IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Dialog Telecom Selects Scopus to Power its IPTV Service in Poland
Mar 4, 2009 – Scopus Video Networks (NASDAQ: SCOP) has announced that Dialog Telecom has launched its new IPTV service using a video distribution network based on Scopus video networking solutions.
News categories: Scopus Video Network, Dialog Telecom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland

Kazakhtelecom launches 'ID TV' IPTV service
Mar 4, 2009 – On February 11, 2009, Kazakhstan's national carrier, Kazakhtelecom, began providing interactive television services under the brand name 'ID TV' in Astana.
News categories: Kazakhtelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Kazakhstan

Sigma Designs Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Results
Mar 4, 2009 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) has reported results and business highlights for its fourth fiscal quarter and year ended January 31, 2009. Revenue for fiscal 2009 was $209.2 million, a decrease of 5% from $221.2 million in the previous year.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Swisscom - Stable core business with strong increase in customers
Mar 4, 2009 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) closed the 2008 financial year with net revenue up 10.0% to CHF 12,198 million and operating income (EBITDA) up 6.4% to CHF 4,789 million. By the end of 2008 Bluewin TV had doubled its customer base year-on-year to 118,000.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

France Telecom 2008 annual results
Mar 4, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has reased its 2008 results. Digital and satellite TV subscribers rose to 2.1 million in Europe at 31 December 2008 (mainly in France), compared with 1.2 million a year earlier, an increase of 66%.
News categories: France Telecom, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Pace plc results for the year ended 31 December 2008
Mar 3, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced its results for the year to 31 December 2008. Pace sold 4.7m set-top boxes into the EMEA region, with shipments into APAC of 1.1m. Americas shipments totalled 7.3m units.
News categories: Pace plc, Cable TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

TiVo and Alticast Announce Agreement
Mar 2, 2009 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) and Alticast have announced that they have entered into an agreement intended to reduce the time-to-market for pay TV operators seeking to harness TiVo's consumer experience in conjunction with the Alticast embedded software.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Alticast, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

T-HT delivered strong performance in 2008
Feb 27, 2009 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (London: THTC; Zagreb: HT-R-A) has announced its consolidated audited results for the financial year 2008. MAXtv has been a major success with a 210.0% increase in subscribers to 135,573.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Kudelski 2008 Results and New Client Wins
Feb 27, 2009 – The Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced its 2008 annual results. Digital TV progressed well in the second half, generating a 46.1% net revenue growth compared to the first half. For the full year Digital TV achieved a 15.3% growth rate.
News categories: Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Mexico, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial