IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Belgacom Signs Strategic Partnership with blinkx to Power Video Search
Nov 17, 2010 – blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) has announced a strategic partnership with Belgacom (Brussels: BELG) to power TV and Video Search across Belgacom's new entertainment platform. The strategic partnership is exclusive for Belgium and Luxembourg.
News categories: blinkx, Belgacom, Belgium, Content Distribution, IPTV, Luxembourg, Mobile, Streaming

BesTV Broadcasts Dolby Digital Plus Audio for Next-Generation HDTV Service in China
Nov 17, 2010 – Dolby Labs (NYSE:DLB) has announced that BesTV is using Dolby® Digital Plus technology to deliver home theater-quality multichannel audio in Guangdong Province, and plans to do so in other areas of China in the future.
News categories: Dolby, BesTV, China, IPTV

SFR launches 'neufbox EVOLUTION' home gateway and STB
Nov 16, 2010 – SFR (Paris:VIV), France's second-biggest telecom operator, has launched a new triple-play home gateway and personal video recorder combination supporting DSL and fibre for broadband and 3D and 1080p HD for TV viewing.
News categories: SFR, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, France, Gateway, IPTV, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Cisco to drop IPTV middleware in favour of Mediaroom?
Nov 12, 2010 – According to Light Reading, reporting from TelcoTV 2010, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is planning to move its ISDP (IPTV Services Delivery Platform) middleware customers to Microsoft Mediaroom (NASDAQ: MSFT).
News categories: Cisco Systems, Microsoft Mediaroom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

2.7 Million Fiber Broadband Subscribers Added Globally in 3Q-2010
Nov 12, 2010 – Global fixed broadband subscribers increased by 1.4% from 456.5 million in the second quarter of 2010 to 463 million in the third quarter of 2010, according to ABI Research's most recent broadband subscriber Market Data.
News categories: ABI Research, Broadband, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers

M1 launches IPTV in Singapore
Nov 11, 2010 – Singapore's M1 (SIN:B2F) has launched its 1box. Internet, movies, celebrity concerts, exciting games and fun learning modules will be available via high-speed broadband from this multimedia device on the TV screens of M1 Home Broadband customers.
News categories: M1 Limited, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Singapore

BT Vision adds a new dimension to films
Nov 10, 2010 – BT (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) has entered into an agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the video-on-demand rights in the UK to all the 3D movie titles the studio will release over the next 12 months.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Metaverse, UK

Canby Telcom Selects Amino For IPTV Rollout
Nov 10, 2010 – Amino Communications (LSE AIM: AMO) has secured a contract with Oregon-based Canby Telcom to provide a range of high definition IPTV set-top boxes.
News categories: Amino, Canby Telcom, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

Lenox Municipal Utilities Awards Amino Contract To Support IPTV Service Rollout
Nov 10, 2010 – Amino Communications (LSE AIM: AMO) has secured a contract to provide the Lenox Municipal Utilities communications system with a range of PVR set-top boxes to support the rollout of IPTV services.
News categories: Amino, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA