IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

DTV and Digital Home Seeing Overall Development in China
Nov 23, 2012 – According to CCID Consulting, the development of China's DTV industry in 2011 was mainly represented by cable DTV and IPTV, whereas terrestrial and satellite DTV experienced little growth. In 2011, the scale of China's DTV industry reached RMB 279.40 billion.
News categories: CCID Consulting, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

745 million fixed broadband homes by 2017
Nov 21, 2012 – Global fixed broadband households will reach 745 million in 2017, up from 473 million in 2010 and the 578 million expected by end-2012, according to a report from Digital TV Research. Between 2012 and 2017, China and India will supply 57% of global additions.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers

Cable TV Losing Subscribers to Satellite and IPTV
Nov 20, 2012 – Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its November 2012 Pay TV Services and Subscribers report, which forecasts and analyzes the telco Internet protocol television (IPTV), cable video, and satellite video services markets.
News categories: Infonetics, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

Dutch digital TV connections grow to 6.3 million in Q3 2012
Nov 20, 2012 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 1.6 percent during the third quarter of 2012 to 6.3 million on 30 September 2012, according to Telecompaper's quarterly Dutch Television Subscribers report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Digital TV in Lithuania up 18% year-on-year at end 3Q 2012
Nov 16, 2012 – Lituania's Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) has released statistics for the Lithuanian communications sector in the third quarter of 2012. At the end of the period the number of subscribers to digital television services totalled 374.8 thousand, up 18% year-on-year.
News categories: RRT, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, MMDS, Satellite, Terrestrial

53 million STBs to ship in China this year
Nov 16, 2012 – According to figures on the sarft.net web site, set-top box shipments in China will be close to 53 million this year, up 11.1 million units, or 26.4%, from the 41.9 million units shipped in 2011.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

One million IPTV subscribers for LG Uplus in Korea
Nov 15, 2012 – According to LG U+'s October 2012 Wireline Factsheet, the number of subscribers to LG's Uplus IPTV service passed the one million mark in October. The October 2012 figure represents a growth of 20.9% over the 828 thousand number reported for October 2011.
News categories: Uplus, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

Tri-County Telephone deploys Innovative Systems IPTV middleware
Nov 15, 2012 – Innovative Systems has announced that north-eastern Kansas telephone company Tri-County Telephone Association has deployed its APMAX IPTV middleware.
News categories: Innovative Systems, Tri-County Telephone, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Telefónica and Microsoft to Deploy New Global Video Platform
Nov 15, 2012 – Telefónica (Madrid, NYSE: TEF) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have announced an agreement to create a new Global Video Platform (GVP) for all video entertainment services across Telefónica's Operating Businesses.
News categories: Telefónica, Microsoft, Vivek Dev, Tom Gibbons, Brazil, Chile, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming