IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Winbox Technologies AG closing equity financing with leading German Venture Capital company TVM Capital
Jun 11, 2008 – Winbox Technologies has announced the closure of the first institutional equity financing round with lead-investor TVM Capital and angel-entrepreneur Robert Schneider, founder and longstanding CEO of publicly listed SCM Microsystems.
News categories: Winbox, TVM Capital, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Software, Venture Capital

Japanese Group Drafts Specifications for IPTV Receivers
Jun 11, 2008 – The 'IPTV Forum', consisting of telecommunication carriers, broadcasters and device manufacturers in Japan, has announced that it has formulated a technical specification draft for IPTV service receivers.
News categories: Networked Digital Television Consortium, IPTV Forum Japan, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Entone and Minerva to Showcase First IPTV Whole-home DVR at NXTComm 2008
Jun 10, 2008 – Entone and Minerva Networks have unveiled their whole-home digital video recorder (DVR) solution which they will be demonstrating at NXTComm in Las Vegas (June 17th - 19th).
News categories: Entone, Minerva Networks, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Smart Home

Global Market for Consumer Telecommunication to Reach US$2 Trillion by 2012
Jun 10, 2008 – Revenue from consumer telecommunication network services will grow at a steady annual clip of about 5.7%, on average, over the next five years, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile

ITU-T tackles IPTV Quality of Experience (QoE) and performance monitoring
Jun 9, 2008 – A recent meeting of ITU-T's Study Group 12 saw consent - first stage of the approval process - on two key new standards for IPTV.
News categories: IPTV

Price squeeze looms as telcos compete for pay-TV customers
Jun 9, 2008 – According to the latest research from media analysts Screen Digest, IPTV is rapidly becoming a commodity - bundled for no extra cost with a broadband and/or telephony package.
News categories: Screen Digest, Broadband, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

COMSTAR-United TeleSystems OJSC First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Jun 5, 2008 – COMSTAR-UTS (LSE: CMST) has announced that its Moscow residential broadband subscriber base now includes 134 thousand triple-play (voice + broadband + TV) subscribers, and that its regional pay-TV subscriber base has increased to 107 thousand.
News categories: COMSTAR, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

UK - Orange may not proceed with IPTV plans
Jun 5, 2008 – Unveiling a new strategy for Orange UK, Tom Alexander, chief executive of France Telecom's British business, has said that Orange might not proceed with plans for a broadband TV service.
News categories: Orange, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, UK

S4C and Wesley Clover lead £9.5 Million investment in IPTV pioneer Inuk Networks
Jun 5, 2008 – Inuk Networks has announced that it is has completed a £9.5 million second round of funding led by broadcaster S4C and venture capital firm Wesley Clover.
News categories: Inuk Networks, S4C, Wesley Clover, Digital TV, IPTV, Ireland, North America, UK, Venture Capital