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Farmers Telephone Cooperative Selects ETI's Triad to Integrate Microsoft Mediaroom
Aug 14, 2009 – ETI Software Solutions has announced that Farmers Telephone Cooperative (FTC) will use ETI's Triad Service Delivery Platform (SDP) to integrate Microsoft's Mediaroom IP video technology to its customer care and billing infrastructure.
News categories: ETI Software, Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Peter M Pifer, Brad Erwin, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Digita Chooses Envivio Encoding for New DVB-H Service in Finland
Aug 13, 2009 – Envivio has announced that its Mobile Series™ video encoding platform has been installed by Digita Oy. The platform is being used to deliver ten channels of DVB-H encoded mobile television to be offered by mobile operators in Finland.
News categories: Envivio, Digita Oy, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finland, IBCShow, Mobile

Latens Broadens Scope for Pay TV Operators at IBC 2009
Aug 13, 2009 – Latens has announced the launch at IBC of the its ECO Cable Gateway, enabling cable operators to deploy a single integrated middleware and conditional access system for the delivery of next generation TV services across the whole home network.
News categories: Latens, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, DVR, Gateway, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

ViewCast Streaming Media Appliance Supports H.264 Streaming to Adobe Flash
Aug 12, 2009 – ViewCast (OTC: VCST) has unveiled the Niagara® 2120, a low-cost, easy to use streaming media appliance that supports H.264 streaming via the Adobe® Flash® platform.
News categories: ViewCast, Adobe, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Media Player, Streaming

Ericsson Nikola Tesla signs IPTV contract in Georgia
Aug 10, 2009 – Ericsson Nikola Tesla (Zagreb: ERNT-R-A) has signed an IPTV contract with Georgian mobile operator Magticom for an end-to-end IPTV solution including provision of middleware, headend, VoD, satellite antenna subsystem and set-top boxes.
News categories: Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Magticom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Georgia, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Motorola to Deploy Mobile TV Network for Info-TV-FM in Poland
Aug 7, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that it has been selected by INFO-TV-FM to design and deploy a mobile TV network, based on DVB-H and OMA BCAST, for Poland. Deployment is planned for Warsaw and 9 other Polish cities by the end of 2009.
News categories: INFO-TV-FM, Motorola, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile, Poland

Costa Rica's ICE to use Minerva, Widevine and Amino for IPTV
Aug 4, 2009 – Costa Rica's ICE will soon sign a contract with system integrator ITS for the deployment of its IPTV service. Middleware will come from Minerva Networks with conditional access from Widevine and set-top boxes from Amino Communications (AIM:AMO).
News categories: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Amino Communications, Widevine, Minerva Networks, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Costa Rica, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

SureWest to launch new TV service with Microsoft Mediaroom
Jul 28, 2009 – SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) has announced that it will deploy the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform to deliver an advanced TV service over its existing IP-based FTTH and copper networks in the greater Sacramento, CA region.
News categories: Microsoft, SureWest, Andreas Mueller-Schubert, Steve Oldham, Bill DeMuth, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Invitel Delivers Network PVR, TimeShift-TV & VOD Services Using Espial MediaBase
Jul 28, 2009 – Espial (TSX:ESP) has announced that Invitel Hungary (previously Vivendi Telecom) has successfully launched and is now expanding its on-demand services (VoD, nPVR and Timeshift TV) using Espial MediaBase VOD servers.
News categories: Invitel, Espial, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Middleware