IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Corbina Telecom Partners With Microsoft to Deliver Connected TV on the Microsoft Mediaroom Platform
May 29, 2008 – VimpelCom (NYSE:VIP) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will deliver new connected TV experiences to consumers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) through Corbina TV, powered by the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform.
News categories: Microsoft, VimpelCom, Corbina, Steve Ballmer, Jean-Pierre Vandromme, Dmitry Malov, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia

HGI puts energy saving on the agenda
May 28, 2008 – The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) has today announced that it will be working towards a set of specifications that will outline energy saving solutions for the home gateway.
News categories: Home Gateway Initiative, Broadband, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV

Viewing behaviour shifts as IPTV continues to gain traction
May 23, 2008 – Analyst firm Canalys believes that usurping the role of established cable and satellite digital TV platforms will be a tougher challenge than many in the IPTV industry expect.
News categories: Canalys, IPTV, Market Research

Gartner Says IPTV Operators Need to Offer One-Stop, Whole-Home Networking Solution
May 21, 2008 – Internet Protocol television (IPTV) faces an uphill struggle to penetrate the consumer market if it remains a stand-alone pay-TV service, according to Gartner (NYSE: IT). IPTV operators need to entice consumers with a range of bundled services.
News categories: Gartner, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Orange TV will cover more than 98% of French households from July 3rd as part of its triple play offer
May 19, 2008 – As part of the deployment by France Telecom (Euronext Paris: FTE) of the Orange triple play offer (telephone, Internet, TV), 24 million French households (98.3% of the mainland population) will be able to enjoy Orange TV from July 3rd.
News categories: France Telecom, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Satellite

Q1 2008 IPTV Equipment Posts Aggressive Growth
May 16, 2008 – Synergy Research Group (SRG) has announced the availability of the Synergy Q1 2008 IPTV Market Share report. The fastest growing IPTV market segment was IPTV Set Top Boxes (STB), which grew 86 percent year over year.
News categories: Synergy Research, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Belgacom reiterates its 2008 full-year guidance based on solid business performance during Q1 2008
May 16, 2008 – Belgacom (Euronext Brussels: BELG) continues to grow its iDTV customer base, adding 43,931 new customers during the first quarter of 2008. At the end of March 2008, the total Belgacom TV customer base counted 349,250 customers.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Deutsche Telekom's Entertain IPTV sells 210,000 subscriptions
May 15, 2008 – In a speech at the Deutsche Telekom AG (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) 2008 Shareholders' Meeting, René Obermann, Chairman of the Board of Management said that Deutsche Telekom's 'Entertain' IPTV service had sold over 210,000 packages.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Subscribers

BT preliminary results - year to March 31, 2008
May 15, 2008 – BT (LSE: BT.A)(NYSE: BT) continued the roll out of BT Vision with customer numbers reaching 214,000. Of the 94,000 net additions in the quarter, the subscription attachment rate at point of sale averaged 68 per cent.
News categories: BT Vision, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK