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

Apple Introduces New Apple TV Software & Lowers Price to $229
Jan 15, 2008 – Apple® has unveiled all new software for Apple TV® that allows movie fans to rent movies on the iTunes® Store directly from their widescreen TV, and lowered the price of Apple TV to just $229.
News categories: Apple TV, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Show, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

300,000 customers have chosen Telia's digital TV service
Jan 15, 2008 – The number of customers choosing Telia's digital television service in Sweden is accelerating at record speed. The 300,000 mark was appropriately passed right at the beginning of the year.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers, Sweden

More than 3.5 million programmes accessed via BBC iPlayer in first fortnight
Jan 15, 2008 – Over 3.5 million programmes have been streamed or downloaded on demand via the BBC iPlayer within a fortnight of its marketing launch on Christmas Day.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Broadband, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK

Top Ten IPTV Carriers
Jan 14, 2008 – Light Reading has looked around the world and identified the operators that have the most IPTV subscribers and then ranked them in order.
News categories: Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Taiwan

Boeing Awarded Contract for Direct-to-Home Entertainment Satellite
Jan 14, 2008 – The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a contract to build a commercial satellite for ProtoStar Ltd. The 601 HP-model spacecraft will deliver direct-to-home satellite television programming and broadband Internet access throughout Asia.
News categories: ProtoStar, Boeing, Asia, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Tilgin Delivers Next-generation Home Gateways to Dansk Bredbånd's Fiber-Based VoIP and IPTV Offerings
Jan 14, 2008 – Dansk Bredbånd is investing $550,000 (US) in new next-generation Tilgin (STO:TILG) Home Gateways for its national roll out of triple play services.
News categories: Tilgin, Dansk Bredbånd, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, Fibre, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box

SecureMedia Protects The Caribbean's First IPTV Deployment
Jan 14, 2008 – SecureMedia has announced that Bonairean telecom operator Telefonia Bonairiano NV (Telbo) has launched 'mitv', its new Digital TV over ADSL 2+ network protected by the Encryptonite ONE System.
News categories: SecureMedia, Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo), Broadband, Caribbean, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands

Verizon Extends Industry Lead in Broadband and Video With G-PON
Jan 8, 2008 – Verizon (NYSE:VZ) technicians are upgrading FiOS with next-generation electronics to dramatically enhance the speeds, and thus the capabilities, of Verizon's all-fiber-optic FiOS broadband, video and voice network.
News categories: Verizon, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, USA

Zhone Technologies Selected by Blatzheim Networks Telecom GmbH for Company's Triple Play Service Initiative
Jan 8, 2008 – Zhone Technologies (NASDAQ: ZHNE) has announced that bn:t Blatzheim Networks Telecom has selected Zhone's multi-service access platform (MSAP) for its triple play service roll-out.
News categories: Zhone Technologies, bn:t Blatzheim Networks Telecom, Broadband, Content Distribution, Germany, IPTV