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Sun Direct TV Deploys Harmonic's Video Delivery Solutions for India's First MPEG-4 Satellite TV Service
Mar 19, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Sun Direct TV Private Limited has deployed Harmonic's market-leading digital video solutions for India's first MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast service.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, Sun Direct TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Satellite

Star Communication Deploys Three TANDBERG Television VOD Systems in China
Mar 19, 2008 – TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC) has announced that its OpenStream® Digital Services Platform is being deployed by its business partner Star Communication Network Technology Co. Ltd for three regional cable operators in China.
News categories: TANDBERG, Star Communication, Cable TV, China, Content Distribution

IPTV and switched digital video equipment market to reach $9.8B in 2011
Mar 19, 2008 – The combined IPTV and switched digital video (SDV) market is forecast to grow in healthy double-digits annually to reach $9.8 billion worldwide, according to Infonetics Research's latest quarterly report.
News categories: Infonetics, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Ukraine's VELTON.TELECOM Selects Amdocs to Support Triple Play Services
Mar 18, 2008 – Amdocs (NYSE: DOX) has announced that VELTON.TELECOM has selected the Amdocs Compact Convergence suite to support its rapidly growing operations and the launch of new services, as it transforms into a triple-play service provider.
News categories: Amdocs, VELTON.TELECOM, Content Distribution, IPTV, Ukraine

Test Signals Breakthrough to Speed Transfers of Large Files Over the Internet
Mar 14, 2008 – Large files can be moved over the Internet more quickly and efficiently using a new peer-to-peer (P2P) file transfer system, recent tests over the Verizon (NYSE:VZ) network show.
News categories: Verizon, Pando Networks, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Software, Streaming

Mirifice, Amino and Comstar team up to improve IPTV broadcast Quality of Service
Mar 13, 2008 – Mirifice has signed an agreement with Comstar (JSC Comstar-UTS, LSE: CMST) to deliver the Mirifice MiriMON system for real-time monitoring of live Digital TV networks on to the population of set-top boxes supplied by Amino (London: AMO).
News categories: Mirifice, Amino Communications, Comstar, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, QoE, Set Top Box

GoBackTV Demonstrates New End-User Set-Top Box Interface
Mar 12, 2008 – GoBackTV has announced the first public demonstration of a new CoverFlow-style option for the RetroVue MyRV Portal set-top box interface.
News categories: GoBackTV, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DOCSIS, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Anevia and Smart Com announce IPTV ecosystem compliance at IPTV World Forum 2008
Mar 12, 2008 – Anevia and Smart Com have announced an IPTV ecosystem compliance featuring Smart Com's IPTV middleware and Anevia's live TV and VOD solutions.
News categories: Anevia, Smart Com, Content Distribution, Middleware, Video Exchange

Thomson Launches Push Video on Demand Solution for Hybrid Networks with SmartVision Service Platform
Mar 12, 2008 – During IPTV TV World Forum in London, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) announced the launch of new modules to its Smartvision video service platform for delivering video on demand over hybrid broadcast networks (DTT+IP or Satellite+IP).
News categories: Thomson, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Video Exchange