IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) launches IPTV
Sep 22, 2008 – Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) (Colombo:SLTL) has launched IPTV in Sri Lanka, operated by a recently created subsidiary SLT VisionCom. Visioncom has a target of reaching 7,000 customers by the end of the year and 100,000 customers in three years.
News categories: Sri Lanka Telecom, SLT Visioncom, PEO TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Sri Lanka

NDS VideoGuard® Provides Successful Content Protection to Telecom Italia's IPTV Service
Sep 22, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) currently supplies the IPTV service of Telecom Italia (Italy:TIT)(NYSE:TI) with NDS VideoGuard®, a conditional access (CA) and DRM technology which provides content protection for both broadcast TV and Video on Demand (VOD).
News categories: NDS, Telecom Italia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy

Tilgin and Nordija jointly provides HD IPTV to TRE-FOR
Sep 22, 2008 – Tilgin (STO:TILG) and Nordija have announced their collaboration to provide a HD IPTV solution to the Danish utility company TRE-FOR, which has decided to deliver HD (High Definition) IPTV to its subscriber base.
News categories: Tilgin, Nordija, TRE-FOR Bredbånd, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Airbites launches 'Select TV' in Bucharest
Sep 17, 2008 – Airbites has launched in Bucharest the newest digital television service, Select TV. Select TV offers the most beloved TV channels including HD. And if using the computer as a TV set, the new service is free of charge.
News categories: Airbites, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania, Set Top Box

Hill Country Telephone Cooperative Selects Infinite Video IPTV Platform for Immediate Trial
Sep 17, 2008 – Even Technologies (TSX-V: ETI) has announced that its subsidiary, Infinite Video Corporation, has entered into a contract to trial high definition (HD) video services over the existing network at Hill Country Telephone Cooperative.
News categories: Even Technologies, Hill Country Telephone Cooperative, Infinite Video Corporation, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, USA

China's DTV STB Market Has Explosive Growth
Sep 16, 2008 – CCID Consulting (Hong Kong: 08235) has released an update on China's DTV STB market. CCID Consulting's data shows that the sales volume of China's STB market reached 11.69 million sets in 2008H1, up 110.1% year-on-year.
News categories: CCID Consulting, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Tilgin First to Show Picture in Picture (PiP) on a ST-Based IPTV STB at IBC
Sep 15, 2008 – Tilgin (STO:TILG) has announced Picture in Picture as part of the Mood 400 Product Family offering. The solution developed by Tilgin generates the opportunity to have up to eight PiP windows simultaneously.
News categories: Tilgin, STMicroelectronics, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

DVRs Now in Over One-Quarter of US Households
Sep 15, 2008 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found that 27% of TV households in the United States have at least one Digital Video Recorder (DVR), and 30% of those households have more than one DVR.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

ADB and STRONG Join Forces for IPTV Products
Sep 15, 2008 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SWX:ADBN) has announced that STRONG GROUP will become a distributor for ADB's advanced line of IPTV set-top boxes.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, IPTV, Set Top Box