IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Voice, Internet and Television - all-in-one via T-Home Macedonia
Nov 7, 2008 – Makedonski Telekom has announced the introduction of its IPTV service in Macedonia, branded as MaxTV. The service will be offered in a triple play package - 3Max - together with Internet and fixed telephony.
News categories: Makedonski Telekom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Macedonia, Middleware

Consolidated Communications Holdings Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Nov 6, 2008 – Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNSL) reported results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2008. IPTV subscribers were 15,454, an increase of 4,391, or 39.7%.
News categories: Consolidated Communications, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Surewest Reports Third Quarter 2008
Nov 6, 2008 – SureWest Communications (NASDAQ: SURW) has announced operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Video continues to experience solid growth as the feature-rich HD DVR and robust HDTV channel package help enhance take-up rates.
News categories: SureWest, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Iliad (Free) 3Q 2008 Revenues
Nov 6, 2008 – At 30 September 2008, the Iliad Group (Paris: ILD) had 4,125,000 ADSL subscribers, 3,275,000 under the Free brand and 850,000 under the Alice brand. The Alice acquisition enabled Iliad to meet its 4 million subscriber objective two years in advance.
News categories: Iliad, Fibre, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Deutsche Telekom reports good third quarter of 2008
Nov 6, 2008 – The Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) IPTV service in Germany, Entertain, has around 333,000 customers - an increase of 33 percent within a single quarter. At the end of September, the number of IPTV customers in Eastern Europe was 164,000.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Croatia, Germany, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Daewoo Electronics Select ANT Galio Browser
Nov 6, 2008 – Daewoo Electronics has signed a contract with ANT (London: ANTP) to license ANT Galio Browser for its new range of IPTV set-top boxes. The new HD-capable DIS-E100 model is based on a Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) chipset.
News categories: ANT, Daewoo Electronics, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Latens launches ECO 4.0 the only IPTV middleware providing a truly secure home networking environment
Nov 6, 2008 – Latens has announced the US launch of release 4.0 of Latens ECOsystem (ECO) IPTV middleware. ECO 4.0 has enhanced user features and a widened scope, offering many advantages for both operator and subscriber.
News categories: Latens, IPTV, Middleware, Smart Home, USA

IPTV to Capture 14% of Pay TV Subscribers by 2013 at the Expense of Cable TV, Pyramid Research Finds
Nov 5, 2008 – IPTV's share of the overall pay TV subscriber base will grow from 3 percent in 2008 to 14 percent in 2013 at the expense of cable TV's share, which will decline from 76 percent to 61 percent over the same period, according to Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Swisscom releases January-September 2008 Interim Report
Nov 5, 2008 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) closed the first nine months of 2008 with net revenue of CHF 9,085 million. At the end of September 2008 'Bluewin TV' was used by 95,000 paying customers, a growth of 43,000 compared with the previous year.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland