IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

eircom's eVision TV launches with Netgem STBs
Oct 17, 2013 – Netgem has announced that Ireland's eircom has started rolling out its new eVision TV service based on Netgem's technologies. The service is delivered via Netgem's 7700 series STB and its mediacenter 8000 PVR series allowing eircom to offer both main room and multiroom options.
News categories: Netgem, eircom, Christophe Aulnette, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Ireland, Set Top Box

Pay TV penetration in Russia reaches 60%
Oct 17, 2013 – According to industry analysts TelecomDaily, the number of pay-TV subscribers in Russia at the end of the third quarter of 2013 was 33.3 million up from 32.5 million at the end of the the second quarter.
News categories: TelecomDaily, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

eircom Launches eVision
Oct 16, 2013 – eVision, eircom’s new TV service, has been introduced to the Irish market offering a range of the most popular channels. eVision comes with a free eVision+ set-top box and includes features such as the ability to pause and rewind live TV.
News categories: eircom, Herb Hribar, Kevin White, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Ireland, Set Top Box

KT IPTV subscribers reach 4.7 million in 3Q 2013
Oct 16, 2013 – KT Corporation (KRX:030200/NYSE:KT) has released its September 2013 factsheet. olleh tv IPTV subscribers reached 4.713 million at the end of the third quarter, up 237,000 in the quarter and up 931,000 versus September 2012.
News categories: KT Corp, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

Rostelecom orders 656,000 IPTV set-top boxes
Oct 15, 2013 – Rostelecom has announced the results of its latest tender for set-top boxes. The requirement was for two types of boxes: 'Interactive TV Standard' and 'Interactive TV Standard Plus'.
News categories: Rostelecom, SmartLabs, Promzakaz, Promsvyaz, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia, Set Top Box

TEO IPTV passes the 100,000 subscriber mark in 3Q 2013
Oct 15, 2013 – Lithuania's TEO Group has announced results for the third quarter of 2013. The number of customers using the company's 'Interactive GALA' IPTV service exceeded 100 thousand during the period, up 15.2% year-on-year.
News categories: IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

ADB to debut ultra-broadband gateways and cloud-based multi-screen solutions at BBWF 2013
Oct 9, 2013 – ADB (SIX: ADBN) has announced that it will introduce its cloud-based multi-screen IPTV solution and several new ultra-broadband and fibre devices at Broadband World Forum 2013.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Peter Balchin, BBWF, CPE, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware

Vodafone New Zealand unveils ultra fast broadband TV service
Oct 4, 2013 – Vodafone has unveiled New Zealand’s first, and only, full TV service using the new ultra fast broadband network. Vodafone TV gives customers a choice of Freeview|HD or SKY channels and 36 channels of pay per view movies, including recent releases, in HD.
News categories: Vodafone, Matt Williams, John Fellet, Sam Irvine, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, New Zealand

SK broadband ends 3Q 2013 with 1.9 million IPTV subscribers
Oct 1, 2013 – SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630) has released subscriber figures to the end of September 2013. The company ended the quarter with 1.9 million subscribers to its ‘B tv’ IPTV service, up from 1.3 million at the same point in 2012.
News categories: SK broadband, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers