IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Algérie Télécom Becomes First Operator to Pioneer Fibre-to-the-Home Strategy
Dec 10, 2007 – Algérie Télécom is deploying an FTTH network from French vendor Sagem Communication and on 15 December it will be launching a triple play offer with voice, broadband Internet and television.
News categories: Sagem, Algérie Télécom, Algeria, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

Brasil Telecom Launches First IPTV Service With UTStarcom's RollingStream System
Dec 10, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced its first IPTV win in Latin America for its industry-leading RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution with the launch by Brasil Telecom (NYSE: BRP) of its Videon IPTV service.
News categories: UTStarcom, Videon, Brasil Telecom, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Italy's Wind launches IPTV service with Alcatel-Lucent
Dec 6, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Wind has launched a nationwide commercial IPTV offering based on Alcatel-Lucent's market leading solutions and the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia platform.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Wind, Microsoft, Frédéric Rose, Khaled Bichara, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Italy, Middleware

Amino selected for Central America's first IPTV service
Dec 6, 2007 – Amino has announced that Panama's CTV Telecom has selected the AmiNET125 multi-codec Set-Top-Box (STB) for Central America's first IPTV service.
News categories: Amino, CTV Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Panama, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

ZTE to Build World's First AVS-IPTV Commercial Network with China Netcom Group
Dec 5, 2007 – ZTE Corporation has won the world's first AVS-IPTV commercial network development bid offered by the China Netcom Group. Under the contract, ZTE will be the sole provider of IPTV network solutions for the project.
News categories: ZTE, China Netcom, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Shanghai IPTV Subscribers Exceed 180,000
Dec 5, 2007 – Li Anmin, director of the China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute revealed that by the end of October, IPTV users in Shanghai had risen to over 180,000.
News categories: China Telecom, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Cisco® Announces Comprehensive IPTV Strategy for Asia Pacific
Dec 5, 2007 – Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced its strategy to help service providers in Asia Pacific deliver end-to-end Internet Protocol television (IPTV). The solution will be demonstrated at its booth at the IPTV World Forum Asia 2007.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Asia, Content Distribution, IPTV, Video Exchange

Latens FCAS Secures Cameron Communications IPTV Services to Enable Increased Protection and Operational Flexibility
Dec 4, 2007 – Latens Systems has announced that its FCAS solution has been chosen by Cameron Communications, a parent company to local area providers of phone, internet and cable services, to secure the programming on its IPTV platform.
News categories: Latens, Cameron Communications, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

SiConnect Powerline Modem Chips Handle Cutting-Edge Multimedia Applications
Dec 4, 2007 – SiConnect is to begin sampling two new powerline modem chips. The PLi050A is for distribution of uncompressed audio, while the PLi050 targets consumer electronics applications including online gaming, IPTV distribution and in-home Voice over IP applications.
News categories: SiConnect, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Smart Home