IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Set-top Box Shipments to Continue Brisk Growth in 2010
Mar 18, 2010 – Shipments of set-top boxes will continue to rise during the next few years as consumer viewing patterns shift and as television content delivered via the Internet becomes more popular, according to iSuppli Corp.
News categories: iSuppli, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Open IPTV Forum Release 1.1 implementations on show at the IPTV World Forum
Mar 18, 2010 – The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) booth (#233) at the IPTV World Forum in London will showcase technology solutions demonstrating elements of Release 1.1 of its specifications.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Protection, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Rapid Growth of IPTV Could Fuel Global Multichannel TV Hypercompetition
Mar 18, 2010 – According to SNL Kagan, IPTV is emerging as a strong market alternative in the increasingly competitive global multichannel space. IPTV, which accounted for only 0.01% of multichannel households in 2003, grew to 4.9% of pay-TV subscribers in 2009.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, Video Exchange

Comstar Triple Play and cable TV subscribers stable in 4Q09
Mar 18, 2010 – COMSTAR (LSE: CMST) has announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009. The number of triple-play subscribers in Moscow was stable quarter on quarter. In cities outside Moscow 2.0 million are active pay-TV users.
News categories: COMSTAR, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

Telenor launches TV for fibre customers in Norway
Mar 18, 2010 – Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has started to sell IP TV, initially to its customers in Norway with fibre (broadband and telephony) already installed.
News categories: Telenor, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Norway

Satellite overtakes cable in Europe
Mar 18, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris, LuxX: SESG) has announced that for the first time satellite reaches more households than cable in Europe, with 77 million satellite and 71 million cable households. Terrestrial infrastructures reach 86.5 million households.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

CSA reports on digital TV in France for 2H09
Mar 17, 2010 – France's Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has reported latest results from its survey on the penetration of digital TV in French households. Nearly eight in ten households (78.4%) now have at least one TV with digital TV reception.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

3D coming to Korean IPTV
Mar 17, 2010 – According to a report in the Korea Times, the three IPTV providers in Korea - LG Telecom, SK Broadband and KT - are all working on 3D services for launch later this year.
News categories: LG Dacom, SK Broadband, KT Corp, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Metaverse, Set Top Box

ViXS Announces 3D-Ready Dual HD Transcoder SoC for IPTV PVRs
Mar 17, 2010 – ViXS Systems has announced a new family of advanced networked multimedia SoC solutions. The XCode® 4210, the first device of the new family, is a highly integrated processor designed for IPTV set-top boxes.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, Metaverse, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Video Exchange