IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

The End of the Walled Garden: Led by Pay-TV Operators
Feb 8, 2010 – IMS Research's newest report reveals that demand for connected CE devices are being driven by increased bandwidth, the evolution of content delivery methods and the convergence of media and communications industries.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

Amino Technologies Final Results For The Year Ended 30 November 2009
Feb 8, 2010 – Amino Technologies (AIM: AMO.L) has announced final results for the year ended 30 November 2009. Over 277,000 units were ordered in the second half - with a number of important contract wins, notably with the European operator Tele2.
News categories: Amino, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box

Western European Tier 1 Operator awards Amino contract for hybrid/OTT media centre
Feb 8, 2010 – Amino Technologies (AIM: AMO.L) has secured a substantial contract with a tier 1 Western European operator to deliver hybrid/OTT Intel®-based media centres to support the operator's new broadband TV service.
News categories: Amino, Intel Corp, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

SK broadband adds 46,000 IPTV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 5, 2010 – SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Subscribers to SK broadband's broad&tv IPTV service increased by 46,281 in the quarter to reach 856,001 at the end of the period.
News categories: SK broadband, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Asia-Pac to Show 12% Annual Growth in Set-Top Box Shipments through 2014
Feb 4, 2010 – Set-top boxes are set to reach Asian consumers at an ever-increasing rate, according to new STB market data published by ABI Research with overall STB shipments in the region approaching 111 million in 2014.
News categories: ABI Research, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Bell TV adds 41k subscribers in 4Q09; plans IPTV in 2010
Feb 4, 2010 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Bell announced plans for the introduction of IPTV later in 2010. Total TV subscribers increased by 41,000 in the quarter to give 1,949,000 TV subscribers at year-end.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Technicolor reaches 100 million digital set-top box milestone
Feb 4, 2010 – Technicolor (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TCH), formerly Thomson, has reached the milestone of delivering 100 million digital set-top boxes over multi networks since it entered the market in 1994.
News categories: Technicolor, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

TDC adds 24k TV customers in 4Q09
Feb 4, 2010 – TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has published financial statements for the January-December 2009 period. YouSee's TV customers increased to 1.249 million at the end of September, up from 1.140 million the year before. IPTV customers reached 96,000 at year-end.
News categories: YouSee, TDC, Cable TV, Denmark, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

TELUS launches Microsoft Mediaroom in Edmonton, Vancouver and Calgary
Feb 2, 2010 – TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) has announced the availability of a new TELUS TV service, powered by Microsoft Mediaroom and available exclusively from TELUS in Canada, which offers a better television viewing experience for TELUS TV customers.
News categories: Microsoft, TELUS, Andreas Mueller-Schubert, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware