IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

T-Hrvatski Telekom results for first quarter ended 31 March 2008
May 8, 2008 – Croatia's T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HRTA CZ) has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2008. T-Com had 56,355 MAXtv IPTV customers as at 31 March 2008 (Q1 2007: 15,976).
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Broadband, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Russia will drive growth in the Eastern European pay TV market over the next five years
May 8, 2008 – The latest report from media analyst Screen Digest examines the market for pay TV in 12 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, and Russia. A total of 63m homes are forecasted to be subscribing to pay TV services by 2012.
News categories: Screen Digest, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Ukraine

SureWest Communications Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
May 8, 2008 – SureWest Communications (NASDAQ: SURW) has announced operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. Video RGUs increased 180% to 55,200 in the first quarter compared to the prior year.
News categories: SureWest, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

FVT of Chile wins interactive TV contract in the US
May 8, 2008 – Chilean company FVT will integrate Amino (London: AMO) STBs, Verimatrix content protection and GoBackTV technology for ESEK iTV, a New York-based system that will provide TV channels to residential TVs through set-top-boxes, PCs, notebooks and cellular phones.
News categories: FVT, ESEK iTV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

IPTV to drive take-up of pay TV in Western Europe, says Analysys Mason
May 8, 2008 – The pay-TV market in Western Europe is generally considered to be mature, but the increasing deployment of IPTV services will see the market enjoy a modest rate of growth in the number of households subscribing to pay-TV services.
News categories: Analysys, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, UK

UTStarcom Awarded Contract From United Telecoms Ltd. for Broadband Network Triple Play Solution
May 8, 2008 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that it has been awarded a contract by United Telecoms Limited to deliver Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), bandwidth on demand and Voice over IP (VoIP) services in the state of Goa.
News categories: UTStarcom, United Telecoms, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, India, IPTV

ACMA report on IPTV and internet video services in Australia
May 7, 2008 – The Australian market for internet protocol television (IPTV) and internet video is less developed than many other international markets, according to a report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
News categories: ACMA, Australia, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming

France Telecom financial information - first quarter 2008
May 7, 2008 – France Telecom's Digital TV over ADSL services (IPTV) had 1.41 million subscribers in Europe at 31 March 2008 compared with 770,000 at 31 March 2007, an increase of 83%.
News categories: France Telecom, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Set Top Box, Spain, Subscribers

CopperGate Communications Achieves Five Million HomePNA Chipset Milestone
May 7, 2008 – CopperGate Communications has announced the shipment of 5 million HomePNA chipsets worldwide - making the company the leader in IPTV services over coax and phone wires.
News categories: CopperGate, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart Home