IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Interactive GALA TV customers will have the possibility to watch their favourite TV programs at desired times
Sep 3, 2008 – Customers using the Interactive GALA TV service provided by TEO LT (VSE: TEO1L) now have the possibility to use a new service - My TV Recordings - which allows watching desired TV programs at convenient times without using any extra equipment.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

HomePNA Leading Choice for TelcoTV in North America
Sep 3, 2008 – The HomePNA Alliance has announced that HomePNA was installed in more North American homes in the last quarter than any other coax home networking solution. In addition, TELUS (TSX:T,T.A; NYSE:TU) has chosen HomePNA 3.1 for its TELUS TV service.
News categories: HomePNA, TELUS, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Smart Home

Ekioh UI Engine integral part of latest Freewire IPTV STB service
Sep 3, 2008 – Ekioh has announced that the Inuk Networks Freewire IPTV service, running on STBs using the Ekioh UI Engine, has been rolled out in several UK locations. The Ekioh UI Engine utilises the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) open standard from the W3C.
News categories: Ekioh, Inuk Networks, Freewire, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, UK

GTA TeleGuam Announces Guam Digital Television
Sep 2, 2008 – GTA TeleGuam has announced the launch of Guam Digital Television, or GUdTV. GUdTV is an Internet Protocol (IP)-based TV service delivering the latest entertainment.
News categories: GTA TeleGuam, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Micronesia, USA

UTStarcom and Aksh to Power BSNL's New iControl IPTV Service in 20 Cities Across India
Sep 2, 2008 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced a contract with Aksh Optifibre (BOM: 532351) to deploy UTStarcom's end-to-end RollingStream® Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution in 20 cities on Bharat Sanchar Nigam, Ltd. (BSNL)'s ADSL 2+ network.
News categories: UTStarcom, BSNL, Aksh Optifibre, Broadband, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

TELUS Selects CopperGate's HomePNA 3.1 Home Networking Technology for IPTV Service
Sep 2, 2008 – CopperGate Communications has announced that TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) has selected CopperGate's HomePNA 3.1 technology integrated into set-top boxes and residential gateways for its TELUS TV service offering.
News categories: CopperGate, TELUS, Canada, Gateway, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Motorola and Deutsche Telekom Collaborate on IPTV
Sep 1, 2008 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE; NYSE:DT) have announced a collaboration to deliver IPTV in Germany and Deutsche Telekom will use Motorola's High Definition (HD)-ready IPTV set-tops for its 'T-Home Entertain' services.
News categories: Motorola, Deutsche Telekom, Joe Cozzolino, Christian Illek, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IFABerlin, IPTV, Set Top Box

Dominican Republic - Indotel and ETG-TEL inaugurate wireless IPTV
Aug 31, 2008 – A new-telephone company that will offer wireless 'Triple Play' in rural areas of the Dominican Republic has been inaugurated in Restauración, a town of eight thousand inhabitants located in the border province of Dajabón.
News categories: Indotel, Broadband, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV

Tele Columbus and Kaon cooperate on HD PVR
Aug 29, 2008 – Cable operator Tele Columbus is working with set-top box manufacturer Kaon Media on the joint development of an HDTV PVR. The new product is planned to be launched in Germany in the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: KAON, Tele Columbus, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IPTV, Set Top Box