Broadband (xDSL, DOCSIS, WiMax, FTTH, …) News

Verimatrix Secures CDE Lightband IPTV Service
Apr 21, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced Clarksville Department of Electricity (CDE) as its latest customer that has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV.
News categories: Verimatrix, Clarksville Department of Electricity, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, NABShow, USA

Russia's North-West Telecom has 6,000 IPTV subscribers
Apr 9, 2009 – North-West Telecom has announced that its broadband subscriber base has exceeded 700,000. In December 2007, N.W.Telecom was one of the first companies in Russia to launch IPTV commercially and now has almost 6,000 connections.
News categories: North-West Telecom, Avangard, Fibre, IPTV, Russia, Subscribers

Australia plans National Broadband Network
Apr 7, 2009 – The Australian Government has announced the establishment of a new company to build and operate a new super fast National Broadband Network to connect 90 percent of Australian homes, schools and workplaces with broadband at speeds up to 100Mbps.
News categories: Australia, Broadband, Fibre, IPTV

Telekom Malaysia IPTV in Q4 this year
Apr 4, 2009 – Telekom Malaysia (TM) is preparing to launch IPTV in the fourth quarter of this year, under the Hypp.TV brand name. TM already has a trial version of the service in Kulim involving 10,000 households.
News categories: Telekom Malaysia, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Malaysia

Spb Software launches IP TV player for Windows phones
Mar 31, 2009 – Spb Software has announced the release of Spb TV - a mobile TV player with on-screen controls and fast channel switching, intelligent stream correction, PiP mode, and an integrated TV guide with export of show reminders into Outlook.
News categories: Spb Software, 5G, Broadband, Middleware, Mobile

Swiss ISP Deep plans IPTV
Mar 26, 2009 – Swiss ISP Deep is planning to launch an IPTV service - Deep TV - in June 2009. The service, delivered over VDSL, will offer around 100 channels with four in high-definition.
News categories: Deep, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Switzerland

IPTV Growth Doubles in North America in 2008
Mar 25, 2009 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest IPTV and broadband statistics, showing that the North American IPTV market has more than doubled in size in 2008 -- with growth of 113 percent despite the global economic downturn.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Africa, Asia, Broadband, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Subscribers

COMSTAR-UTS To Test Cable TV In Olympic Games Capital
Mar 25, 2009 – COMSTAR-UTS has announced that they plan to develop cable TV and broadband Internet access services in the city of Sochi. Commercial launch of cable TV is preliminarily scheduled for Q2 2009.
News categories: COMSTAR-UTS, Broadband, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Russia

Global IPTV subscriptions exceed 20 million
Mar 24, 2009 – According to research completed ahead of the IPTV World Forum, which opens at Olympia, London on Wednesday, Informa Telecoms & Media announces that global IPTV subscriptions reached the 20 million mark at the end of 2008.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, Video Exchange