IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Telecom Italia Rejects Microsoft IPTV
Mar 13, 2008 – After years of working with the technology development team at Telecom Italia SpA (NYSE: TI), Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT)'s IPTV team has found its Mediaroom platform left on the shelf at the Italian incumbent, according to industry sources.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Middleware, Set Top Box

Mirifice, Amino and Comstar team up to improve IPTV broadcast Quality of Service
Mar 13, 2008 – Mirifice has signed an agreement with Comstar (JSC Comstar-UTS, LSE: CMST) to deliver the Mirifice MiriMON system for real-time monitoring of live Digital TV networks on to the population of set-top boxes supplied by Amino (London: AMO).
News categories: Mirifice, Amino Communications, Comstar, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, QoE, Set Top Box

SureWest Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results Support Transformation to a Triple-play Communications Provider
Mar 13, 2008 – SureWest (NASDAQ: SURW) Video RGUs increased 7% in the fourth quarter compared to the prior year reflecting growth in residential digital cable subscribers and increased demand for premium, digital features including VOD, HDTV and HD DVR.
News categories: SureWest, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Tilgin launches new advanced IP set-top box to Mood 400 high definition product family
Mar 13, 2008 – Tilgin has announced the launch of its new Mood 400-020 Advanced IP Set-Top Box (STB). Sporting a compact and sleek design, the new product offers a cost-effective entry level solution that operators can grow with to expand and enhance their IPTV service.
News categories: Tilgin, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Video Exchange

Amino selects ANT Galio Platform for next-generation Set-Top Box
Mar 13, 2008 – ANT (AIM:ANTP) has announced that Amino, the world leading IPTV Set-Top Box (STB) supplier, has selected ANT Galio Platform for its HD H.264 Personal Video Recorder (PVR) AmiNET530 STB.
News categories: ANT Software, Amino, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, UK, Video Exchange

GoBackTV Demonstrates New End-User Set-Top Box Interface
Mar 12, 2008 – GoBackTV has announced the first public demonstration of a new CoverFlow-style option for the RetroVue MyRV Portal set-top box interface.
News categories: GoBackTV, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DOCSIS, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Zesko becomes largest digital TV operator in the Netherlands
Mar 12, 2008 – The total number of Dutch TV connections grew by 10,100 to 7.73 million on 31 December 2007, with the digital TV growth only just off-setting the drop in analogue TV connections.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Telenor Selects Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi for National IPTV Service in Sweden
Mar 12, 2008 – Ruckus Wireless has announced that it has been selected by Telenor to supply Smart Wi-Fi 802.11g systems for the wireless distribution of its popular IPTV service, offered to subscriber homes throughout Sweden through Bredbandsbolaget.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, Bredbandsbolaget, Telenor, Digital TV, IPTV, Smart Home, Sweden, Video Exchange

Thomson Launches Push Video on Demand Solution for Hybrid Networks with SmartVision Service Platform
Mar 12, 2008 – During IPTV TV World Forum in London, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) announced the launch of new modules to its Smartvision video service platform for delivering video on demand over hybrid broadcast networks (DTT+IP or Satellite+IP).
News categories: Thomson, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Video Exchange