IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Dominican Republic - ETGETEL to offer TV and Internet telephony in poor communities
Oct 20, 2007 – The company ETGETEL Dominicana, specializing in providing television services, telephony and broadband Internet (IPTV) in poor communities throughout the country, will launch in November during an event to be held in the community of Restauración, on the border with Haiti.
News categories: Broadband, Caribbean, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV

Japan's NTT to offer high-definition digital TV via fiber optic lines
Oct 19, 2007 – Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp will start offering high-definition digital television broadcasting service in March by enhancing its fiber-optic network, the Nikkei business daily has reported.
News categories: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), Nikkei Net Interactive, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Japan

TANDBERG Television Debuts iPlex™ UltraCompression Transcoding at Telco TV
Oct 19, 2007 – At Telco TV 2007 (booth #711) TANDBERG Television will show its award-winning iPlex™ UltraCompression IPTV video processing platform and debut its high performance integrated transcoding capabilities for the first time in North America.
News categories: TANDBERG Television, Content Distribution, IPTV

RGB Networks Shows Telcos How to Maximize Advertising Opportunities at TelcoTV
Oct 19, 2007 – RGB Networks will demonstrate how telecommunications carriers can maximize their advertising opportunities to generate new revenues from their IPTV deployments at next week's TelcoTV Conference & Expo in Atlanta.
News categories: RGB Networks, Advertising, Content Distribution, IPTV

IPTV Industry Leaders Offer Cost-Effective HD MPEG-4 Delivery Solution
Oct 18, 2007 – Entone has announced the launch of HD NOW™, a solution that enables IPTV service operators to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy high-definition (HD) services alongside their existing MPEG-2, IPTV infrastructure.
News categories: Entone, SES AMERICOM, Content Distribution, IPTV

BigBand Networks to Showcase Video and Advertising Innovations at TelcoTV 2007
Oct 18, 2007 – BigBand Networks (NASDAQ:BBND), will conduct a range of public and private demonstrations of solutions designed to allow telecommunications carriers to add advanced video services - including digital TV, IPTV and addressable advertising - at next week's TelcoTV conference.
News categories: BigBand Networks, Advertising, Content Distribution, IPTV

Thomson: Third Quarter 2007 Revenues
Oct 18, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453, NYSE:TMS) shipped 2.7 million satellite set-top boxes in 3Q07, 0.6 million cable set-top boxes, and 2.6 million access products for telecom operators - making a total of 5.8 million access products in the quarter.
News categories: Thomson, Full release, Broadband, Cable TV, Camcorder, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK, USA

DS2 Introduces 400Mbps Powerline Communications Technology
Oct 18, 2007 – DS2 has announced that it has developed technology that will allow next generation powerline products to operate at a peak data rate of 400Mbps.
News categories: DS2, Digital TV, IPTV, Smart Home

Streaming21 Revitalize Karaoke-on-Demand Service for CHT
Oct 18, 2007 – Streaming21 has announced the success of its new Karaoke-on-Demand (KOD) service for Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT). Due to its enhanced and intuitive user interface, new personalization features and abundant selection of popular karaoke songs, CHT has achieved significant growth with its new KOD service.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, Streaming21, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Taiwan