IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Digital surpasses 60% of Dutch TV connections
Jun 14, 2010 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 3.9 percent or 183,900 net additions during the first quarter to 4.90 million on 31 March 2010, according to Telecompaper's quarterly report on the Dutch TV market.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

U.S. Adds 1.7 Million Multi-Channel Video Subscribers Over the Past Year
Jun 10, 2010 – The Leichtman Research Group has found that the largest cable, satellite, and Telco TV providers in the US acquired over 1.7 million net additional multi-channel video subscribers over the past year.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

World premier as Spotify joins Telia's digital TV service
Jun 10, 2010 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN), in a world first, is launching a version of the popular Spotify music platform through its digital TV service in Sweden and Finland.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Spotify, Digital TV, Finland, IPTV, Set Top Box, Sweden

J:COM and KDDI to co-operate on STB development
Jun 10, 2010 – J:COM (JASDAQ: 4817), Sumitomo (Tokyo:8053) and KDDI (Tokyo:9433) have agreed an alliance between the three companies. As part of the agreement J:COM and KDDI will develop pilot set-top boxes based on the Android™ operating system.
News categories: KDDI, J:COM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Set Top Box

Amino secures set-top box contract with Romtelecom
Jun 8, 2010 – Amino Technologies (AIM: AMO.L) has secured a new contract to provide set-top boxes (STB) to Romtelecom, one of the most important telecom operators in Romania and leader in the fixed communications market.
News categories: Amino, Romtelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania, Set Top Box

CombiTel Powers Australia's First Hybrid IPTV Service
Jun 8, 2010 – CombiTel has announced that TransACT commenced commercial deployment of Australia's first hybrid IPTV Service using a turnkey IPTV solution integrated by CombiTel.
News categories: CombiTel, TransACT Communications, Australia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Amino Technologies Period-end Trading Update
Jun 8, 2010 – Amino Technologies (AIM: AMO.L), the UK-based leader in digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, has provided an update for the half-year ended 31 May 2010.
News categories: Amino, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box

Global Pay-TV Subscribers to Grow 7% as Novel Set-Top Box Solutions Enter the Market
Jun 7, 2010 – More than 719 million pay-TV subscribers are expected to sign up in 2010 as the economic recovery continues to gain momentum, according to latest forecasts from ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Telstra Takes T-Box™ National With Netgem
Jun 2, 2010 – Australia's Telstra (ASX:TLS) and Netgem (Paris: NTG FP 7537; ETGM) have announced the national launch of the T-Box™, a TV experience that blends broadcast and broadband content including, for the first time, YouTube™ videos and BigPond TV service.
News categories: Netgem, Telstra, Australia, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming