IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Taiwan's Alpha Networks selects Opera to complete its HD IP set-top box
Oct 9, 2008 – Opera Software has announced that Alpha Networks has selected Opera Devices SDK to deliver the Internet to its new high-definition IP set-top boxes, the AST series.
News categories: Opera Software, Alpha Networks, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Orange cinéma séries: all the emotions of the cinema on three screens - mobile, PC and TV - from 13 November
Oct 8, 2008 – With the launch of Orange cinema series, Orange (Paris & NYSE: FTE) is offering a new way of watching films and TV series. All programmes are available on demand and and can be watched on any screen at any time depending on the circumstances.
News categories: Orange, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Mobile, Streaming

22.4 million IPTV subscribers expected in Asia-Pac by 2013
Oct 8, 2008 – New analysis from Frost & Sullivan reveals that the IPTV subscriber base in Asia-Pacific reached 4.1 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach 22.4 million by end-2013, at a compound annual growth rate of 32.7 percent (2007-2013).
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Asia, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Witbe measures a worldwide channel change time below 1.9 seconds
Oct 7, 2008 – Witbe has carried out a study of digital TV services (via DSL, cable, FTTH, satellite and DTT), looking at 30 operators in 16 countries on 4 continents. The average channel change time measured using P+/P- was 1.9 seconds.
News categories: Witbe, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Greece - Soft launch of conn-x TV (IPTV) by OTE
Oct 7, 2008 – OTE (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has announced the soft launch, for a testing period, of conn-x TV (IPTV) to a limited number of existing clients at the following areas: Attiki, Thessaloniki, Patras, Larisa and Herakleion, Crete.
News categories: OTE Group, Digital TV, Greece, IPTV

Kenya - Wananchi launches Zuku triple play service
Oct 7, 2008 – Telecommunications service provider Wananchi has unveiled Kenya's first triple play offering. Known as Zuku, the service consists of television, broadband and telephony.
News categories: Wananchi, Zuku, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Kenya, Tanzania

Tiscali Teams with Cisco for Launch of Innovative Tiscali.tv IP Television Service in Italy
Oct 7, 2008 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that it has signed an agreement with Tiscali (Italy: TIS) to supply Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and IP television (IPTV) headend technology for the Tiscali.tv IPTV service.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Tiscali, Content Distribution, IPTV, Italy

Spain - 37.4% of households have DTT reception
Oct 2, 2008 – According to Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), two years from analogue shutdown, planned for April 2010, only 37.4% of households have terrestrial digital television reception (DTT).
News categories: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

France - First digital TV survey results released
Oct 2, 2008 – France's digital TV 'Observatoire' has made public the results of its first half 2008 study. Nearly 30% of households are fully digital with digital terrestrial television providing most of the growth. TV over ADSL also made significant advances.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Médiamétrie, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial