IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Leading Scandinavian Telecoms Operator Telenor selects Thomson's IPTV Systems
Jul 22, 2008 – Telenor (Oslo: TEL) has selected an end-to-end IPTV solution from Thomson (Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) for deployment of IPTV services in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
News categories: Thomson, Telenor, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Norway, Set Top Box, Sweden

IPTV Network Services Selects Latens ECOsystem to Provide IPTV Services to Over 45,000 Subscribers In Utah
Jul 22, 2008 – Latens has announced that IPTV Network Services, LLC., a consortium company of several IPTV service providers in the state of Utah, has successfully deployed the Latens ECOsystem (ECO) to enable its IPTV offering.
News categories: Latens, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA, Video Exchange

NDS, Irdeto Lead New Current Analysis Ranking of Independent Content Security Companies
Jul 22, 2008 – A new Current Analysis Advisory Report featuring analysis of the content security solutions of leading independent vendors has UK-based NDS Group (NASDAQ: NNDS) ranked number one overall.
News categories: Current Analysis, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming

Ukrtelecom launches Triple Play trial
Jul 21, 2008 – Ukrtelecom OJSC (UTEL) has launched a triple play trial. The company is preparing for a commercial launch before the end of the year.
News categories: Ukrtelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Ukraine

Eesti Telekom Reports 2nd Quarter and First Half 2008
Jul 18, 2008 – The number of Elion triple-package users increased by 4,200 in the quarter, reaching 62.8 thousand as of 30 June. By the end of the second quarter, Elion had 67.7 thousand IP and cable television clients (30 June 2007: 39.5 thousand).
News categories: Elion, Eesti Telekom, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

IPTV Industry Association launched in Korea
Jul 18, 2008 – A new organisation called the IPTV Industry Association has launched in Korea, following the green light from the country's Knowledge Economy Ministry.
News categories: IPTV Industry Association, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea

BNS set to design HD IPTV platform for Indonesia's PT. Multi Kontrol Nusantara (MKN)
Jul 16, 2008 – Asia's leading IP solutions provider BNS has been appointed by Indonesian telecommunications provider PT. Multi Kontrol Nusantara (MKN), a subsidiary company of Bakrie Group, to design and procure a turnkey HD & SD IPTV service platform.
News categories: BNS, Multi Kontrol Nusantara, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Indonesia, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Italy - AgCom publishes annual report
Jul 15, 2008 – Italy's communications regulator, Agcom, has published its annual report. At end-March, the number of Italian families with at least one means of access to digital TV was greater than 50%, with satellite and terrestrial being the most widespread.
News categories: Agcom, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Infineon Announces World's First DSL CPE Solution Supporting Concurrent Erasure Decoding and Retransmission for High Quality IPTV
Jul 15, 2008 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX) has announced enhancements to its portfolio of ADSL2+ and VDSL2 solutions for customer premise equipment (CPE) that optimize support for such applications as IPTV.
News categories: Infineon, KTL Laboratories, BBWF, Broadband, CPE, IPTV, Semiconductor, Software