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Cisco on Motorola's heels in IP set-top-box market
Dec 22, 2008 – The Internet protocol television (IPTV) and switched digital video (SDV) equipment market increased 6% sequentially in 3Q08 to $1.4 billion, reports market research firm Infonetics Research.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

BitBand Introduces Leading-Edge Solid-State Video Server Line Based on Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Hardware
Dec 17, 2008 – BitBand introduces BitBand Vision Ti4™, a solid state flash based video server with highest streaming throughput, designed to provide maximum flexibility and performance to Service Providers deploying IPTV services.
News categories: BitBand, Content Distribution, Hardware, IPTV

Lattelecom wins DTT tender in Latvia
Dec 15, 2008 – The Latvian Ministry of Transport has announced Lattelecom as the winner of the tender for the implementation of digital terrestrial television transmission in Latvia.
News categories: Lattelecom, Latvia Ministry of Transport, Content Distribution, Latvia, Terrestrial

SES AMERICOM To Cease IP- PRIME® Service By July 31, 2009
Dec 15, 2008 – SES AMERICOM (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it will cease providing its IP-PRIME IPTV service in North America. The termination of the service is motivated by the slow adoption of IPTV by small and medium size telecom operators.
News categories: SES AMERICOM, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finance, IPTV, USA

Ciel II Satellite Successfully Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome
Dec 11, 2008 – The Ciel Satellite Group has announced that its Ciel II communications satellite has been launched. Ciel II will be providing HDTV services into the North American market with DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) as the anchor customer.
News categories: Ciel Satellite, Content Distribution, North America, Satellite, USA

Zappware inks partnership with Polish cable operator Toya
Dec 10, 2008 – Zappware has been selected by Toya, Poland's fifth largest cable operator in terms of subscriber numbers, to deliver a range of Video-On-Demand (VOD) services from Zappware's 'iView for Operators' product.
News categories: Zappware, Toya, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Middleware, Poland, Set Top Box

MEDIA BROADCAST completes Germany upgrade to digital terrestrial television
Dec 10, 2008 – MEDIA BROADCAST has upgraded its terrestrial TV transmitter networks in Germany to DVB-T in les than 5 years between 2003 and 2008. The company thereby completed the digitization process two years earlier than determined by the German government.
News categories: MEDIA BROADCAST, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Terrestrial

Intelsat, Convergence Partners Form New Dawn Joint Venture to Grow Africa's Telecommunications Infrastructure
Dec 9, 2008 – Intelsat has announced a joint venture with a South African investor group to build and launch a new satellite optimized to deliver wireless backhaul, broadband and television programming to the African continent.
News categories: Intelsat, Convergence Partners, Africa, Content Distribution, Satellite, South Africa

MySpace Mobile Launches Streaming Video in Beta Globally
Dec 3, 2008 – MySpace (NYSE and ASX:NWS) and RipCode have announced that MySpace Mobile users will now be able to enjoy MySpace video content from their video enabled mobile devices. MySpace is the first social portal to launch video streaming for mobile.
News categories: MySpace, RipCode, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile