IPTV News

Uptake of hybrid STBs continues to rise

2010-03-17T15:25:38+00:00

Worldwide uptake of hybrid set-top boxes has continued to rise over the past year, according to a new report from IMS Research, which adds that growth is being driven by operator initiatives to increase ARPU through additional services which include push-VOD, progressive downloads and access to Web content

OTE selects Pirelli STBs

2010-03-17T14:01:25+00:00

Greek telco OTE has selected Pirelli Broadband Solutions to deliver two different models of high-definition set-top boxes for the telco's IPTV service 'Conn-x TV'

"It is hard to see how normal market forces will deliver NGA in areas where the population density is lowest"

2010-03-17T13:44:56+00:00

We speak to Gavin Young, Chief Architect for Access at Cable&Wireless Worldwide

FCC unveils US$ 20bn national broadband plan

2010-03-17T12:03:50+00:00

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled a national broadband plan worth US$ 20bn, which aims to connect 100mn households across the country to broadband services with speeds of up to 100 Mbps, building the world's largest market of high-speed broadband users

Portugal's Optimus selects Orca content discovery solution

2010-03-17T11:35:34+00:00

Portuguese telco Optimus (until recently operating under the name Sonaecom) has selected Orca Interactive to deliver its content discovery system COMPASS for the telco's IPTV service 'Optimus Clix'

Egyptian real estate developer selects Anevia for IPTV deployment

2010-03-17T11:13:28+00:00

Egyptian real estate developer Palm Hills Developments (PHD) has selected a high-definition full-IP headend from French firm Anevia for its deployment of IPTV services in a new real estate complex of over 1,000 villas, delivered over a Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network

Altibox selects Agama STB monitoring

2010-03-16T15:55:02+00:00

Norwegian triple-play operator Altibox (formerly Lyse Tele) has selected Swedish firm Agama Technologies to deploy its embedded set-top box monitoring solution to ensure Quality of Experience for the operator's IPTV services (both linear and on-demand)

Orange deploys Firecomms OptoLock transceivers

2010-03-16T15:15:27+00:00

Orange has selected Irish firm Firecomms to deliver its OptoLock transceiver as a key component of the Plastic Optical Fibre (PFOF) home networking solution it is currently deploying

"We plan to have DOCSIS 3.0 available in more than two-thirds of our footprint by the end of 2010"

2010-03-17T12:55:40+00:00

We speak to Jeff Finkelstein, Director of Network Architecture at Cox Communications

Broadcast and media technology sales down 7%

2010-03-16T12:05:06+00:00

Global sales of broadcast and media technology fell 7.2% durint the past 12 months, according to a new report from the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM), but there are believed to be indicators that during the last quarter of 2009 the decline was halted