IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

WYPLAY Secures 9 Million Euro Third Round Financing
May 4, 2010 – WYPLAY SAS has announced that it has closed a 9 million euro third round of financing led by Amundi Private Equity Funds. Wyplay has already experienced success with international Tier 1 clients that include SFR-Vodafone and D-Link.
News categories: WYPLAY, Amundi Private Equity, IPTV, Middleware, Private Equity, Set Top Box, Streaming, Venture Capital

TELUS TV subscriber base surpasses 200,000 customers
May 4, 2010 – TELUS Corporation (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) has reported first quarter 2010 results. TELUS TV net additions were 29,000, an increase of 45% over the same period last year. In April, the TELUS TV subscriber base surpassed 200,000 customers.
News categories: TELUS, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Ericsson to upgrade network of Cable Tica in Costa Rica
May 4, 2010 – Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has signed a five-year contract with cable television operator Cable Tica of Costa Rica to build and operate its next generation optical fibre backbone network. The network will allow for future deployment of IPTV.
News categories: Ericsson, Cable Tica, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Costa Rica, Fibre, IPTV

e-téra selects Anevia to deploy advanced IPTV services over FTTH
May 4, 2010 – Anevia has announced that e-téra has chosen Anevia's IPTV and video on demand servers to deploy IPTV services over fiber to the home (FTTH) in the French towns of Toulouse and Albi.
News categories: Anevia, e-téra, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, France, IPTV

Dreampark Gives UK Fibrecity Residents Access to Ultra Fast IPTV Services
May 4, 2010 – Dreampark has announced that it will provide middleware for the set top boxes that Fibrecity Holdings Limited is installing in UK residents' homes so that they can access next generation services including IPTV and ultra fast broadband.
News categories: Dreampark, Fibrecity Holdings, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, UK

KT adds 140,000 Qook TV subscribers in 1Q10
May 3, 2010 – KT Corporation (KRX:030200/NYSE:KT) has released its 1st Quarter 2010 results. Qook TV IPTV subscribers reached 1.312 million at the end of March 2010, up 140,000 in the quarter.
News categories: KT Corp, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Entone Selected by South Central Telcom For IPTV Launch
May 3, 2010 – Entone has announced that South Central Rural Telephone Coop has selected Entone's award-winning Hydra™ IP video gateway and Amulet™ IPTV receiver for their high-definition (HD) IPTV service launch.
News categories: Entone, SCRTC, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

Chunghwa Telecom Multimedia-on-Demand subscribers stable in 1Q10
Apr 30, 2010 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported results for the first quarter of 2010. At the end of the first quarter, Chunghwa had 665,000 Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD) subscribers, down from 667,000 at the end of 2009.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

Deutsche Telekom to show opening match of 2010 world ice hockey championships in 3D
Apr 30, 2010 – Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT), in cooperation with Constantin Media, PLAZAMEDIA and SPORT1, will present the opening match of the 2010 ice hockey world championships in 3D on Friday May 7.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Germany, IPTV, Metaverse