IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

ATIS IIF Delivers New IPTV Standards
Nov 17, 2009 – ATIS has announced the release of three IPTV new standards: a test plan for validating objective quality models; Software download sequence and remote management security; and network provider domains, home networks, and the IPTV terminal device.
News categories: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

ICE Receives Approval For IPTV Service in Costa Rica
Nov 17, 2009 – Costa Rica's Contraloría General de la República has given the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) the green light to provide television over the internet.
News categories: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Contraloría General de la República, Costa Rica, Digital TV, IPTV, Regulation

Motorola to Enhance On Demand Portfolio with BitBand Acquisition
Nov 16, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BitBand. The acquisition is expected to close in Q4 2009. BitBand will be integrated into Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business.
News categories: Motorola, BitBand, Content Distribution, IPTV, MandA

North-West Telecom Starts PON-Based Triple Play in Kaliningrad
Nov 13, 2009 – In November 2009, North-West Telecom started commercial operation of triple play services based on passive optical networks (PON) in Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad becomes the company's second regional division after St. Petersburg.
News categories: North-West Telecom, Avangard, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Russia

Tele2 Netherlands selects Espial's IPTV middleware
Nov 12, 2009 – Espial® (TSX:ESP) has announced that Tele2 Netherlands has selected Espial's IPTV middleware for its IPTV service. With this platform Tele2 provides advanced services including linear TV, VoD, High Definition, PVR and interactive services.
News categories: Espial, Tele2, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Netherlands

Emery Telcom Partners with Latens to Launch IPTV
Nov 12, 2009 – Latens has announced that Emery Telcom has launched IPTV services in Utah powered by Latens ECO middleware and pre-integrated conditional access system (CAS).
News categories: Latens, Emery Telcom, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

Swisscom Bluewin TV adds 21k subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 11, 2009 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) has released its Interim Report for the January - September 2009 period. The number of Bluewin TV customers virtually doubled compared with the previous year to 186,000 at the end of the third quarter of 2009.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

SingTel mio TV IPTV adds 25k subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 11, 2009 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced results for its second quarter ending 30 September 2009. During the quarter, mio TV, SingTel's pay TV service, attracted 25,000 new customers to reach 126,000 as at 30 September 2009.
News categories: SingTel, IPTV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Magticom to launch IPTV in Georgia
Nov 11, 2009 – Georgian mobile operator Magticom has announced that the IPTV service that it plans to launch in the country is to be called Magti TV.
News categories: Magticom, Georgia, IPTV