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Danish Radio and Television Board tenders digital tv multiplexes
Dec 7, 2007 – The Danish Radio and Television Board is tendering four nationwide multiplexes on the terrestrial digital broadcasting networks. The multiplexes will become available after 31 October 2009, when Denmark will shut down its analogue television signals.
News categories: Mediesekretariatet, Ministry of Culture, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Italy's Wind launches IPTV service with Alcatel-Lucent
Dec 6, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Wind has launched a nationwide commercial IPTV offering based on Alcatel-Lucent's market leading solutions and the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia platform.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Wind, Microsoft, Frédéric Rose, Khaled Bichara, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Italy, Middleware

Innova and SKY Brasil Sign Agreement with Intelsat to Build and Launch New Satellite
Dec 5, 2007 – Innova and SKY Brasil have announced that they have reached an agreement with Intelsat to build and launch a new 24-transponder satellite. Innova plans to use this extra capacity for HD and other value-added services.
News categories: Intelsat, Innova, SKY Brasil, DIRECTV Group, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mexico, Satellite

ZTE to Build World's First AVS-IPTV Commercial Network with China Netcom Group
Dec 5, 2007 – ZTE Corporation has won the world's first AVS-IPTV commercial network development bid offered by the China Netcom Group. Under the contract, ZTE will be the sole provider of IPTV network solutions for the project.
News categories: ZTE, China Netcom, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Cisco® Announces Comprehensive IPTV Strategy for Asia Pacific
Dec 5, 2007 – Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced its strategy to help service providers in Asia Pacific deliver end-to-end Internet Protocol television (IPTV). The solution will be demonstrated at its booth at the IPTV World Forum Asia 2007.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Asia, Content Distribution, IPTV, Video Exchange

TANDBERG Television MPEG-4 AVC to Power Delivery of New Zealand Digital Terrestrial TV
Dec 4, 2007 – TANDBERG Television has announced that Kordia™ and TVWorks have selected its industry leading digital terrestrial television (DTT) head-end system for the delivery of the Freeview New Zealand DTT service.
News categories: TANDBERG Television, Kordia, TVWorks, Content Distribution, Digital TV, New Zealand, Terrestrial

World Video Encoders Market to Exceed US$3.2 Billion by 2015, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Dec 3, 2007 – World Video Encoders market is forecast to maintain an impressive CAGR of over 22% over the 2005-2015 analysis period and exceed US$3.2 billion by 2015.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Report Overview, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Streaming, Terrestrial, TV Services

BigBand Networks Selected by Five Chinese Cable Operators for Digital TV Expansion
Nov 27, 2007 – BigBand Networks (NASDAQ: BBND) has announced that five additional Chinese cable operators are deploying its Broadband Multimedia-Service Router (BMR®) to process and deliver digital television services.
News categories: BigBand Networks, BMR datasheet (Mandarin), Cable TV, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV

GSA Confirms over 150 HSDPA Networks Launched
Nov 21, 2007 – The GSM/3G Network Update published by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) confirms that 154 HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) networks have entered commercial service in 71 countries, almost double the number since 12 months ago.
News categories: Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), GSM/3G Network Update, 5G, Broadband, Content Distribution, Mobile, Streaming