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Worldwide iPTV Service Revenues to Cross US$42.6 Billion by 2014, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Mar 12, 2008 – Worldwide Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service revenues are forecast to cross US$42.6 billion by 2014. The number of IPTV subscribers in worldwide market is projected to exceed 248 million by that time.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Asia, Canada, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box, Spain, Subscribers, UK, USA

Ericsson to deliver a turn key, IPTV solution to Greek telecom operator OTE
Mar 12, 2008 – Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been selected to act as end-to-end IPTV systems integrator, solution provider and business consultant for tier one Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE SA).
News categories: Ericsson, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE), Content Distribution, Content Protection, Greece, IPTV, Middleware

PCCW Launches High Definition Video Service in Hong Kong with Harmonic's H.264 Encoders
Mar 12, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that PCCW has deployed Harmonic's market-leading DiviCom® Electra® 7000 high definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoders to power its HD channel service in Hong Kong.
News categories: Harmonic Inc., PCCW, Content Distribution, Hong Kong, IPTV, Video Exchange

Tiscali UK Expands MPEG-4 AVC Video Service with Harmonic's DiviCom® Electra™ Encoders
Mar 12, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Tiscali UK is expanding and upgrading its IPTV service with Harmonic's latest generation DiviCom® Electra® 5400 standard definition (SD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) multi-channel encoders.
News categories: Harmonic Inc., Tiscali, Content Distribution, IPTV, UK, Video Exchange

Full-Scale Introduction of IPTV Business for Communication Carriers; NEC targets 50 billion yen in sales after 3 years
Mar 11, 2008 – NEC has announced that it will launch a full-scale IPTV business with high-profile NGN (Next Generation Networks) carrier applications, providing End-to-End IPTV solutions and video delivery systems to the international market.
News categories: NEC Corp, CASCADE Limited, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Lithuania's TEO Chooses Widevine to Protect "Gala" IPTV Service
Mar 11, 2008 – Widevine® Technologies has announced that TEO LT, AB has selected Widevine Cypher® to secure delivery of premium broadcast and video-on-demand content for its GALA IPTV service.
News categories: Widevine, TEO LT, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Quative End-to-End Interactive TV Solution Selected by B.Net Croatia for Broadband Cable System
Mar 11, 2008 – Quative Limited, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD.VX) company, was selected by B.Net Croatia, the national cable operator in Croatia, to provide an end-to-end interactive TV solution for their broadband cable system.
News categories: Quative, B.net, Technotrend, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Croatia, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Neptuny presents ContentWise SaaS edition at IPTV World Forum 2008
Mar 11, 2008 – Neptuny is launching ContentWise SaaS (Software as a Service) edition to enable smaller IPTV operators and Web TV-VOD Portals to take advantage of Neptuny's revolutionary predictive content recommendation system.
News categories: Neptuny, Content Distribution, IPTV, Video Exchange

US Cable Firms Join Forces to Attract Focused Ads
Mar 10, 2008 – The US's six largest cable companies are making plans for a jointly owned company that would allow national advertisers to buy customized ads and interactive ads across the companies' systems.
News categories: Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA