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SES WORLD SKIES to Host Extensive 3D TV Tests
Mar 1, 2010 – SES WORLD SKIES (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG) has announced that it plans to join leading broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of extensive tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3D TV.
News categories: SES WORLD SKIES, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite

Velton Telecom of the Ukraine relies on Alcatel-Lucent for IPTV launch
Feb 25, 2010 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Ukraine's Velton Telecom is launching a field trial of innovative IPTV services to subscribers in Kharkov and Poltava, utilizing the Microsoft Mediaroom platform.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Velton Telecom, Alexander Tikhonov, Anatoly Protsyuk, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Ukraine

Cablevision Service Connects Computer and Television Screens With the Press of a Button
Feb 24, 2010 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE: CVC) has announced the development of a service, called PC to TV Media Relay, that will allow its digital cable customers to relay the contents of their computer screen to their television in real-time.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Avail-TVN Announces First Cable MSO Customer for MPEG-4 Video Services
Feb 22, 2010 – Through an agreement with Evolution Digital, the systems integrator, and provider of Conax conditional access and low cost set-top boxes for the project, Zito Media will deploy Avail-TVN's MPEG-4 solution across 10 cable systems.
News categories: Evolution Broadband, Zito Media, Avail-TVN, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Set Top Box, USA

Global Mobile Satellite Television Market to Reach $11 Billion by 2015
Feb 22, 2010 – GIA has announced the release of a global report on the Mobile Satellite Television market which is projected to reach $11 billion by 2015, driven by the growing consumer demand for video content on an anytime, anywhere basis.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite

Telenet concludes DTT transmission agreement with Norkring
Feb 18, 2010 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has signed an agreement with Norkring België concerning the use of capacity on the latter's broadcasting infrastructure. This will enable Telenet to offer digital terrestrial TV and radio in Flanders and Brussels.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial

ENENSYS released the world's first DVB-T2 MISO SFN solution
Feb 16, 2010 – After almost 2 years of hard work and active participation in test-fests involving major DVB-T2 actors, ENENSYS is proud to showcase the very first version of its T2 Gateway and Modulators powering SFN, T2-MI stream interface and MISO.
News categories: ENENSYS, Content Distribution, DVB-T2

Telekom Austria customers get enhanced IPTV
Feb 15, 2010 – Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) will replace the IPTV platform of Telekom Austria (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) in order to deliver content services to multiple devices eliminating barriers between the TV set and PCs, and introduce a new user interface.
News categories: Ericsson, Telekom Austria, Austria, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware

Envivio On Demand Connects IPTV PVRs to Consumer Mobile Devices and PCs
Feb 15, 2010 – Envivio has introduced Envivio On Demand, a new set of solutions that enable operators to turn their subscribers' recorded content into premium on demand assets that can be made available to mobile and PC screens for later viewing, on the go.
News categories: Envivio, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Placeshifting, Streaming