IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

More than 5 million IPTV customers in Germany in 2013
Feb 25, 2009 – The market for IPTV in Germany will grow more strongly over the coming five years than previously predicted. According to a study by Detecon International, the sector can expect the 5-million-user threshold to be crossed as early as 2013.
News categories: Detecon, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Neptuny launches enhanced Content Recommendation engine at IPTV World Forum 2009
Feb 25, 2009 – Neptuny will be launching Contentwise 2.5 at IPTV World Forum in Olympia, London from 25th - 27th March 2009. Two exciting new features of ContentWise 2.5 are support for user communities and metadata enrichment rules.
News categories: Neptuny, Content Distribution, IPTV, Video Exchange

COMSTAR-UTS Launches IPTV For Mass Market
Feb 25, 2009 – COMSTAR-UTS (LSE: CMST) has announced that Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS), a member of COMSTAR-UTS, has launched interactive digital Internet TV services (IPTV). MGTS provides IPTV services as an agent of COMSTAR.
News categories: COMSTAR-UTS, Moscow City Telephone Network, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia

Codetel teams with Alcatel-Lucent to launch IPTV in the Dominican Republic
Feb 25, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Compania Dominicana de Telefonos (Codetel) has launched a nationwide IPTV offering, providing subscribers across the country with high-quality TV programming, VoD and other multimedia services.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, CODETEL, Victor Agnellini, Oscar Peña, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV, Middleware

MTS Expands Canadian IPTV Services with 2Wire HomePortal Intelligent Gateways
Feb 25, 2009 – 2Wire has announced that MTS Allstream (TSE:MBT) has selected its HomePortal® intelligent gateways to enable a major expansion of its IPTV services in Manitoba, Canada.
News categories: 2Wire, MTS Allstream, Broadband, Canada, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV

Alpha Networks Introduces One-Stop Shop for Digital Home and Broadband Products at 2009 CeBIT
Feb 24, 2009 – Alpha Networks (TAIEX:3380) has announced that it will feature a new lineup of digital home solutions at 2009 CeBIT including its High Definition Media Player (ADM-555H), Bit Torrent Media Player (BT-BOX) and IP-STB.
News categories: Alpha Networks, Broadband, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming

Telefónica O2 Czech Republic - 2008 Full Year Financial Results
Feb 24, 2009 – Telefónica O2 Czech Republic has announced its audited financial results for the fiscal year 2008. The total number of reported O2TV's customers reached 115 thousand at the end of 2008.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Albis Technologies: Set-Top-Box Integrates YouTube
Feb 24, 2009 – Albis Technologies will present its latest generation of Set-Top-Boxes at the IPTV World Forum in London. The highlight will be the Albis STB 77xx hybrid series, which supports both HD (high definition) TV via IP and DVB reception.
News categories: Albis Technologies, IPTV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Video Exchange

Magyar Telekom announces 2008 full year results
Feb 24, 2009 – Magyar Telekom (NYSE: MTA)(Budapest: MTELEKOM) has reported its results for 2008. Demand for the new satellite TV product was very strong, the number of customers reached 5,000 by the end of the year with additional 13,000 orders received.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Hungary, IPTV, Montenegro, Results, Satellite, Subscribers