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NDS Partners with Kaonmedia to Support ASTER to Launch Advanced TV Services in Poland
Jan 29, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has joined forces with Kaonmedia to deliver digital set-top boxes (STB) and DVRs, including a DVR for viewing in High Definition, to ASTER, a leading provider of media and communication services in Poland.
News categories: NDS Group, Kaonmedia, ASTER, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, Middleware, Poland, Set Top Box

Verizon Caps Successful Year With Strong 4Q Results
Jan 28, 2008 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported continued strong quarterly financial and operational results. Verizon added 226,000 net new FiOS TV customers to give 943,000 total FiOS TV customers at year-end.
News categories: Verizon, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

AT&T Delivers Strong Fourth Quarter, Reaffirms 2008 and Multi-Year Outlook
Jan 24, 2008 – At the end of the fourth quarter, subscribers to AT&T (NYSE:T) U-verse, the company's next-generation IP-based video service, totaled 231,000, up from 126,000 three months earlier.
News categories: AT&T, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, USA

French Service Provider Free Selects Intellon-Based HomePlug AV Powerline Connectivity for Customer-Installable Triple Play Service Packages
Jan 23, 2008 – Intellon (Nasdaq:ITLN) has announced that Free, a leading French broadband service provider, has selected Intellon's HomePlug AV-compliant powerline communication ICs for use in all Freebox HD service packages in France.
News categories: Intellon, Free, Broadband, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Freeplug: Freebox HD, the first box with power line communication (PLC) technology at no additional cost
Jan 22, 2008 – Free has announced Freeplug. This innovation, which is included in the broadband offering, uses standard implementation of power line communication (PLC) technology to link two Freebox HD modems.
News categories: Iliad, Broadband, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Smart Home

Microsoft, Daum to Launch IPTV Service in Korea
Jan 22, 2008 – Microsoft has said that it will start an IPTV service in Korea in a joint venture with local partners.
News categories: Microsoft, Daum Communications, Celrun, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Middleware, Set Top Box

FCC Announces Plans For Conducting Measurements Of Additional Prototype TV White Space Devices
Jan 17, 2008 – The Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) has announced that it will begin a second phase of laboratory bench testing on the performance of prototype television white space devices on January 24, 2008.
News categories: FCC, Plan for Tests, Broadband, Terrestrial, USA

Rental to Lead the Over-the-Top Online Video Pay Market
Jan 17, 2008 – As new solutions for bringing online video to the TV flourish, ABI Research believes that rental, download to own and subscription models will all see significant traction. However, the greatest number of downloads will be through rental, in particular for online movie rentals.
News categories: ABI Research, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

Comstar Broadband Internet Subscriber Base Almost Doubles to 695,000 in Moscow
Jan 16, 2008 – The number of pay-TV subscribers increased by 36,100 year on year to 119,400 subscribers in Moscow by the end of 2007.
News categories: Comstar, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia, Subscribers