IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Surewest Launches VoIP Telephony and IP-based HD PVR
Mar 10, 2008 – SureWest Communications (NASDAQ: SURW) has announced the launch of Digital Phone, its new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) product, and its IP-based multi-stream high definition digital video record (HD DVR).
News categories: SureWest, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

For Valhalla Partners, "I" in IPTV Means "Invest"
Mar 10, 2008 – Signaling the D.C.-area's growing contribution to, and opportunity in, the market for online-video solutions, Valhalla Partners has announced it has recently made three significant investments in local start-ups (Avail Media, KZO Innovations and TidalTV).
News categories: Valhalla Partners, IPTV, Venture Capital

HUMAX supplies KT with 22 billion won worth of IPTV Set-Top Box
Mar 10, 2008 – HUMAX (KOSDAQ:028080) has announced that an additional supply agreement has been finalized with KT Corporation (NYSE:KTC) for provision of 22 billion won's worth of IPTV Set-Top Boxes.
News categories: Humax, KT, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Set Top Box

NTT Plala To Offer Japanese TV Subscribers 5,000 Unlimited Films
Mar 10, 2008 – Japan's NTT Plala has said that its new fiber-optic television service, which will debut at the end of the month, will feature a lineup of more than 10,000 movies and dramas through video-on-demand, including unlimited access to some 5,000 titles.
News categories: NTT Plala, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Japan

Telbo selects Amino to Deploy Caribbean's First Telco IPTV Service
Mar 10, 2008 – Amino Communications has announced that Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo) has selected the AmiNET125 multi-codec Set-Top-Box (STB) to power 'mitv', the first IPTV service in the Caribbean island of Bonaire over ADSL2+ network.
News categories: Amino, Telefonia Bonairiano, Caribbean, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

Viaccess acquires 100-percent stake in Orca Interactive
Mar 9, 2008 – Viaccess has signed an agreement to acquire 100-percent stake in Orca Interactive Ltd, an Israeli company listed on AIM London Stock Exchange, for an estimated price of 21.4 million US dollars.
News categories: Viaccess, Orca Interactive, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, MandA, Middleware

UK - Digital TV Summit 2008
Mar 7, 2008 – This event brought together key figures from Ofcom, BSkyB, Microsoft, Orange, Pace and others in a meeting to examine key advances in broadcasting, mobile and IP as well as discuss the regulatory issues these advancements may cause and the digital dividend.
News categories: Digital TV Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-T2, DVR, IPTV, Mobile, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

The Open IPTV Forum, now consisting of 26 members, publishes its end-to-end Architecture specification
Mar 7, 2008 – The first version of the Service and Platform Requirements document, for both Managed and Open Internet models was released in the autumn of 2007. This document was followed recently by the first Architecture specification.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Digital TV, IPTV

Amino Rejects Patent Infringement Claims in Germany
Mar 7, 2008 – Amino has announced that it rejects the claim that it has infringed patents relating to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard and that it has not been served with any patent enforcement actions.
News categories: Amino Communications, MPEG LA, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box