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.

The fourth annual IPTV World Forum (www.iptv-forum.com) saw London’s Olympia play host to the co-located conference streams IPTV World Forum, IP Cable, TV Over Net, ITV Ads, The Connected Home, Satellite 2.0 and Mobile TV World Summit.

The busy exhibition floor was the setting for over 150 exhibition stands from the likes of Nokia Siemens Networks, NEC, Ericsson, TANDBERG Television, Microsoft Mediaroom, Alcatel Lucent and many more. The IPTV World Forum 2009 is once again set to be the year's leading IPTV event, with 85% of this year's exhibitors rebooking for their place at next year’s exhibition.

“We were delighted at the turnout at the show” said Ian Johnson, Managing Director of Junction. “By combining multiple complementary streams the audience was diverse, and all conferences well attended.”

The IPTV World Series Awards 2008 were announced last week at a ceremony held at the IPTV World Forum in an atmosphere best described as tense. The winners included:

• Best interactive TV/advanced advertising - Harmonic, Inc. - Integrated digital ad insertion solution;
• Best IPTV customer premise equipment technology - ADB – 5810TWX;
• Best IPTV platform/middleware/application - THOMSON - SmartVision IPTV Service Platform;
• Best cable IPTV technology - Harmonic, Inc. - Harmonic Direct-to-Edge Cable IPTV Solution;
• Best Internet TV technology/solution - Widevine Technologies - Widevine Cypher® for Internet Digital Media;
• Best IPTV distribution/transport/delivery - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN).

The IPTV World Forum 2009 is to take place on the 25th - 27th March 2009, at Olympia, London.

Contact Details
Magnus Linklater
Head of Marketing
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