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Allegro 3GPP Mobile TV Transcoders Operated by GO
Sep 8, 2009 – Malta's GO is using Allegro transcoders for simultaneous 3GPP Mobile TV and WMV broadcasting. Allegro AL2000 transcoders enable the same program to be broadcast simultaneously to three screens - IPTV, Internet TV and Mobile TV.
News categories: Allegro, GO p.l.c., 5G, Content Distribution, IPTV, Mobile, Streaming

Allegro Showcases New Encoder Features at IBC 2009
Sep 8, 2009 – At IBC 2009, Allegro will be presenting new features delivered with its audio/video encoders. The AL1000 audio/video encoder and AL2000 transcoder ingest SDI, MPEG-2 or H.264 real-time content and deliver it transcoded to a variety of formats.
News categories: Allegro, Content Distribution, IBCShow

Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) members to show at IBC
Sep 8, 2009 – At the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) booth at this year's IBC, two OIPF members, Fraunhofer FOKUS and Netgem, will demonstrate technologies based on elements of the Release 1 specifications.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Open IPTV Forum announces Release 2 Architecture Specification
Sep 8, 2009 – The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) has announced the publication of the Architecture Specification for IPTV infrastructure elements and services to be included in Release 2 of the OIPF Specifications.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile

Amino and beeTV team up for a revolutionary personalised TV experience
Sep 8, 2009 – Amino Communications (LSE: AMO) has partnered with beeTV to develop and deliver a recommendation-based personalised TV experience via Amino's award-winning range of set-top boxes (STBs).
News categories: Amino, beeTV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Latens Extends Content Security and Revenue Protection Capabilities
Sep 7, 2009 – Latens has announced the launch of its new Secure Distribution System (SDS). Latens SDS provides content providers and Pay TV operators with secure distribution using software only, over any type of network from traditional DVB-S to IP and Fibre.
News categories: Latens, Content Distribution, Content Protection, IBCShow

Magnalink Selects Motorola FTTH and IPTV Solutions for the Czech Republic
Sep 7, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that Magnalink has chosen Motorola Home & Networks Mobility's (H&NM) GPON and IPTV set -top solutions to deliver services within the city of Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic.
News categories: Motorola, Magnalink, KonekTel, BBWF, Content Distribution, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box

Magnum Semiconductor Enables Top Quality Mobile Encoding, Re-Encoding and Transcoding
Sep 7, 2009 – Magnum Semiconductor will be demonstrating support for broadcast-to-mobile encoding, re-encoding and transcoding on its scalable multi-standard DXTPro platforms at the IBC 2009 show in Amsterdam.
News categories: Magnum Semi, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Mobile, Semiconductor

Irdeto to Protect Ala TV Media Content and Deliver Pay TV Services to Kyrgyzstan
Sep 3, 2009 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that Ala TV, Kyrgyzstan's first digital cable pay TV operator, has selected the company's Conditional Access to provide vital content protection and support for its inaugural digital TV service offering.
News categories: Irdeto, Ala TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Kyrgyzstan, MMDS, Set Top Box