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Qualcomm Wins Licenses to Double Its Spectrum in 28 Key East and West Coast Markets to Expand FLO TV Service
Apr 3, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced that it has acquired eight licenses in the FCC's 700 MHz spectrum auction. These licenses double Qualcomm's 700 MHz spectrum holdings for MediaFLO USA's award-winning FLO TV™ service.
News categories: Qualcomm, FLO TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation, Smart TV, USA

MRG's Global IPTV Market Leaders Report Reflects Market Resilience
Apr 2, 2008 – MRG has announced new leaders in the 'Global IPTV Market Leaders Report -- March 2008,' which tracks the top 120 IPTV vendors in 24 regional sub-segments based on the installed base of 6 video systems products in over 650 IPTV Operations.
News categories: MRG, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box

Korea - Telecom Firms to Spend W1.6 Trillion in IPTV
Mar 28, 2008 – Korean telecom firms are to invest around 1.57 trillion won ($15.8 billion) on Internet-protocol TV (IPTV) services this year, the Broadcasting and Communications Commission (BCC) has reported.
News categories: Broadcasting and Communications Commission (BCC), Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Market Research, Set Top Box

BigBand Networks Expanding Digital Television, HDTV for China's Zhongshan Cable
Mar 26, 2008 – BigBand Networks (NASDAQ:BBND) has announced that Zhongshan Cable is deploying its Broadband Multimedia-Service Router (BMR®) to process, manage and deliver digital television services, including HDTV and video-on-demand (VOD).
News categories: BigBand Networks, Cable TV, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV

Switched Digital Video Will Give Cable Operators a Big HD Boost
Mar 26, 2008 – Switched Digital Video (SDV) technologies provide an excellent, long-term approach that is helping cable operators keep up the pace with expanding High Definition TV and super-high-speed data services, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Market Research

Kasenna Lights Up Clarksville Electricity Dept. with IPTV
Mar 25, 2008 – Kasenna has announced that the Clarksville, Tennessee Department of Electricity (CDE LIGHTBAND) has deployed a new digital video service based on Kasenna LivingRoom™ middleware and MediaBase™ video servers.
News categories: Kasenna, Clarksville Department of Electricity, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, USA

TIME-Stanton JV Signs IPTV-on-Mobile Pact with Chinese Operators
Mar 24, 2008 – Time Broadband Services with its joint venture partner Stanton Technologies has announced the launch of the world's first IPTV over 2.5G mobile platform to target the estimated USD 4bn mobile IPTV market.
News categories: Time Broadband, Stanton Technologies, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Mobile

Envivio Enables First Trials of AVS Video Encoding For Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting in China
Mar 20, 2008 – Envivio has announced that its 4Caster C4™ encoders are being used in extensive broadcast trials in Shanghai that, for the first time, combine AVS video encoding with China's standard for digital terrestrial television broadcasting.
News categories: Envivio, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DTMB, Terrestrial

Tianjin TEDA Cable Chooses TANDBERG Television for VOD and nPVR Roll-out
Mar 20, 2008 – TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC) has announced that its OpenStream® Digital Services Platform has been selected by Tianjin TEDA Cable TV Network to expand its cable TV offering into video-on-demand (VOD) and network personal video recorder (nPVR) services.
News categories: TANDBERG, Cable TV, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV