IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

SecureMedia and BEE MediaSoft Announce Integration of Encryptonite ONE™ System with BEE's Vision TV Platform for Next-Generation IPTV
Nov 20, 2007 – SecureMedia and BEE MediaSoft ("BEE") have announced that SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ CA/DRM System has been seamlessly integrated with BEE's Vision TV Platform, enabling TV service providers to offer enhanced, totally protected digital TV services.
News categories: SecureMedia, BEE MediaSoft, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Middleware, Video Exchange

Warner Bros. International Television Distribution To Launch Branded, Ad-Supported And Subscription Video-On-Demand Channels For Film And TV Series Programming Around The Globe
Nov 20, 2007 – Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) is embarking on a new strategy to launch a number of branded, video-on-demand, non-linear channels on a subscription and advertiser supported basis over a variety of delivery platforms that will bring the Studio's film and television series to viewers around the globe in a new way.
News categories: Warner Brothers, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Japan, Latin America, UK

BBC Trust approves proposals for a BBC HD channel
Nov 19, 2007 – The BBC Trust has published the final conclusions of the Public Value Test (PVT) it has conducted into the BBC Executive's proposals for a high definition (HD) television channel.
News categories: BBC, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

Ireland - HomeVision triple play launches
Nov 19, 2007 – HomeVision, a new triple play offering has entered the Irish market. HomeVision is a Next Generation Digital Network that delivers digital TV to your television with broadband and a range of home phone options including free calls and low rate local, national, mobile and international calls.
News categories: 3PlayPlus, HomeVision, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Ireland

Report Presents The Development of STB Markets in China and Abroad and Also Studies the STB Application Market
Nov 15, 2007 – According to ResearchInChina, global sales of set-top boxes reached over 70 million units in 2005, of which satellite STBs were 60%. In China, digital cable TV set-top box sales volume will reach 25 million units by 2008.
News categories: ResearchInChina, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Goldstone Technologies to launch IPTV services in Malaysia, Thailand
Nov 14, 2007 – The Hyderabad-based Goldstone Technologies Limited (BSE: 532439; NSE: GOLDTECH), a leading software technology and services company, as part of its strategy to expand into IPTV services, will be launching the IPTV services in two South-East Asian countries - Malaysia and Thailand.
News categories: Goldstone Technologies, MOL AccessPortal, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Malaysia

Shin Satellite Q3 Results Discussion and Analysis
Nov 14, 2007 – Revenue from the Internet access and media business in Q3/2007 increased 226.3% from Q3/2006. This was due to an increase in revenue from DTV sales. As at the end of Q3/2007, DTV sales volume was 50,326 sets.
News categories: Thaicom, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Thailand

Entone Hydra IP Video Gateway Deployed With Minerva Networks' iTVManager
Nov 13, 2007 – Entone has announced that its IP video gateway is deployed with Minerva's middleware. This fully integrated solution offers service operators a more efficient and cost-effective IPTV solution that can quickly and easily be deployed to enable advanced IPTV services.
News categories: Entone, Minerva Networks, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial, USA

Tiscali - Board of Directors approves 9M07 results
Nov 13, 2007 – The Board of Directors of Tiscali has approved the results as of 30th September 2007. Following the UK IPTV launch in September on a national scale, Tiscali TV customers were 36 thousand as of October 31st.
News categories: Tiscali, Earnings Release, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, UK