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Türk Telekom Selects Envivio Encoding Platform for IPTV Service Launch
Mar 17, 2009 – Envivio has announced that its Convergence Series video headend has been selected for Türk Telekom's IPTV project in Turkey. Türk Telekom will use Envivio encoders and NMS to deliver an extensive line-up of SD and HD channels for its IPTV service.
News categories: Envivio, Türk Telekom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Turkey, Video Exchange

ANTEL Uruguay goes with Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft for IPTV
Mar 13, 2009 – The Uruguayan state owned operator Antel has reportedly chosen a platform from Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU), with Microsoft Mediaroom middleware, for its IPTV network.
News categories: Microsoft, ANTEL, Alcatel-Lucent, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Uruguay

hellas online launches 'hol tv' IPTV service
Mar 9, 2009 – hellas online (Athens: INTRK) has launched IPTV on its fibre-optic network in Greece, using the brand name 'hol tv'. hol tv offers high definition (HD) programming for the first time in Greece.
News categories: hellas online, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Greece, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Dialog Telecom Selects Scopus to Power its IPTV Service in Poland
Mar 4, 2009 – Scopus Video Networks (NASDAQ: SCOP) has announced that Dialog Telecom has launched its new IPTV service using a video distribution network based on Scopus video networking solutions.
News categories: Scopus Video Network, Dialog Telecom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland

TiVo, SeaChange Team Up to Integrate Cable Video On-Demand Offerings Into TiVo DVRs
Mar 2, 2009 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) and SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC) have announced that they have joined forces to integrate cable VOD services into the TiVo HD DVR experience.
News categories: TiVo Inc, SeaChange, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

Prime Time Communications Brings Digital Triple Play to Residential Customers on UTOPIA Open Access Network
Feb 26, 2009 – The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) has announced that Prime Time Communications will offer over 350 channels of digital TV, as well as voice and broadband, over UTOPIA's fiber optic Open Service Provider Model network.
News categories: Prime Time Communications, UTOPIA, Content Distribution, Fibre, IPTV, USA

Neptuny launches enhanced Content Recommendation engine at IPTV World Forum 2009
Feb 25, 2009 – Neptuny will be launching Contentwise 2.5 at IPTV World Forum in Olympia, London from 25th - 27th March 2009. Two exciting new features of ContentWise 2.5 are support for user communities and metadata enrichment rules.
News categories: Neptuny, Content Distribution, IPTV, Video Exchange

Codetel teams with Alcatel-Lucent to launch IPTV in the Dominican Republic
Feb 25, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Compania Dominicana de Telefonos (Codetel) has launched a nationwide IPTV offering, providing subscribers across the country with high-quality TV programming, VoD and other multimedia services.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, CODETEL, Victor Agnellini, Oscar Peña, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV, Middleware

Initial Phase of U.S. DTV Transition Encouraging
Feb 19, 2009 – Early results of the digital television transition are encouraging, according to reports available to the FCC. A total of 641 TV stations took advantage of the flexibility afforded them by law to transition to digital broadcasting as of Tuesday.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA