IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

PrimaCom and Motorola team up for IPTV products in Germany
Mar 20, 2008 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and PrimaCom, a leading German CATV operator, today announced their IP TV cooperation in Germany.
News categories: PrimaCom, Motorola, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Set Top Box

ChangHong Selects NXP To Launch AVS-Enabled IP Set-Top
Mar 19, 2008 – NXP Semiconductors has announced that its latest highly-integrated, low-cost set-top box (STB) solution, STB222 has been selected by ChangHong to deliver AVS-compliant IP STB platform to manufacturers and Pay TV operators in Asia.
News categories: NXP, ChangHong, CCBN, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

IPTV and switched digital video equipment market to reach $9.8B in 2011
Mar 19, 2008 – The combined IPTV and switched digital video (SDV) market is forecast to grow in healthy double-digits annually to reach $9.8 billion worldwide, according to Infonetics Research's latest quarterly report.
News categories: Infonetics, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

China Netcom First Commercialized AVS-IPTV in Dalian
Mar 18, 2008 – On February 28, China's home-grown IPTV system (AVS-IPTV) based on the second-generation source coding standard (AVS) was put into commercial use by the Dalian Branch of China Netcom (HKSE: 0906; NYSE: CN).
News categories: China Netcom, China, Digital TV, IPTV

Ukraine's VELTON.TELECOM Selects Amdocs to Support Triple Play Services
Mar 18, 2008 – Amdocs (NYSE: DOX) has announced that VELTON.TELECOM has selected the Amdocs Compact Convergence suite to support its rapidly growing operations and the launch of new services, as it transforms into a triple-play service provider.
News categories: Amdocs, VELTON.TELECOM, Content Distribution, IPTV, Ukraine

WEGENER Receives $1.6 million order from Conklin-Intracom for IPTV Equipment
Mar 18, 2008 – Wegener (Nasdaq: WGNR) has announced receipt of an order totaling over $1.6 million from Conklin-Intracom for SMD 515 IPTV set top boxes to support the IPTV offerings of multiple telco operators.
News categories: Wegener, Conklin-Intracom, Conditional Access, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

MPA: Indian TV Market to Reach $11.6 Billion by 2012
Mar 17, 2008 – According to Media Partners Asia (MPA), India's digital pay-TV subscribers, including cable, DTH and IPTV, could grow to 38 million by 2012 and 57 million by 2017.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

SecureMedia Advances IPTV Content Security by Incorporating Cinea's Running Marks™ Digital Watermarking Technology
Mar 17, 2008 – SecureMedia has announced the addition and integration of Cinea's Running Marks™ watermarking solution into SecureMedia's popular Encryptonite ONE™ System, through its exclusive IdentiFind™ open digital forensics platform.
News categories: SecureMedia, Cinea, Content Protection, IPTV, Watermarking

Mexico - Telmex entering the IPTV market in July
Mar 14, 2008 – In a statement made to News Agency Bloomberg, Amparo Espinosa, Member of the Steering Council of Carlos Slim's company, revealed that Telmex will start selling its pay-TV service in July.
News categories: Telmex, Digital TV, IPTV, Mexico