IPTV News

ZyXEL selects Dreampark middleware for new IP set-top box

April 16, 2008 – Swedish middleware firm Dreampark has announced that Taiwanese firm ZyXEL Communications has selected Dreampark’s Dreamgallery middleware for integration into the ZyXEL STB-1003 IP set-top box.

BRIDGE Technologies integrates VideoBRIDGE IP-PROBES into Dataminer management system

April 16, 2008 – Norwegian firm BRIDGE Technologies has announced the full integration of its VideoBRIDGE range of IP and broadcast probes into Skyline Communications’ Dataminer management system.

Millinet selects Intellon solutions for in-home distribution of KT’s MegaTV service

April 16, 2008 – Korean firm Millinet, a developer of home networking solutions, has selected HomePlug-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) from US firm Intellon to enable in-home distribution of Korean telco KT’s “MegaTV” IPTV service.

Telefonia Bonairiano selects Kasenna middleware & servers for IPTV service

April 16, 2008 – Kasenna has announced that Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo), the Dutch Caribbean’s telecoms company, has selected Kasenna LivingRoom middleware and Mediabase servers for its new IPTV service, called “mitv”.

SFR selects Witbe monitoring for triple-play services

April 16, 2008 – SFR, a French subsidiary of Vodafone Group, has selected a monitoring solution from French firm Witbe for its triple-play service, following a market tender for a complete end-to-end quality management solution ranging from labs to support team.

Portugal Telecom opts for DS2 powerline technology

April 16, 2008 – Portugal Telecom has selected powerline networking technology from Spanish firm DS2 to deliver a remotely-managed, multi-channel high-definition IPTV service around subscriber homes.

Verimatrix expands content security support for IPTV wholesale/retail delivery models

April 15, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced strengthened support for wholesale/retail delivery models of IPTV in the latest release of its Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV solution.

Clarksville Department of Electricity selects SecureMedia to protect new IPTV service

April 15, 2008 – Clarksville Department of Electricity, based in Tennessee (US), has selected US firm SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE System to protect content on its new IPTV service, called “CDE LIGHTBAND”.

RealPage chooses BitBand solutions for delivery of IPTV service

April 15, 2008 – RealPage, a provider of services to the multifamily industry in the US, has selected BitBand as its affiliate vendor for implementing on-demand IPTV services to be delivered to the communities RealPage serves.

Manycast Consultancy, Savant Communications and Telefonia Bonairiano form strategic partnership to deliver digital TV

April 15, 2008 – Manycast Consultancy, a Caribbean-based content strategy and acquisition firm, has formed a strategic partnership with Savant Communications, a telecoms and IT consultancy, and Telefonia Bonairiano to deliver digital TV content, technology and distribution solutions for telecom, media and hospitality companies in the Caribbean and South/Central America.

Optibase launches Creator Ingest Server

April 15, 2008 – Optibase has announced the launch of its new Creator Ingest Server at the NAB show in Las Vegas, providing a real-time SD/HD hardware-based ingest solution for post production, video on demand, playout and archiving applications in one platform.

Verimatrix content security integrated into Comverse IPTV solution for STA

April 15, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced today at the NAB show in Las Vegas that it has integrated the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV into the Comverse IPTV solution, and Andorran telecoms company Andorran Telecommunications Service (STA) has become the first to deploy the combined Verimatrix-Comverse solution.

SES AMERICOM certifies Harmonic compression solutions for IP-PRIME platform

April 15, 2008 – SES AMERICOM has certified the use of Harmonic’s DiviCom Electra 7000 high-definition MPEG-4 AVC (h.264) encoders and Ion AVC standard-definition encoders for the compression of local channels in SES AMERICOM’s IP-PRIME IPTV distribution platform.

DigiSoft announces Java Platform Micro Edition client solution for IPTV

April 15, 2008 – Irish middleware firm DigiSoft has announced that it has signed a Binary Value Added Partner agreement with Sun Microsystems for the distribution of a Java Platform Micro Edition (Jave ME) based software stack for IPTV set-top boxes (STBs).

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