IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

AT&T U-verse TV Marks 2 Million Customer Milestone
Dec 9, 2009 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has announced that it has reached its 2 millionth AT&T U-verse TV customer. In the last year, AT&T has added one million customers to the award-winning TV service available to millions of homes across 22 states.
News categories: U-verse, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Subscribers, USA

Digital Television Continues to Grow in Hungary
Dec 8, 2009 – In October 2009, the number of households in Hungary using digital television topped the 1.1 million mark, states the flash report released by the National Communications Authority (NHH).
News categories: NHH, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Global IPTV Forecast Exceeds MRG 2009 Prediction by 2M Subscribers
Dec 7, 2009 – MRG has announced the latest edition of its IPTV Global Forecast. The new forecast indicates that global IPTV subscribers will grow from 28 million in 2009 to 83 million in 2013, a compound annual growth rate of 31%.
News categories: Multimedia Research Group, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Romtelecom launches Dolce Interactiv IPTV in 10 cities
Dec 3, 2009 – A new IPTV service from Romtelecom is available in 10 major Romanian cities. Dolce Interactiv comes at an anniversary moment, at three years after the launch of Dolce, the satellite TV service of Romtelecom.
News categories: Romtelecom, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Romania, Set Top Box

Tata Teleservices launches 'Photon TV' mobile broadband IPTV
Dec 3, 2009 – Tata Teleservices (NSE:TTML, BSE: 532371) has announced the launch of Photon TV, an application that allows its mobile broadband subscribers to watch live TV on their laptops while on the move, and on their PCs at home and in the office.
News categories: Tata Teleservices, Apalya, Broadband, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Mobile, Streaming

ANACOM publishes 3Q09 pay TV numbers for Portugal
Dec 2, 2009 – According to the Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), in the third quarter of 2009, the total number of pay TV subscribers in Portugal exceeded 2.4 million, 72 thousand more than in the previous quarter and 232 thousand more than a year earlier.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Shanghai Telecom IPTV subscribers reach 1 million
Dec 2, 2009 – The IPTV subscriber base of Shanghai Telecom (NYSE: CHA; Hong Kong:0728) has broken through the one million mark. The service was officially launched in October 2006.
News categories: Shanghai Telecom, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
Dec 2, 2009 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) has reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2009. Net revenue for the third quarter was $35.5 million, a decrease of $11.3 million, or 24%, from $46.8 million for the same period last year.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Wotone Media and Digisoft.tv Join Forces for the Chinese Market
Dec 2, 2009 – Digisoft.tv and Wotone Group have announced that they have entered in to a strategic partnership to offer complete end to end service delivery solutions to IPTV, Cable and Hybrid operators in the Chinese market.
News categories: Digisoft, China, IPTV, Middleware, Video Exchange