IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Bharti Airtel launches Triple Play with Airtel digital TV interactive
Jan 19, 2009 – Bharti Airtel has announced the debut of its Triple Play Service with the launch of Airtel digital TV interactive - it's Internet Protocol Television Service. The Service will be initially available to customers in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.
News categories: Bharti Airtel, Digital TV, DVR, India, IPTV

IPTV poised to transform Korea's TV entertainment
Jan 19, 2009 – Three firms (KT, LG Dacom and SK Broadband) are licensed to provide IPTV services in Korea. All are making extensive investments in the business over the next five years with real-time broadcasts having begun on January 1, 2009.
News categories: LG Dacom, SK Broadband, KT, IPTV, Korea

BH Telecom selected Smart Com to build converged IPTV and IP telephony service delivery platform
Jan 16, 2009 – BH Telecom of Bosnia & Herzegovina has selected Smart Com to deliver and integrate a complete converged IPTV and IP telephony service delivery platform based on Smart Com's BeeSmart middleware.
News categories: Smart Com, BH Telecom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware

ATIS Announces Launch of New Home Networking Forum Driven by Assessment & Work Plan
Jan 15, 2009 – The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has announced the December 2008 creation of the ATIS Home Networking (HNET) Forum - a single, centralized body responsible for comprehensively addressing home networking standards.
News categories: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, IPTV, Smart Home

Telekom Austria Has Success with Combi-Packages
Jan 15, 2009 – For the first time in 12 years Telekom Austria has seen growth in access line subscribers, due to combi-package sales. The development was also positive for aonTV with customer numbers rising from 10,930 at end-2007 to 63,800 at end-2008.
News categories: Telekom Austria, aonTV, Austria, IPTV, Subscribers

Nortel Obtains Court Orders for Creditor Protection
Jan 14, 2009 – Nortel Networks Corporation (NYSE/TSX: NT) has announced that the Company, Nortel Networks Limited and certain other Canadian subsidiaries have obtained an Order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for creditor protection.
News categories: Nortel, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finance, IPTV, UK, USA

At 32%, Telco TV Tops Pay-TV Platform Growth
Jan 14, 2009 – According to pay-TV market data from ABI Research, IPTV will grow by an estimated 32% annually over the next six years to nearly 79 million subscribers globally by the end of 2014.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

Eco Controllo codec improves on H.264 and MPEG-4
Jan 13, 2009 – Eco Controllo has claimed that it has developed a new codec for high definition video with a compression ratio up to four times greater than that currently available with H.264 and MPEG-4 codecs.
News categories: Eco Controllo, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Media Player, Streaming

IPTV Americas Launches First IPTV Satellite Distribution Platform for Latin America and The Caribbean
Jan 13, 2009 – IPTV Americas has announced the first IPTV Satellite distribution for Latin America. This will enable end-to-end satellite-delivered IPTV distribution to all telco's and cable operators' head ends in Latin America and the Caribbean.
News categories: SES NEW SKIES, IPTV Americas, Caribbean, Content Distribution, IPTV, Latin America, Satellite