IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Sigma Designs Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results
Aug 24, 2011 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has reported results for its quarter ended July 30, 2011. Net revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 was $46.7 million, down $26.6 million, or 36%, from $73.3 million reported for the same period last year.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor

SeaChange's IBC Demonstrations to Reflect Software, Services Engaging Subscribers across Multiple Screens
Aug 24, 2011 – SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) has revealed its demonstration line-up for IBC 2011, which underscores the television industry's continued shift to multi-screen video. SeaChange will exhibit on IBC stand 1.C27, Sept. 9-13 in Amsterdam.
News categories: SeaChange, Content Distribution, HbbTV, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming

European Pay TV Alive and Well, Despite Struggling Economy
Aug 23, 2011 – Despite a bleak economic climate, European Pay TV providers continue to add new subscribers. Collectively, Europe's top ten providers added nearly 1.5 million new subscribers in the first quarter of 2011, according to Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

UK pay TV revenues reaching their peak
Aug 23, 2011 – UK pay TV revenues are fast reaching maturity, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. UK pay TV revenues are forecast to reach US$9.3 billion in 2011, but revenues are only expected to reach US$9.6 billion in 2016.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Channel Master MoCA and Powerline Adapters Now Offered by National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC)
Aug 23, 2011 – The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) has agreed to offer to their member companies PCT International's Channel Master line of Home Networking accessories including MoCA adapters, HomePlugAV adapters and IPTV set-top boxes.
News categories: Channel Master, NCTC, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

TTK Chooses Netris for IPTV Roll Out in Western Siberia
Aug 19, 2011 – Netris has deployed for TTK, one of the largest service providers in Russia, its Netris End-to-end Solution to deliver IPTV services to Novosibirsk and other cities of the Western Siberia Region.
News categories: Netris, TTK, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia

Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility
Aug 15, 2011 – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion.
News categories: Google Inc, Motorola, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Middleware, Mobile, Patent, Set Top Box, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Vodafone Netherlands launches broadband, phone and TV over fibre
Aug 15, 2011 – Vodafone (LSE: VOD, NASDAQ: VOD) has launched a triple play service of broadband, telephony and television in the Netherlands. The service offers a basic package with more than sixty television channels and broadband speeds up to 100Mb/s.
News categories: Vodafone, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Netherlands

Emerging Markets Account for 45 Percent of all Set-top Boxes Shipped Globally between 2011 and 2015
Aug 11, 2011 – The share of set-top boxes (STBs) shipped to emerging digital TV markets such as China, India, Russia and Latin America is forecasted to account for more than 45 percent of global STB shipments between 2011 and 2015, according to IMS Research.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial