IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Neptuny presents ContentWise 2.0 at IBC
Jul 2, 2008 – Neptuny will be launching ContentWise 2.0, the second release of the revolutionary Content Recommendation Engine for IPTV, Interactive-Cable TV and WebTV at the next IBC 2008 conference to be held in Amsterdam from 12-16 September 2008.
News categories: Neptuny, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV

Spain ends 2007 with 295,000 mobile TV subscribers
Jul 1, 2008 – According to the Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT), the number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain at the end of 2007 was 3.98 million, while mobile TV, in its first year of introduction, acquired 295,246 subscribers.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

IPTV is coming"¦ More companies join the push to deploy Interactive Personalised TV - New specifications imminent
Jul 1, 2008 – The first release of the Open IPTV Forum specifications that will allow IPTV to develop into a mass market service is close to completion.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, IBCShow, IFABerlin, IPTV, Video Exchange

China Telecom has 940,000 IPTV subscribers
Jul 1, 2008 – At the opening of a new IPTV laboratory in Shanghai, China Telecom announced that it had 940,000 IPTV subscribers at the end of May 2008.
News categories: China Telecom, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

OKI Develops Audience Rating Information System for IPTV
Jun 30, 2008 – Oki Electric (TSE: 6703) has announced it has developed an IPTV 'Audience Rating Information System' which will be offered to the Japanese market. The system collects viewership data to enable broadcasting companies to improve their services.
News categories: Oki Electric, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Espial Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Kasenna
Jun 30, 2008 – Espial® Group (TSX: ESP) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Espial will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Kasenna in exchange for an aggregate of 4,722,224 Espial common shares.
News categories: Espial, Kasenna, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Middleware

Widevine® Secures Viginta's One Way DTT Video Service
Jun 30, 2008 – Widevine has announced that leading Lithuanian multichannel television, telephone and internet service provider Viginta has selected Widevine Cypher to secure content delivered over DTT, hybrid QAM (cable) and IPTV deployments.
News categories: Widevine, Viginta, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Korea - IPTV Broadcast to Start in Fall
Jun 27, 2008 – The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) fixed its guideline for new TV broadcasting channels to be delivered via broadband Internet, paving the way for private firms to start this service around this fall.
News categories: Korea Communications Commission, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Regulation

Belgacom TV celebrates its third birthday
Jun 27, 2008 – After three years of existence, Belgacom TV has acquired no fewer than 349,250 customers (at the end of March 2008) and has become a leading player in the Belgian audio-visual landscape.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers