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

Broadcom Debuts Cable STB IC With HD AVC/VC-1 Decoding, Channel Bonding and Downloadable Security
Jan 4, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a cable STB chip that includes support for DOCSIS®/EuroDOCSIS 2.0 cable modem specifications, as well as downstream channel bonding compatible with the upcoming DOCSIS 3.0 specification.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

UK - Tiscali eyes half a million users with IPTV revamp
Jan 3, 2007 – Internet firm Tiscali is hoping to attract half a million users with its revamped TV-over-broadband offering over the next two years and is in talks to show Irish pay-TV firm Setanta's sports content.
News categories: Tiscali, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, UK

NDS Partners with MobiTV to Demonstrate End-to-End Mobile WiMax TV
Jan 3, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has partnered with MobiTV to demonstrate the first-ever secure delivery of Mobile WiMAX TV to Ultra Mobile PCs. The new technology will be demonstrated at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show.
News categories: NDS Group, MobiTV, Broadband, CES2025, Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile

IOL Broadband ties up with BSNL for IPTV
Jan 3, 2007 – IOL Broadband Ltd has announced that the Company ties up with BSNL for IPTV. The Company has started trials of its IPTV Service launch on the BSNL Broadband network in Bangalore.
News categories: BSNL, IOL Broadband, Broadband, Digital TV, India, IPTV

Introducing 4HomeMedia Broadband Software and Services Platform
Jan 2, 2007 – 4HomeMedia will, at CES, unveil ControlPoint, an advanced user-interface (UI) for managing all connected home systems, and an underlying server which can remotely render the UI on any compatible device.
News categories: 4HomeMedia, Broadband, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart Home

IPTV Subscribers Grow 19% in 3Q06!
Dec 29, 2006 – According to DITTBERNER's recently released report "Global Broadband Subscriber Survey", IPTV subscribers grew 19% to 2.7 Million in 3Q06. PCCW with 638,000 subscribers was the largest IPTV operator.
News categories: DITTBERNER, Belgium, Broadband, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Morocco, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Exponential Broadband Growth and Demand for Interactive Services Fuels IPTV Market in Asia-Pac
Dec 21, 2006 – Dwindling wireline revenues, consumer demand for greater control over viewing preferences, and the explosion of broadband in various high growth markets across Asia-Pacific represent the impetus for the development of IPTV in the region.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Asia, Australia, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand

Golden Telecom Enters Digital TV Services Market
Dec 20, 2006 – Golden Telecom (NASDAQ: GLDN) has announced the acquisition of a 65% interest in Fortland Limited. Fortland holds licenses for digital television in a few largest cities of Russia and is to target other major Russian cities.
News categories: Golden Telecom, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Russia