FierceIPTV:
Harmonic has joined the ranks of BigBand Networks, Motorola and other vendors that are offering the cable TV industry a route to more advanced IPTV-like services via DOCSIS cable modem termination system bypass. It's not new news that cable TV companies are starting to look at IPTV architectural components and IPTV delivery (Read More)
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BNS hassuccessfully completed phase one of Max Media Co. Limited's community-based IPTV servicedeployment in Taiwan. Over 1,500 homes have been connected in the first phase of theservice roll out which is on track to be launched to a further 3,000+ buildings withinthe next five years, representing 10% of Taiwan's po (Read More)
FierceIPTV:
Satellite TV firm EchoStar Corp. has had a busy couple of weeks. The Colorado-based firm, which owns Dish Network and a sister company, EchoStar Satellite Services, that provides wholesale TV and video transport and gear to telcos to support their IPTV services, reported third quarter earnings last week before heading to Te (Read More)
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AT&Tannounces the launch of two new TV apps for AT&TU-verse customers: Offers On Demand, an app that lets you redeem a coupon codeon-screen for discounts on movie rentals; and Caller ID on TV, an app that lets youview your U-verse Voice Caller ID and voicemail notifications on your U-verse TV screen. With the addition of th (Read More)
FierceIPTV:
Germany's Deutsche Telekom is offering a service bundle comprised of its T-Home Entertain IPTV service and telephone service, but without the requirement that the customer must buy Internet access. It's a bundle composition original enough that FierceIPTV could not find record of another incumbent telco in the world that wa (Read More)
FierceIPTV:
Multichannel News has a report that looks more closely at the cable TV industry behemoth that could be created if Comcast ends up acquiring control of NBC Universal (via a joint venture or other structure). Given the distance that such a deal could put between Comcast and its cable industry brethren, it is perhaps surprisin (Read More)
FierceIPTV:
Sezmi, the hybrid video player that started with the aim of partnering with telcos to support its content management service and get its set-top boxes deployed, has raised $25 million and launched a direct-to-consumer free trial of its service in Los Angeles. At CES 2009 earlier this year, Sezmi conducted a live demonstrati (Read More)
FierceIPTV:
Amid rumors that it may sell the business unit that houses many of its IPTV and video properties, Motorola announced on Monday that it would acquire Israeli video-on-demand content management and delivery company BitBand.Motorola, according to The Wall Street Journal and other published reports last week, is looking to sell (Read More)
TVover.net:
Motorolahas signed a definitive agreement to acquire BitBand,a leading provider of content management and delivery systems, specializing in videoon demand for IPTV. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition,which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in Q4 2009.BitBand will be i (Read More)
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October23, 2009, the third and the last day of the 7th Eastern Europe exhibition and conference ЕЕВС2009 Telecom&Broadcasting, was distinguished by the following events: The International conference “High-Tech Marketing” on the topic: “Marketing New Productsand Services in Telecommunication”; The International scientific-pr (Read More)
FierceIPTV:
IPTV video-on-demand (VoD) system and middleware firm Espial announced at the TelcoTV 2009 event in Orlando this week that Canadian independent telco Sogetel of Quebec is deploying Espial's EVO TV service platform and Espial MediaBase to support capabilities such as HDTV, VoD and DVR-like time-shifted TV. Sogetel, according (Read More)
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IDC willbe showcasing its SFX ProIPTV at the TelcoTV conference taking place at the OrangeCounty Convention Center in Orlando, Florida from November 10 to 12. IDC will be showcasingtheir new RoHS compliant SFX ProIPTV satellite receivers that will be supporting EchoStar'slive video demonstrations at TelcoTV in booth (Read More)
Light Reading: IPTV:
Twitter on your telly? Really? Differentiating IPTV from cable is a major telco concern. As execs from Ankeena Networks and Amino Communications point out, there's a tension between what will enhance the TV experience and what may just be annoying. (Read More)
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EmeryTelcom has launched IPTV services in Utah powered by Latens ECOmiddleware and pre-integrated conditional access system. Emery Telcom is one of Utah'sleading providers of telecommunication services. Based in Orangeville, Utah, EmeryTelcom was formed as a cooperative in 1950 and has since earned industry-wide rec (Read More)
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Avail-TVN announcedits 100th IPTV customer. Integra Telecom joins service providers across North America,including 38 former IP-Prime affiliates, in partnering with Avail-TVN to deliver linearIPTV services to their subscribers. Integra's digital television services will initiallybe limited to its incumbent local exc (Read More)