IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

KPN adds 46 thousand digital TV subscribers in 4Q09
Jan 26, 2010 – KPN (Amsterdam:KPN) has released its 2009 full-year results. TV customer growth was stimulated by scaling-up IPTV. Combined with continued customer growth at Digitenne, KPN's TV customer base has nearly one million subscribers.
News categories: KPN, Fibre, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Verizon adds 153,000 FiOS TV customers in 4Q09
Jan 26, 2010 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Verizon added 153,000 net new FiOS TV customers and served 2.9 million FiOS TV customers by the end of the quarter, a 49.2 percent year-over-year increase.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

REDtone to launch Chinese-centric IPTV in Malaysia
Jan 21, 2010 – REDtone International (KUL:REDTONE) is set to launch Malaysia's first Chinese-centric Internet-based TV. The service, called DETV, is managed by REDtone subsidiary DE Multimedia Sdn Bhd.
News categories: REDtone, DETV, Digital TV, IPTV, Malaysia

Telekom Austria Group: aonTV Reaches 100,000-Subscriber Mark
Jan 21, 2010 – The Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) has announced that aonTV, the IPTV service of its Fixed Net subsidiary, Telekom Austria TA AG, has reached the 100,000 subscriber mark.
News categories: Telekom Austria, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Subscribers

SureWest Launches Advanced Digital TV
Jan 21, 2010 – SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) has launched its Advanced Digital TV service for customers in the Sacramento region with Whole Home DVR, high definition (HD) television, fast channel change and other new features.
News categories: SureWest, Steve Oldham, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Global fixed-broadband subscriptions to surpass half a billion mark in 2010
Jan 21, 2010 – According to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media, global fixed-broadband subscription numbers will reach half a billion this year, driven by continued growth in emerging markets.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA

Set Top Box Market Growth Mixed in 2009
Jan 20, 2010 – The Asian market for set top boxes (STB) is estimated to have seen over 40% growth in shipments in 2009, according to In-Stat's latest market estimates. Meanwhile, the European market saw unit shipments slip 11% in 2009.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

PCCW to apply for free-to-air TV license
Jan 18, 2010 – PCCW notes that the Government is accepting ad hoc requests for free-to-air (FTA) TV licenses. PCCW has decided to apply for a FTA TV license.
News categories: PCCW, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Terrestrial

Seven Illinois Telcos Select Conklin-Intracom fs|cdn® IPTV Solution
Jan 18, 2010 – CenComm, Diverse Communications, LaHarpe Video & Data, New Windsor Cable, Oneida Cablevision, Reynolds Cable, and Viola Communications have all selected Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn® IPTV solution for the delivery of SD and HD video services.
News categories: Conklin-Intracom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, USA