IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Broadcom to Demonstrate Innovative Impulse Noise Protection Technology at Broadband World Forum
Oct 4, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) will demonstrate its innovative impulse noise protection technology at next week's Broadband World Forum in Berlin, Germany.
News categories: Broadcom, BBWF, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor

Verimatrix Closes Additional Funding Round
Oct 4, 2007 – Verimatrix has announced that is has raised an additional $5 million of capital to underpin a rapid growth in customer engagements and support the company's penetration into hybrid, cable and mobile applications.
News categories: Verimatrix, Mission Ventures, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Venture Capital, Watermarking

Verimatrix Acknowledged as Global Leader for Content Security in Current and Forecasted IPTV Markets
Oct 4, 2007 – Verimatrix has been named the global market leader in content security in a new authoritative market study. TelecomView's report is based on the subscriber base and growth plans of the top 50 leading global service providers.
News categories: Verimatrix, TelecomView, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

Digital TV increases to 41% of Dutch households
Oct 3, 2007 – In the Netherlands, the digitalisation of media and communication services continues at a fast pace. Digital TV now reaches 41% of all households, an increase of 50% compared with last year.
News categories: synovate/Interview NSS, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, TV Services

Latens Systems and Minerva Networks Announce First Successful CAS Deployment in a Distributed Network at Com Net
Oct 2, 2007 – Latens Systems has announced that Com Net, an Ohio-based company offering advanced telecommunication services to 16 Independent Local Exchange Companies (ILECs), is successfully managing and distributing encrypted content to its affiliates using one centralized Latens FCAS system.
News categories: Latens, Com Net, Minerva Networks, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, USA

Triple-play Uptake Growing At the Expense of Telco Margins, says Pyramid Research
Oct 2, 2007 – Global triple-play subscriptions are projected to grow by a whopping 52% in 2007, to over 34m, according to Pyramid Research's latest report, "From Triple-play to Quad-play: Strategies, Business Models, and Best Practices."
News categories: Pyramid Research, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

Telecom Italia launches "UNICA", the first quadruple play offering
Oct 1, 2007 – Telecom Italia launches the first Quadruple Play offering "Unica", based on broadband and IP technology. The package allows users to make calls from the same telephone either through the fixed-line or mobile network, to surf the Internet and to access Alice Home TV content.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Mobile

Gartner Says Saturation of U.S. Pay-TV Market to Create Challenges for Emerging IPTV Services
Oct 1, 2007 – As Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services emerge, telecom companies face a fairly saturated pay-TV market in the U.S, as 82 percent of all U.S. households reported having a pay-TV subscription in 2006, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc.
News categories: Gartner, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Convergence Driving European TV Progress
Oct 1, 2007 – New research published today by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV penetration of Western European households will break the 50% mark by the end of this year.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK