Fibre / Fiber (FTTN, FTTC, FTTB, FTTH, FTTK, FTTP) News

UPC unveils On Demand TV for Ireland
May 22, 2012 — UPC (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has unveiled On Demand TV for Ireland. The service offers seven day catch-up TV from the RTÉ Player and 3player and over 1,300 hours of box sets and series for free. Additionally, Movies On-Demand are available at the touch of a button.
News categories: UPC, Cable TV, Fibre, Ireland, Media Player, OTT, Set Top Box

TransACT partners with FetchTV in Australia
May 11, 2012 — TransACT has announced that it has partnered with FetchTV to offer television services in Ballarat, Geelong and Mildura on its DOCSIS 3 network. The fetchtv service offers free and subscription TV, internet entertainment, and a video store.
News categories: FetchTV, TransACT, Australia, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Fibre, IPTV, Personal Video Recorder, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Salsgiver trials Amino Freedom Jump OTT device
Apr 26, 2012 — Amino (AIM: AMO) has announced that US-based fibre optic network provider Salsgiver is to trial its Freedom Jump OTT device as part of a premium service offered to customers under the gotlit.com brand.
News categories: Amino, Salsgiver, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, OTT, Set Top Box, USA

HBC goes OTT with Amino with successful trials of Freedom Jump companion device
Apr 19, 2012 — Hiawatha Broadband (HBC) of Minnesota is trialling Amino’s (AIM:AMO) Freedom Jump OTT media centre. Working closely with aioTv, Amino’s Freedom Jump delivers a new layer of content that is blended with HBC’s existing branded user interface.
News categories: Amino, aioTV, Hiawatha Broadband, Fibre, IPTV, OTT, Set Top Box, USA

Edgeware Selected to Implement VOD Services for Indiana's Largest Independent Telecommunications Provider
Apr 16, 2012 — Edgeware has announced that Smithville has selected Edgeware’s Distributed Video Delivery Network (D-VDN) framework to provide on-demand and restart TV services to nine different counties in Indiana, delivered over fiber.
News categories: Edgeware, Smithville, Fibre, Infrastructure, IPTV, USA

Swedish Cable Operator Leverages Calix for Advanced Broadband Services
Mar 21, 2012 — Calix (NYSE: CALX) has announced that Swedish service provider Köpings Kabel-TV AB (Köpings Kabel) is leveraging the Calix Unified Access portfolio to deliver advanced broadband services to its subscribers.
News categories: Calix, Köpings Kabel, Cygate, Broadband, Cable TV, Fibre, Infrastructure, Sweden

Hybrid FTTx leads the growth in broadband access
Feb 15, 2012 — As IPTV approaches 55 million subscribers globally, it is Europe that still holds the strongest position for IPTV. The latest deployment information shows that operators are increasingly turning to fiber to meet the needs of the well-connected home.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Broadband, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, VDSL

Global IPTV subscribers up 6% in 3Q 2011 to 54.4 million
Jan 12, 2012 — Latest broadband and IPTV figures published by the Broadband Forum show that IPTV subscribers grew by 6.06% in the third quarter of 2011 and now total 54.4 million globally. Asia is the fastest growing region for IPTV.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA, VDSL