IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Tilgin radically reduces the cost for Personal Video Recorder enabled IPTV services
Sep 12, 2008 – Tilgin (Stockholm: TILG) has announced a new cost-optimized Mood 400 IP Set-top that greatly reduces operator costs for deploying a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) enabled IPTV service.
News categories: Tilgin, Content Distribution, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Experience the best in digital TV with Pace @ IBC
Sep 12, 2008 – At IBC, Pace (LSE:PIC) will be demonstrating how it is bringing the worlds of broadcast and broadband closer together as we move towards convergence in home entertainment technologies.
News categories: Pace plc, Broadband, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Amino signs agreement for complete end to end solution with major global system integrator
Sep 12, 2008 – Amino Communications (LSE: AMO) has signed a Global Cooperation Agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC). The agreement extends Amino's global market reach by offering a solution 100% compatible with the most widely deployed IPTV STBs in the market.
News categories: Amino, Ericsson, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box

Amino secures Estonia MPEG-4 HD PVR agreement
Sep 12, 2008 – Amino Technologies (LSE: AMO) has signed an agreement that will see Estonia's Elion use Amino's AmiNET530 Set-Top Box to offer premium services to its consumer and business IPTV subscribers.
News categories: Amino, Elion, Digital TV, DVR, Estonia, IPTV, Set Top Box

Microsoft Mediaroom Unveils Next-Generation Advertising Platform for IPTV Services
Sep 12, 2008 – Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled the Microsoft Mediaroom Advertising Platform at IBC2008. The offering lets IPTV service providers deploying Microsoft Mediaroom offer targeted, measurable and interactive advertising spots all from one platform.
News categories: Microsoft, Mediabrands, Enrique Rodriguez, Nick Brien, Broadband, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware

Microsoft Launches New Program to Help IPTV Operators Migrate to Mediaroom From First-Generation Platforms
Sep 12, 2008 – Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has launched Microsoft Mediaroom Migration Program at the IBC2008 conference, a new program to ease the transition for IPTV service providers using other platforms to migrate to Microsoft's solution.
News categories: Microsoft, Ben Huang, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware

Portugal - 2.1 million pay TV subscribers in June
Sep 11, 2008 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), at the end of June, the total number of pay TV subscribers in the country reached 2.1 million, or approximately 20 subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Sigma Demonstrates Latest Consumer Technology for IPTV, Cable and UWB Solutions at IBC
Sep 11, 2008 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) has announced that it will demonstrate a wide range of consumer technology solutions at IBC 2008 in Amsterdam.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Ken Lowe, Cable TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Invitel rolls out IPTV services using BeeSmart technology
Sep 11, 2008 – Invitel, the second largest fixed-line operator in Hungary, has launched its IPTV service using BeeSmart technology from Smart Com.
News categories: Smart Com, Invitel, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Middleware