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

Costa Rica - RACSA plans its fiber-to-the-home network with IPTV
Mar 3, 2008 – State owned company RACSA of Costa Rica has plans to develop an optic-fiber FTTH network in the main and wealthiest urban centers in the country, with the aim of offering triple play to 250 thousand homes at a USD 360 million investment.
News categories: RACSA, Costa Rica, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

VOD shows us the money
Mar 3, 2008 – A new research report from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that in 2012, 909 million homes will have access to true video-on-demand (VOD) or near-video-on-demand (NVOD) technology, equivalent to 78% of the world's TV households.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Telefónica posts a 43% increase in net profit to a record 8,906 million euros
Feb 28, 2008 – Telefónica's pay TV subscribers at the end of the quarter exceeded 1.7 million, 64.3% more than in 2006, with operations up and running in Spain, the Czech Republic, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil.
News categories: Telefónica, Earnings Release, Brazil, Broadband, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Virgin Media 2007 Quarter 4 Results
Feb 28, 2008 – Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2007. Total TV net additions were 61,100 in the quarter, up from 20,400 in the previous quarter.
News categories: Virgin Media, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, UK

Oregan Highlights Integrated Multimedia Search as Key Feature of Oregan Media Browser 4.0 for Living Room AV Consumer Electronics
Feb 22, 2008 – With the new version of its software, Oregan introduces the concept of integrated media search via its 'intelligent' cross-platform TV browser, which extends the notion of browsing beyond the traditional information-centric and Internet-based search.
News categories: Oregan Networks, Broadband, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Telefónica O2 Czech Republic - 2007 Full Year Financial Results
Feb 21, 2008 – The total number of O2 TV's customers increased to 73 thousand at the end of 2007, representing 20 thousand net adds in 4Q 2007, up from 16 thousand in 3Q 2007.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Earnings Release, Broadband, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Results

CTV Telecom Delivers Central America's First IPTV
Feb 21, 2008 – SecureMedia has announced that leading Panamanian telecommunications operator, CTV Telecom, has incorporated the Encryptonite ONE System to protect its innovative IPTV offering, the first deployment in Central America.
News categories: SecureMedia, CTV Telecom, Sonitel Networks, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Panama

Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications are creating Soft At Home, a joint venture publisher of software for the digital home
Feb 20, 2008 – Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications have joined forces to create a joint venture: Soft At Home. This structure is aimed at creating a standard for the interconnection of equipment within the multimedia ecosystem.
News categories: Soft At Home, Sagem, Thomson, France Telecom, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

European research project to shape next generation internet TV
Feb 19, 2008 – P2P-Next has received a €14 million grant from the European Union to carry out a research project aiming to identify the potential uses of peer-to-peer (P2P) technology for Internet Television of the future.
News categories: P2P-Next, Austria, Broadband, Digital TV, Europe, Finland, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovenia, Streaming, Sweden, UK