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UTStarcom's RollingStream IPTV Solution Continues to Build Momentum With Third Contract Awarded in Asia by Markwell in Taiwan
Dec 20, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that it has signed a contract with Markwell Industrial Co., Ltd. to deploy its industry-leading RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution in Taiwan.
News categories: UTStarcom, Markwell Industrial, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Taiwan

RingNett to Expand IPTV Service Reach With Envivio MPEG-4 AVC Encoding Solution
Dec 20, 2007 – Envivio has announced that it is providing a Convergence Generation™ video headend to Norwegian ISP RingNett AS to enable the roll out of its Digital-TV IPTV service across its ADSL2+ infrastructure.
News categories: Envivio, RingNett, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Norway

Headend Vendors Benefitting From Telco TV Boom
Dec 19, 2007 – The telco TV market is quickly adding new deployments and subscribers, which is boosting headend equipment sales as each deployment requires at least one headend, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

TUÅ  TELEKOM Selects Envivio Convergence Encoding Solution to Deliver IPTV Services
Dec 18, 2007 – Envivio has announced that it is providing a Convergence Generation™ video headend for TUÅ  TELEKOM's live standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) IPTV services in Slovenia.
News categories: Envivio, TUÅ  TELEKOM, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Slovenia

INTRACOM TELECOM Delivers fs/cdn™ IPTV Solution to Bruce Telecom
Dec 18, 2007 – JSC SITRONICS (LSE: SITR) has announced that a part of its INTRACOM TELECOM subsidiary, the US-based Conklin-INTRACOM, is delivering its fs|cdnTM MPEG-4 IPTV Solution to Bruce Telecom, a provider of telecommunication services in Canada.
News categories: INTRACOM, Bruce Telecom, SITRONICS, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

IPTV equipment sales up 23% in 3Q07
Dec 17, 2007 – After a 32% jump in sales in the second quarter, worldwide IPTV equipment sales hit $682.5 million in the third quarter of 2007, up 23% sequentially, according to Infonetics Research's quarterly 'IPTV Equipment, Services, Subscribers, and Capex' report.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Telekomunikacja Polska signed a cooperation agreement with CANAL+
Dec 15, 2007 – Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) has signed an agreement with CANAL+ Cyfrowy, operator of CYFRA+, that will allow TP to provide customers with TV programs via satellite, based on the CANAL+ technical infrastructure.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, CANAL+ Cyfrowy, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite

Tunisie Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent's broadband access solution for triple play and VPNs
Dec 11, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that implementation has begun of a multi-million Euro contract with Tunisie Telecom, Tunisia's national incumbent operator, to deploy a DSL-based network.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Tunisie Telecom, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Tunisia

Brasil Telecom Launches First IPTV Service With UTStarcom's RollingStream System
Dec 10, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced its first IPTV win in Latin America for its industry-leading RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution with the launch by Brasil Telecom (NYSE: BRP) of its Videon IPTV service.
News categories: UTStarcom, Videon, Brasil Telecom, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV