IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Digital TV connected to nearly 22 million UK main sets, while consumers continue to convert second TVs
Dec 19, 2007 – The number of UK households with digital television on their main set has risen to 21.7 million homes according to research published by Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Full report, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

ITU announces first global set of standards for IPTV
Dec 18, 2007 – The standards were built with technical contributions from leading service providers and manufacturers from the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and cement ITU's role as the global leader in IPTV standards development.
News categories: International Telecommunication Union, Digital TV, IPTV

TUÅ  TELEKOM Selects Envivio Convergence Encoding Solution to Deliver IPTV Services
Dec 18, 2007 – Envivio has announced that it is providing a Convergence Generation™ video headend for TUÅ  TELEKOM's live standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) IPTV services in Slovenia.
News categories: Envivio, TUÅ  TELEKOM, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Slovenia

INTRACOM TELECOM Delivers fs/cdn™ IPTV Solution to Bruce Telecom
Dec 18, 2007 – JSC SITRONICS (LSE: SITR) has announced that a part of its INTRACOM TELECOM subsidiary, the US-based Conklin-INTRACOM, is delivering its fs|cdnTM MPEG-4 IPTV Solution to Bruce Telecom, a provider of telecommunication services in Canada.
News categories: INTRACOM, Bruce Telecom, SITRONICS, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

Magyar Telekom provides first HD TV service in Hungary
Dec 17, 2007 – Magyar Telekom is the first in Hungary to carry HD TV broadcasts on its network. The company launched a pilot project in the 11th district of Budapest in the summer of 2007, to test the underlying VDSL2+ technology of the service.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Broadband, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV

Shanghai IPTV Subs to Hit 230,000 by Year-end
Dec 17, 2007 – The number of IPTV subscribers in Shanghai has almost reached 220,000 and is estimated to break 230,000 by the end of the year.
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

IPTV equipment sales up 23% in 3Q07
Dec 17, 2007 – After a 32% jump in sales in the second quarter, worldwide IPTV equipment sales hit $682.5 million in the third quarter of 2007, up 23% sequentially, according to Infonetics Research's quarterly 'IPTV Equipment, Services, Subscribers, and Capex' report.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Set-Top Box Manufacturers Respond to Increasing Risks
Dec 17, 2007 – The status of the STB (Set-Top Box) within pay-TV households faces significant risk from the development of two-way, digital-cable-ready TVs, media centers, and residential gateways, among others.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

O2 plans broadband battle in pay-TV market
Dec 17, 2007 – The mobile phone company O2 is seeking to extend the deals it has with media companies for its TV service in the Czech Republic to the UK, as it plans to go head to head with BT, Sky and Virgin Media next year in the British pay-TV market.
News categories: O2, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, UK