Streaming (Over-the-top, OTT, P2P, PC-TV, Internet TV, online video, IP Video) News

Thomson Video Networks, Netgem Offer Optimized Platform for IPTV and OTT
Oct 18, 2011 – Thomson Video Networks and Netgem (Paris: NTG FP 7537; ETGM) have announced that the two companies have completed a test and validation program for the interoperability of the Thomson's convergent video system and Netgem's IPTV set-top boxes.
News categories: Netgem, Thomson Video Networks, Content Distribution, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming

U-verse TV Goes Social With New Apps To Interact With What You're Watching
Oct 17, 2011 – AT&T (NYSE:T) U-verse® TV customers now have new and better ways to bring together their favorite social apps on their smartphone or tablet with what they're watching on TV.
News categories: AT&T, Apps, IPTV, Smartphone, Tablet, USA

42 Million Homes Now Watching Connected TV
Oct 17, 2011 – The number of homes using the internet to watch television shows and movies on the TV screen has reached more than 42 million across the US and Europe, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics' Connected Home Devices (CHD) service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

Conax introducing Over-the-Top content security for Indian pay TV
Oct 13, 2011 – Conax will introduce its solution for securely uniting traditional broadcast and broadband content distribution to Indian pay-tv operators at SCaT in Mumbai.
News categories: Conax, Conditional Access, Content Protection, India, Streaming

Global online TV and video revenues to nudge $22 billion by 2016
Oct 13, 2011 – Global online TV and video revenues will reach $21.52 billion in 2016, a massive increase from the $3.48 billion recorded in 2010, according to the Online TV and Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Market Research, Streaming

MOVL Connect Platform™ Launches, Connecting Smart TVs with Mobile Devices
Oct 12, 2011 – MOVL has announced the official public release of their patented MOVL Connect Platform™. The MOVL Connect Platform™ gives developers the tools necessary to create apps that can link SmartTVs and mobile devices.
News categories: MOVL, Apps, Mobile, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Amino Debuts OTT-Enhanced IPTV Set-Top Boxes at TelcoTV 2011
Oct 11, 2011 – Amino Communications (LSE: AMO) will give a US debut to its OTT-enabled IPTV set-top box range at TelcoTV 2011 - plus a new user-interface for its Freedom Jump OTT Companion Media Centre.
News categories: Amino, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming

Proliferation of Connected Devices will create a $1.2tr Revenue Opportunity
Oct 10, 2011 – The GSMA, with the support of AT&T, Deutsche Bank, KT, Telenor Connexion and Vodafone, and in partnership with Machina Research, has released research that outlines the market opportunity and revenue potential for connected devices.
News categories: GSMA, Market Research, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet

Media Tablets Cannibalizing Netbook Spend
Oct 6, 2011 – Led by media tablets and more specifically Apple's iPad 2, an estimated 37 million ultra-mobile devices (UMDs) will ship into the U.S. during 2011. Revenue value from U.S. vendor shipments is forecast to top $24 billion during 2015, says ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, USA