IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

ADB Group Reports Record Financial Results For 2008
Feb 24, 2009 – ADB Holdings (SIX: ADBN) has reported ADB Group's financial results for the full year 2008. High-definition TV (HDTV) product sales grew significantly, accounting for 72% of the Digital TV Equipment segment's revenue, up from 57% in 2007.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, DVB-MHP, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

2008 Global FTTH Shipments Rise 71%
Feb 23, 2009 – According to DITTBERNER, annual FTTH shipments were up a slower than forecast 71% in 2008. Slower growth than projected for Europe and Korea is the main reason, offset by a higher than expected growth in China.
News categories: DITTBERNER, CPE, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research

Vietnam approves TV broadcasting plan to 2020
Feb 20, 2009 – The Vietnam government-approved radio and television broadcasting plan to 2020 aims to spread the area covered by radio and television services in Vietnam and to the world.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Satellite, Terrestrial, Vietnam

Chunghwa Telecom selects ANT Browser for Taiwanese TV Service Expansion
Feb 19, 2009 – ANT Software (London:ANTP) has announced that Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has chosen the ANT Galio Browser as the user interface platform upon which to develop a successor to Chunghwa Telecom's successful Multimedia on Demand (MOD) Service.
News categories: ANT Software, Chunghwa Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Taiwan

Portugal Telecom (Meo) full year 2008 results
Feb 18, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2008. YTD net additions in the pay-TV service reached 291 thousand bringing the total customers to 312 thousand at the end of 2008.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Telefonica and TVA launch 'Trio Xtreme' in São Paulo
Feb 17, 2009 – Telefónica Brazil has launched its 'Trio Xtreme' triple play service in São Paulo in partnership with TVA. The service runs on Telefónica's fibre-optic (FTTH) network and offers TV, telephony and broadband up to 30 Mbps.
News categories: Telefónica, TVA, Brazil, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box

RomTelecom To Offer IPTV
Feb 16, 2009 – Romanian telecom operator RomTelecom will this year begin offering television services via IPTV, after selecting the equipment suppliers for the project.
News categories: RomTelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania

TeliaSonera January-December 2008
Feb 12, 2009 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) net sales increased 12.7 percent to SEK 28,096 million (24,921). The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 98,000 from year-end 2007 to 867,000, of which 477,000 were IPTV subscriptions, up 99,000.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

MTG (Viasat) Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008
Feb 12, 2009 – MTG (OMX Nordic: MTGA, MTGB) has announced its results for the fourth quarter 2008. The number of subscribers with ViasatPlus Personal Video Recorders increased from 103,000 at the end of the third quarter to 115,000 at the end of the fourth.
News categories: MTG, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine