IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Awareness of Networked Multimedia Lacking but Growing in Asia/Pacific
Mar 7, 2008 – In the Asia/Pacific region, PC-literate homes and broadband subscribers represent a large potential market for home networking and various networked multimedia devices, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Asia, Blu-ray, Cable TV, DVD, DVR, Gaming, IPTV, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Conditional Access Revenues to Approach $1.4 Billion This Year
Mar 7, 2008 – Conditional access - the protection of multimedia content by requiring consumers to meet certain criteria for access - is set to generate revenues approaching $1.4 billion this year.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

Nortel IPTV Solutions Drive Competitive Advantage, Customer Loyalty with Innovative, Cost-Effective Solutions
Mar 7, 2008 – Nortel (NYSE/TSX: NT) Video Solutions are offering telecom providers new ways to drive competitive advantage through video services such as click-to-call that links IPTV with a mobile phone, PC or home phone, as well as tuning into your favorite show or movie on any device.
News categories: Nortel, Content Distribution, IPTV, Video Exchange

IPTV Households Forecast to Grow 52.2% Annually Through 2012
Mar 6, 2008 – The IMS Research study 'IPTV: A Global Market Analysis - 2008 Edition' reveals that as a whole, an estimated 13.2 million households received IPTV service in 2007 with nearly 8.4 million IP-enabled set-top boxes shipping worldwide.
News categories: IMS Research, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Subscribers

FTTH Shipments a Record 6.3 Million Ports in 2007
Mar 6, 2008 – According to DITTBERNER's 'DSL, FTTH and FTTB/LAN Shipment Analysis,' FTTH shipments rose 5% QoQ to 1.7 Million and 42% for the whole year to 6.3 Million. Both were records.
News categories: DITTBERNER, Broadband, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming

Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Establishes IPTV Special Committee
Mar 6, 2008 – In January 2008, the ITU-T established its IPTV Global Standard Initiative. In response to this, MIC decided to establish a new IPTV special committee to enhance the Telecommunications Council review structure for IPTV global standardization.
News categories: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, ITU-T, Content Distribution, IPTV, Japan, Middleware

Mitsubishi Rayon and Firecomms to Demonstrate IPTV Optical Fiber Home Network at IPTV World Forum 08
Mar 6, 2008 – Mitsubishi Rayon and Firecomms are collaborating to provide a live demonstration of an IPTV home network using ultra-thin Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) at IPTV World Forum in London.
News categories: Firecomms, Mitsubishi Rayon, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Video Exchange

Pirelli Broadband Solutions annouces its OpenSet SDK for IPTV set top boxes
Mar 6, 2008 – Pirelli Broadband has announced the creation of OpenSet™, a complete hardware and software platform of Set Top Boxes for IPTV applications, with an associated SDK that allows 3rd parties to access Pirelli's embedded middleware for service customisation.
News categories: Pirelli Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Video Exchange

HYUNDAI Digital Technology Select ANT Galio Client for Next Generation STBs
Mar 6, 2008 – ANT (Reuters: ANTP.L, Bloomberg: ANTP.LN) has announced that HYUNDAI Digital Technology (HDT) (KOSDAQ: 035480) is the latest Set-Top Box manufacturer to license ANT Galio client for its Next Generation STB to be targeted at operators worldwide.
News categories: ANT Software, HYUNDAI Digital Technology, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box