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Thomson Delivers DVB-H Infrastructure for DigitALB Mobile Television
Apr 14, 2007 – DigitALB, the leading commercial media enterprise in Albania, has launched a 14 channel mobile television service based on a fully redundant Grass Valley's Mobile TV system from Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS).
News categories: Grass Valley, DigitALB, Albania, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, NABShow

TANDBERG Television Enables Shanghai Oriental Cable Network to Deploy Network PVR Service
Mar 27, 2007 – TANDBERG Television (TAT.OL) has announced that Oriental Cable Network (OCN) has selected its new real-time ingest system to roll-out an nPVR (Network Personal Video Recorder) extension of its video-on-demand (VOD) platform.
News categories: TANDBERG Television, Oriental Cable Network, Cable TV, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV

LG Dacom Selects Alticast as Middleware Vendor IPTV Services
Mar 19, 2007 – LG Dacom recently announced its final selections for solution vendors for its IPTV digital media center.
News categories: Alticast, LG Dacom, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Middleware, Set Top Box

China Satellite Mobile Selects CMB Satellite for S-Band Satellite Capacity for the China Mobile Video Project
Feb 22, 2007 – China Satellite Mobile Broadcast Limited (CSM) has announced that it has selected China Mobile Broadcasting Satellite (CMBSat) as the primary provider of S-band satellite capacity for China's mobile video project.
News categories: EchoStar, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Satellite

TEO Chooses Scientific Atlanta Platforms for Rapid Launch of IPTV and DVB-T Services in Lithuania
Feb 19, 2007 – Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, has announced that TEO LT has launched both IPTV and DVB-T video services from a newly created Scientific Atlanta® digital headend.
News categories: Scientific Atlanta, TEO LT, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Russia's Leading Satellite Operator Launches High Definition Video Service Using Harmonic's Powerful Compression Solutions
Feb 5, 2007 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that NTV-Plus has deployed Harmonic's industry-leading DiviCom® Electra™ 7000 high definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoders for its new HD service.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, NTV-Plus, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Ukraine

UTStarcom Partners With AKSH Optifibre to Deliver First IPTV Service in India With MTNL
Feb 2, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced a three-year contract through its partnership with AKSH Optifibre Ltd. to deploy its RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) in India.
News categories: UTStarcom, AKSH Optifibre, MTNL, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, IPTV

PCCW Selects Harmonic to Power New MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) Video Service
Jan 31, 2007 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that PCCW is deploying Harmonic's new DiviCom® Electra™ 5400 standard definition (SD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoders for its entire now TV channel lineup.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, PCCW, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Hong Kong

IBM, Cisco soft launch IPTV in Europe
Jan 30, 2007 – IBM and Cisco Systems have 'soft launched' an IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) with HD, video on demand, and other capabilities at a demonstration center at the IBM Industrial Solutions Center in La Gaude, outside Nice, France.
News categories: IBM, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Middleware