IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Telefónica earns €5,596 million to September and confirms all growth forecasts for 2008
Nov 14, 2008 – During the third quarter of 2008 Telefónica (Madrid, NYSE: TEF) maintained the intense commercial activity registered since the beginning of the year. Pay TV accesses stood at over 2.1 million at the end of the quarter, up 54.0% on the prior year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, IPTV, Peru, Results, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Portugal Telecom (Meo) 2008 first nine month results
Nov 13, 2008 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced its results for the first nine months ended 30 September 2008. YTD net additions to the 'Meo' pay-TV service reached 191 thousand to give 211 thousand customers at the end of September.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

BT Second quarter and half year results to September 30, 2008
Nov 13, 2008 – BT Vision (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) now has 340,000 customers. Of the new customers added in the quarter, an average of 83% chose to take a subscription pack, nearly three times as many as last year. September also saw the launch of a new HD movie service.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Netia SA reports 2008 third quarter results
Nov 13, 2008 – Netia (WSE: NET) has announced results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. Netia is preparing to launch, along with 'n' (Luxembourg: ITIH.LU), an IPTV pilot project in the cities of Warsaw and Wrocław in Q4 2008.
News categories: Netia, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Nortel Blurs the Boundaries Between TV and Interactive Applications at TelcoTV '08
Nov 12, 2008 – Nortel (NYSE/TSX:NT) is showcasing IPTV and Video solutions that are blurring the boundaries across TV, internet, consumer devices and mobile phones by integrating telecom services and interactive applications into the entertainment experience.
News categories: Nortel, Blu-ray, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

SingTel Group's results for the second quarter and half year
Nov 12, 2008 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced its results for the second quarter and half year ended 30 September 2008. The number of mio TV customers was unchanged at 46,000 in the quarter.
News categories: SingTel, IPTV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Nokia Siemens Networks Launches Next Generation IPTV Solution to Focus on Platform Openness and Interactivity
Nov 12, 2008 – Nokia Siemens Networks is putting the power of bringing advanced IPTV applications and services in the carriers' hands with its latest IPTV software release, Home Entertainment Release 3.0.
News categories: Nokia Siemens Networks, Digital TV, Home Server, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Wightman Telecom Deploys Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn™ MPEG-4 HD IPTV Solution
Nov 11, 2008 – Wightman Telecom, a Canadian telephone company and CLEC serving a number of communities in the counties of Bruce, Grey, Huron, Wellington and Perth, Ontario has begun rolling out MPEG-4 HD IPTV services using Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn™ solution.
News categories: Conklin-Intracom, Wightman Telecom, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

IPTV Over GPON and Bonded DSL Key Components of BroadbandSuite 3.0
Nov 11, 2008 – The Broadband Forum has unveiled BroadbandSuite 3.0 which provides specifications for triple-play delivered via GPON and bonded DSL over a QoS-enabled Ethernet architecture, and remote management beyond the gateway to address video and storage devices.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Broadband, Fibre, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box