IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

TEO signed an agreement on acquisition of UAB Nacionalinė Skaitmeninė Televizija
Oct 30, 2007 – By acquiring Nacionalinė Skaitmeninė Televizija, TEO seeks to accelerate the development of digital terrestrial TV in Lithuania - to provide a bigger variety of services and better quality.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, MandA, Terrestrial

Qwest Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
Oct 30, 2007 – Qwest (NYSE: Q) added 62,000 net DIRECTV subscribers in the quarter. Qwest has 634,000 video subscribers through Qwest ChoiceTV and the DIRECTV partnership up from a total of 350,000 subscribers a year ago.
News categories: Qwest, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

BigBand Networks Announces Third Quarter Results and Restructuring Plan
Oct 30, 2007 – BigBand Networks (NASDAQ: BBND) has announced financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007. In addition, BigBand announced a restructuring plan designed to realign resources and significantly increase its efforts on video networking.
News categories: BigBand Networks, Earnings Release, Content Distribution, IPTV, Results

ANT signs Agreement with Scientific Atlanta
Oct 29, 2007 – ANT Software (AIM: ANTP) has announced that Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) company, has selected ANT to be the provider of its core television service applications. Under this agreement ANT will provide the reference television service applications for the Cisco IPTV solution.
News categories: ANT Software, Cisco Systems, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, UK

P&TLuxembourg Secures IPTV Service with Verimatrix VCAS
Oct 29, 2007 – Verimatrix has announced that P&TLuxembourg has chosen to secure its IPTV offering with Verimatrix's Video Content Authority System (VCAS™). P&TLuxembourg is using VCAS to protect both live broadcasts and Video-on-Demand (VoD) on its network.
News categories: Verimatrix, P&TLuxembourg, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Luxembourg

Horizon Semiconductors rolls out single chip native 1080/60p high definition dual channel decoder SoCs for next-generation Cable, Satellite & IPTV set-top boxes
Oct 29, 2007 – Horizon Semiconductors has announced the immediate availability of the industry's first single chip multi-standard native 1080/60p high definition decoders for triple-play/quad-play Cable, Satellite and IPTV Set-Top Box, Digital Video Recorders and Home Media Centers.
News categories: Horizon Semiconductors, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Verizon Reports Continued Success in 3Q 2007
Oct 29, 2007 – In the third quarter, Verizon (NYSE:VZ) added a net of 202,000 new FiOS TV customers. The company has 717,000 FiOS TV customers in total, with approximately 600,000 added within the past 12 months.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

NDS Group plc Reports First Quarter Results
Oct 29, 2007 – NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2007.
News categories: NDS Group, Full Release, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Iliad 3Q 2007 Revenues
Oct 29, 2007 – During the 3rd quarter 2007, Iliad has confirmed the dynamism and quality of its organic growth with 141,000 net adds over the quarter. As of 30 September 2007, Free's ADSL subscriber base reached 2,767,000, vs. 2,626,000 as of 30 June 2007.
News categories: Iliad, Full Release, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers