IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Control of IPTV Home Network Improves OpEx & Future Revenue Opportunities
Mar 3, 2008 – A new report from MRG, 'IPTV Home Networking Strategies, 2008,' explores the strategic importance of the Home Network for IPTV Operators.
News categories: MRG, IPTV, Market Research, Smart Home

Shanghai IPTV Subs Near 300,000
Mar 3, 2008 – The number of IPTV subscribers in Shanghai has reached nearly 300,000, the most of any city in the country.
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

VOD shows us the money
Mar 3, 2008 – A new research report from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that in 2012, 909 million homes will have access to true video-on-demand (VOD) or near-video-on-demand (NVOD) technology, equivalent to 78% of the world's TV households.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Comstar Launches IP TV Service In Ukraine
Mar 3, 2008 – COMSTAR-United TeleSystems (COMSTAR-UTS, LSE: CMST) has announced that COMSTAR-Ukraine, a member of COMSTAR-UTS group, is the first to have launched an interactive digital TV (IP-TV) service in Odessa.
News categories: COMSTAR, Netris, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Ukraine

Yankee Group Says IPTV Will Be the Game-Changer for Subscription Services
Mar 1, 2008 – Yankee Group has announced that IPTV will change the competitive landscape for subscription services. By 2011, more than 9 million households in the US will subscribe to telco-provided video service.
News categories: Yankee Group, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, USA

Kudelski Group's 2007 results marked by strong top-line growth and long-term investments
Feb 29, 2008 – Digital terrestrial operators and Eastern European satellite operators experienced particularly strong growth, with sales doubling versus the previous year. Strong growth in South America compensated for a volume decline in North America and USD weakness.
News categories: Kudelski Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Terrestrial

Belgacom concludes a very solid year in challenging times
Feb 29, 2008 – Belgacom proved to be a strong iDTV market player with very solid results for Belgacom TV, adding in total 165,654 new customers in 2007. This brought the total TV customer base to 305,319 at the end of December 2007.
News categories: Belgacom, Full year results, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

ADB Selected by Telekom Austria
Feb 28, 2008 – Advanced Digital Broadcast has announced that it has been selected to supply high definition, Advanced Video Coding (AVC) ADB-3800W IPTV set-top boxes (STB) to Telekom Austria for their IPTV television services.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Telekom Austria, Austria, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

Telefónica posts a 43% increase in net profit to a record 8,906 million euros
Feb 28, 2008 – Telefónica's pay TV subscribers at the end of the quarter exceeded 1.7 million, 64.3% more than in 2006, with operations up and running in Spain, the Czech Republic, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil.
News categories: Telefónica, Earnings Release, Brazil, Broadband, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers