IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Ericsson's IPTV solution chosen by Valtech
Feb 10, 2008 – Valtech Communications Inc, a supplier of next-generation triple-play services in Canada, has chosen Ericsson's (NASDAQ: ERIC) IPTV solution.
News categories: Ericsson, Valtech, Broadband, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware

Telefonica and GestureTek developing gesture-recognition for Imagenio platform
Feb 8, 2008 – GestureTek has announced that it is developing a system with Telefónica for the telco's 'Imagenio' IPTV platform that can recognise user hand signs via the set-top box (STB).
News categories: GestureTek, Telefónica, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain

Neuf Cegetel: double-digit organic growth in the fourth quarter
Feb 8, 2008 – Neuf Cegetel has reported its (unaudited) revenue figures for the fourth quarter. Neuf Cegetel had more than 750,000 TV subscribers at year-end 2007.
News categories: Neuf Cegetel, Earnings Release, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Motorola Long-Term Evolution (LTE) to Accelerate Delivery of Personal Media Experiences at Mobile World Congress 2008
Feb 7, 2008 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) will demonstrate the ability of Long Term Evolution (LTE) to accelerate the delivery of personal media experiences at Mobile World Congress 2008.
News categories: Motorola, 5G, Broadband, Content Distribution, IPTV, Mobile, MWC24

BT Third quarter and nine months results to December 31, 2007
Feb 7, 2008 – The roll out of our next generation television service, BT Vision, accelerated in line with plans. During the quarter the number of customers more than doubled to 120,000, and is now more than 150,000.
News categories: BT Vision, Earnings Release, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

France Telecom 2007 annual results: a very good Group performance
Feb 6, 2008 – ADSL Multiservices were up significantly at 31 December 2007, with 1.149 million ADSL television subscribers (IPTV), twice the number of a year ago, accompanied by the success of video on demand services (VOD), with 2.5 million paying downloads recorded in 2007.
News categories: France Telecom, Earnings Release, Results Presentation, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Consolidated Interim Report of AS Eesti Telekom for the IV Quarter and year 2007
Feb 6, 2008 – In the last quarter, the number of Elion triple package users increased by 8,750, reaching 53.5 thousand as of 31 December. By the end of the year, the total number of Elion IP and cable television clients reached 58 thousand.
News categories: Elion, Eesti Telekom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Asia-Pacific will Outpace Europe in IPTV Market
Feb 5, 2008 – A comprehensive market research report by RNCOS has found that the global IPTV market is currently dominated by Europe but it is expected that Asia will emerge as a stronger competitor to Europe in the coming years.
News categories: RNCOS, Asia, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Europe, Hong Kong, India, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan

The SingTel Group's results for the third quarter and nine months ended 31 December 2007
Feb 5, 2008 – SingTel has announced its unaudited results for the third quarter and nine months ended 31 December 2007. mio TV added new subscribers: 17,000 customers were provisioned with mio TV services, bringing the total installed customer base to 27,000 as at 31 December 2007.
News categories: SingTel, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers