IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Tsinghua Tongfang Wins Bulgarian IPTV STB Order
Dec 14, 2007 – According to a source at Tsinghua Tongfang's Consumer Electronics Department, the company has won an order from a Bulgarian IPTV provider for 10,000 IPTV set-top boxes.
News categories: Tsinghua Tongfang, Bulgaria, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

China - 840,000 IPTV subscribers at end of 3Q07
Dec 13, 2007 – The number of IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) subscribers in China increased to 840,000 as of the end of the third quarter of 2007, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International.
News categories: Analysys International, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Telefónica Czech Republic - O2 TV has 70,000 customers
Dec 13, 2007 – The number of O2 TV digital television subscribers has surpassed 70,000, thus strengthening Telefónica O2's position in the home entertainment market.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

IPTV subscriber numbers in seventh heaven
Dec 12, 2007 – Significant growth will result in 38.4 million IPTV homes by 2012 - or more than seven times as much as the end-2006 figure, according to a new research report published by Informa Telecoms & Media.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, IPTV (3rd edition), China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Norway, Singapore, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Tiscali TV Has Begun Airing and Viewers Will Never Be the Same
Dec 11, 2007 – Tiscali is delighted to announce the launch of TISCALI TV. The television channel, transmitted over IP network and received directly on home TVs, will initially be available in the Cagliari, Milan and Rome areas and will be free until 31 March 2008.
News categories: Tiscali, TISCALI TV, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Terrestrial

Tunisie Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent's broadband access solution for triple play and VPNs
Dec 11, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that implementation has begun of a multi-million Euro contract with Tunisie Telecom, Tunisia's national incumbent operator, to deploy a DSL-based network.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Tunisie Telecom, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Tunisia

Korea - LG Dacom to join free IPTV market
Dec 11, 2007 – LG Dacom unveiled 'myLGtv', its new free IPTV service to join the competition in the Triple Play Service (high-speed Internet + telephone+ broadcasting) market.
News categories: LG Dacom, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea

KT targets strong subscriber growth in 2008
Dec 11, 2007 – Korea Telecom (KT) aims to ramp up the MegaTV base from an estimated 300,000 in 2007 to 1.5 million next year.
News categories: KT Corp, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

Weak Cable Set-top Box Sales Cause Third Quarter Contraction
Dec 11, 2007 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that the worldwide set-top box market contracted 2 percent on a sequential basis in the third quarter of this year, despite strong growth in the IPTV and satellite set-top box market that was not enough to offset the decline in the cable market.
News categories: Dell'Oro, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box