 - US firm Agilent Technologies has debuted a test and measurement service assurance solution specifically designed to monitor and analyse Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV platform, following Agilent's recent accession to the Mediaroom ecosystem.

Microsoft bolsters TV advertising technology with Navic acquisition

June 20, 2008 - Microsoft has acquired Navic Networks, a US specialist in interactive advertising technology, for an undisclosed sum.

Kasenna supports Russian video on demand services

June 20, 2008 - US firm Kasenna has provided its MediaBase video server software and LivingRoom middleware to Content-House, a Russian provider of interactive TV and PC services to Russian broadband operators, to support the delivery of video on demand services to operators and their customers across the country.

Spirent Communications introduces hand-held tester for IP video

June 19, 2008 - Spirent Communications has introduced a new hand-held network and service quality tester, designed to troubleshoot IP video services within the consumer's home.

ATIS and MultiService Forum partner for interoperability event

June 19, 2008 - The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has partnered with the MultiService Forum (MSF) for the MSF's biannual Global MSF Interoperability (GMI) event, to be held in October of this year.