IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Dreampark Enters the Latvian IPTV Market With LIVAS
Sep 10, 2009 – Dreampark has announced its first customer in Latvia. LIVAS Telecommunications, a provider of TV and broadband services on the Latvian market, has chosen the Dreampark Middleware solution Dreamgallery™.
News categories: Dreampark, LIVAS, Digital TV, IPTV, Latvia, Middleware, Set Top Box

Optima Telekom launches 'OptiTV' IPTV in Croatia
Sep 9, 2009 – Optima Telekom of Croatia has begun offering an IPTV platform called OptiTV. The service offers more than 70 TV channels combined with 5 different broadband and telephony packages.
News categories: Optima Telekom, OptiTV, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

SeaChange Demonstrates Jinni-Powered Advanced VOD Discovery and Navigation
Sep 9, 2009 – SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) has announced a VOD search and navigation tool for cable and telco TV operators, powered by Jinni so as to be optimized for TV set top boxes, and also accessible via the internet and web-enabled mobiles.
News categories: SeaChange, Jinni, Cable TV, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware

Set-top Box Revenues Contract Slightly in the Second Quarter of 2009
Sep 9, 2009 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that strength in the satellite and IP set-top box (STB) markets could not offset a contraction in the cable market that caused the overall STB market to decline 2 percent during the second quarter.
News categories: Dell'Oro, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

TechnoTrend Görler focuses on hybrid and IPTV innovations at IBC
Sep 9, 2009 – TechnoTrend Görler will present their set-top product ranges for IP, hybrid and HDTV at this year's IBC in Amsterdam. For the first time TechnoTrend will show an HD-receiver with integrated cable modem and PVR functionality.
News categories: TechnoTrend, Cable TV, DOCSIS, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box

PrimeTel Selects SecureMedia for Digital Content Protection in Cyprus
Sep 9, 2009 – SecureMedia has announced that PrimeTel is now using SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ System to protect premium video content for its PrimeTV service. Under the PrimeHome brand, PrimeTel offers internet, IPTV and telephony in Cyprus.
News categories: SecureMedia, PrimeTel, Content Protection, Cyprus, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV

Allegro 3GPP Mobile TV Transcoders Operated by GO
Sep 8, 2009 – Malta's GO is using Allegro transcoders for simultaneous 3GPP Mobile TV and WMV broadcasting. Allegro AL2000 transcoders enable the same program to be broadcast simultaneously to three screens - IPTV, Internet TV and Mobile TV.
News categories: Allegro, GO p.l.c., 5G, Content Distribution, IPTV, Mobile, Streaming

Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) members to show at IBC
Sep 8, 2009 – At the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) booth at this year's IBC, two OIPF members, Fraunhofer FOKUS and Netgem, will demonstrate technologies based on elements of the Release 1 specifications.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Open IPTV Forum announces Release 2 Architecture Specification
Sep 8, 2009 – The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) has announced the publication of the Architecture Specification for IPTV infrastructure elements and services to be included in Release 2 of the OIPF Specifications.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile