IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

MPA Sees Strong Asia Pacific Pay-TV Subs Growth
Apr 22, 2009 – Against the background of a poor global macroeconomic environment, media owners and investors focused on Asia Pacific can take comfort from the defensive nature of the region's pay-TV and broadband industries, according to a Media Partners Asia report.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DVR, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

MTG (Viasat) Q1 2009 Interim Report
Apr 22, 2009 – Modern Times Group (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the quarter ended 31 March 2009. The number of subscribers with ViasatPlus recordable digital boxes increased to 122,000 from 115,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: Modern Times Group, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Opera and I-Plus bring Web and Widgets to TVs
Apr 22, 2009 – I-Plus Technology has selected the Opera Devices SDK 9.7 for the latest addition to its IP set-top box family, the IPT110. With Opera inside, hospitality and residential customers can start surfing the Web, with Widgets, on their TV screens.
News categories: Opera Software, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

Telcos in Latin America Seek Alternatives to IPTV to Meet Market Demand
Apr 22, 2009 – IPTV will take a backseat to other pay-TV platforms as telcos seek alternative strategies to meet the significant market demand, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Subscribers

AT&T's First-Quarter Results
Apr 22, 2009 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported first-quarter results. AT&T U-verse TV subscribers in service increased by 284,000 in the first quarter -- up from 148,000 added in the year-earlier first quarter -- to reach 1.3 million in service.
News categories: AT&T, DVR, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Verimatrix Secures CDE Lightband IPTV Service
Apr 21, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced Clarksville Department of Electricity (CDE) as its latest customer that has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV.
News categories: Verimatrix, Clarksville Department of Electricity, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, NABShow, USA

North State Communications Selects TANDBERG Encoding and Transcoding for IPTV Headend
Apr 20, 2009 – TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC) has announced that its iPlex™ IPTV video processing platform has been selected by North State Communications for its new IPTV headend.
News categories: TANDBERG Television, North State Communications, Content Distribution, IPTV, USA

Falcon IP/Complete and Verimatrix to Deliver IPTV Service to GulfPines Communications
Apr 20, 2009 – Falcon IP/Complete and Verimatrix have announced that GulfPines Communications has selected their IPTV solution to deliver a powerful, video solution with advanced functionalities, such as video recording and parental controls.
News categories: Verimatrix, Falcon IP/Complete, GulfPines Communications, Conditional Access, Content Protection, IPTV, Middleware, NABShow, USA

Verimatrix VCAS for ZillionTV IPTV Service
Apr 20, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced that ZillionTV has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV to secure its on-demand library of programs delivered over an IP connection and streamed directly to the television.
News categories: Verimatrix, ZillionTV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, NABShow, USA