IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Entone FusionTV fuels world's first premium internet TV service
Dec 4, 2012 – Entone has announced that Cable & Wireless Communication's (CWC) Caribbean division, LIME, has selected its FusionTV® solution to power the world's first premium Pay TV service delivered over the Internet.
News categories: Entone, CWC, LIME TV, Caribbean, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware

Amino to close Swedish office early in 2013
Dec 4, 2012 – Amino Technologies has released a trading update for the year ended 30 November 2012.The Company has decided to focus its R&D capabilities at its Cambridge headquarters and plans to close its Swedish office early in 2013.
News categories: Amino, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Sweden, UK

Over half of US multichannel video households have a DVR
Nov 30, 2012 – Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 52% of households in the US that subscribe to a multichannel video service have a Digital Video Recorder (DVR), compared to 4% for those do not subscribe to a multichannel video service.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Batelco BlackBox Pioneers Broadband TV in Bahrain using Oregan Digital TV Middleware
Nov 30, 2012 – Oregan Networks has announced that Batelco, the largest telecom operator and ISP in Bahrain, has based the country's first broadband video service on set-top boxes using Oregan's technology.
News categories: Oregan Networks, Batelco, Bahrain, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Entone FusionTV for PC Telcom IPTV in Colorado
Nov 29, 2012 – Entone has announced that its FusionTV® solution will enable PC Telcom to offer an enhanced Pay-TV service that combines live HDTV and cloud services to their broadband subscribers in Colorado.
News categories: Entone, PC Telcom, Content Distribution, IPTV, USA

LG Smart TV App offers alternative to Verizon FiOS TV set-top box
Nov 28, 2012 – LG's (KSE: 066570) Smart TV platform is the first to allow Verizon (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) FiOS TV customers to enjoy 75 broadcast channels, serving as a set-top box alternative within the home.
News categories: LG Electronics, Verizon, Apps, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

LG U+ Deploys Envivio Encoders for First Google TV Service in Korea
Nov 28, 2012 – Envivio (Nasdaq:ENVI) has announced that LG U+ has deployed Envivio encoding solutions to power its new LG u+tv G multi-screen service, the first service offering in South Korea to support Google TV.
News categories: Envivio, Uplus, Google TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, TV Everywhere

Pay TV subscribers in Portugal up 0.9% in 3Q 2012
Nov 27, 2012 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), there were 3.11 million subscribers to subscription TV as at the end of the 3rd Quarter 2012, 27 thousand more than in the previous quarter, and an extra 241 thousand over the same period in 2011.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

4.165 million pay TV subscribers in Spain at end-Q2 2012
Nov 26, 2012 – According to a survey of ICT in Spanish households released by the country's National Observatory of Telecommunications and the Information Society (ONTSI), there were 4.165 million pay TV subscribers in Spain at the end of the second quarter of 2012, representing 24.2% of Spanish homes.
News categories: ONTSI, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers