IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Kyrgyztelecom launches IPTV in Kyrgyzstan
Jan 19, 2011 – Kyrgyztelecom has launched an IPTV service. The service is offered free to Kyrgyztelecom ADSL subscribers in the Bishkek and Chuy regions and can be received either on a PC using IP-TV Player software or via the TV using a dedicated set-top box.
News categories: Kyrgyztelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Kyrgyzstan, Set Top Box

Ofcom releases 3Q 2010 UK Digital Television Update
Jan 18, 2011 – Consumer survey results for the third quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.6%, up by 3.1 percentage points year on year. This figure was flat quarter on quarter.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Global 2010 IPTV Subscribers & Revenue Surpass Expectations for Third Year
Jan 18, 2011 – MRG's new IPTV Global Forecast (December 2010) reveals that the number of global IPTV subscribers will grow from 44 million at the end of 2010 to 111.5 million in 2014, a compound annual growth rate of 26%.
News categories: MRG, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

IPTV Market Leader Report Shows Steady Stream of New Entrants in Managed IPTV Market
Jan 18, 2011 – Based on information from 875 IPTV Operators, where the total number of IPTV Operators have increased by 22 since Q2/2010, the rate of growth of global IPTV Operators continues at a rate of over 10 new Operators per quarter.
News categories: MRG, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Kalama Telephone to Deliver Triple-play Services with Positron EoC Solution
Jan 11, 2011 – Positron Access has announced that Kalama Telephone has deployed Positron's AK525 eight pair MIMO-on-DMT Carrier Ethernet product to deliver high-speed premium data services to their residential and small and medium business (SMB) customers.
News categories: Positron Access, Kalama Telephone, Broadband, Content Distribution, IPTV, USA

The Need for Speed Pushes Broadband Subscribers to 763 Million in 2010
Jan 11, 2011 – The growing popularity of bandwidth intensive applications is directly spurring demand for higher-speed Internet connections pushing the number of global subscribers to 763 million in 2010, according to In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming

Vodafone Iceland Selects Amino's Next Generation IPTV Set-Top Boxes For Rollout
Jan 10, 2011 – Vodafone Iceland has selected Amino Communications' (LSE AIM: AMO) next generation HD set-top boxes (STB) for the next phase of its IPTV service rollout.
News categories: Amino, Vodafone, Digital TV, Iceland, IPTV, Set Top Box

Panasonic and Verizon Demonstrate Full HD 3D Video Over Verizon's FiOS All-Fiber-Optic Network
Jan 7, 2011 – Full-resolution HD 3D transmission via a premium TV service provider became a reality at this year's CES. Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) are streaming Full HD 3D via Verizon's 100% fiber-optic FiOS TV service.
News categories: Verizon, Panasonic, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Metaverse

Tigo to launch pay TV in Paraguay
Jan 6, 2011 – Mobile phone operator Tigo (NASDAQ:MICC) has announced plans to launch pay TV in Paraguay in July this year. The service will initially be offered in the regions of Luque, San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré and the capital Asunción.
News categories: Millicom, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Paraguay