IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

China's Tri-networks Convergence Market Speeds Up
Feb 15, 2011 – CCID Consulting (HKSE:08235)'s latest report examines the development of China's emerging Tri-networks Convergence market. In July 2010, China's Ministry of Industry and Information released the list of pilot cities for Tri-networks Convergence.
News categories: CCID Consulting, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming, Subscribers

The Asia-Pacific Region to Lead Set-Top Box Market Growth for the Next Five Years, Says ABI Research
Feb 9, 2011 – The Asia-Pacific region will lead worldwide set-top box market growth for the next five years, according to new data from ABI Research. Asia-Pacific's share of the market will approach 50% of all set-top boxes sold worldwide in 2013-2015.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

European Fibre Leaders Welcome Turkey to Their Ranks
Feb 9, 2011 – The second half of 2010 was a period of accelerated growth in FTTH networks, both in terms of buildings passed and subscribers connected, the FTTH Council Europe revealed in a presentation to journalists at the FTTH Conference in Milan.
News categories: FTTH Council Europe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fibre, Finland, France, IPTV, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Streaming, Sweden, Turkey

Russia's NTV-Plus looking for IPTV partners
Feb 8, 2011 – Russian satellite operator, NTV-Plus, is planning to launch an IPTV service this year, and has announced that it is looking for partners to participate in the project.
News categories: NTV-Plus, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box

Worldwide IPTV Market to Reach US$78.9 Billion in Service Revenues by 2015
Feb 8, 2011 – Global Industry Analysts (GIA) has announced the release of a report on IPTV. The Global iPTV market is projected to amass a worldwide subscriber base of 343.2 million by the year 2015.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Amino Releases Preliminary Final Results For The Year Ended 30 November 2010
Feb 7, 2011 – Amino Technologies (LSE AIM: AMO) has announced its results for the year ended 30 November 2010. For the year revenues were up 74% to £44.0m (2009: £25.3m), and gross profit up 52% to £12.6m (2009: £8.3m).
News categories: Amino, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box

Montenegro finishes 2010 with 111 thousand pay TV subscribers
Feb 4, 2011 – The Broadcasting Agency of Montenegro has released subscriber figures for the six operators authorised to distribute radio and TV programmes in the country. As at 31 December 2010, the number of connections over the different platforms was 111,613.
News categories: Agencija za radio-difuziju, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers

COMTREND integrates Vianeos IPTV middleware
Feb 3, 2011 – Comtrend has announced the integration of Vianeos Octopus Middleware in the Comtrend STB-7007 Set Top Box. This improvement enables operators to provide their customers with the most advanced features on a Set-Top-Box.
News categories: Vianeos, Comtrend, Christophe Hude, Michel Kuntz, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Colombia ends 2010 with 3.5 million pay TV subscribers
Feb 3, 2011 – Colombia's Comisión Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) has published pay TV subscriber figures for the country for 2010. The total number of subscriptions grew from 3.2 million at the end of 2009 to 3.5 million at the end of 2010.
News categories: Comisión Nacional de Televisión, Cable TV, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers