IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Almost one-third of Dutch TV connections are digital
Oct 1, 2007 – The total number of Dutch TV connections stabilised at 7.027 million connections at the end of the second quarter of 2007, with the number of digital TV connections growing by 4.2 percent to 2.2 million, according to Telecompaper's quarterly update on the Dutch TV market.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Terrestrial

Smart Com Deploys Verimatrix Content Security for T-2 IPTV Service
Oct 1, 2007 – Verimatrix and Smart Com, the leading European IPTV middleware vendor and IPTV system integrator, have announced the successful deployment of Verimatrix's Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for T-2's IPTV deployment.
News categories: Smart Com, T-2, Verimatrix, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Slovenia

Montenegro Publishes IPTV and DTH Rules
Sep 28, 2007 – This Book of Rules shall regulate the licensing procedure and conditions for use of licences for distribution of radio and TV channels to end users by means of public fixed telecommunication networks and satellite distribution systems.
News categories: Agencija za radio-difuziju, Digital TV, IPTV, Montenegro, Satellite, TV Services

Hitachi Unveils 3/4 Inch Thin Next Generation Flat Panel TV at CEATEC 2007
Sep 26, 2007 – Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501) has announced that it would present "New Style Visual Life" at the upcoming CEATEC JAPAN 2007, October 2 - 6, 2007.
News categories: Hitachi, Blu-ray, DVD, HD-DVD, IPTV, Japan, Smart TV

Tilgin Signs Global Cooperation Agreement with Ericsson to Provide End-to-End IPTV Solutions
Sep 26, 2007 – Tilgin (STO:TILG) has announced a global cooperation agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC). The agreement will see Tilgin IPTV set-top boxes being pre-integrated into Ericsson's IPTV end-to-end solutions.
News categories: Tilgin, Ericsson, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden

BBC Trust publishes provisional conclusions on the BBC's HDTV proposals
Sep 25, 2007 – The BBC Trust has published its provisional conclusions on the BBC Executive's proposals for a high definition (HD) television channel.
News categories: BBC Trust, Cable TV, IPTV, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

IP and Satellite Set-top Box Sales Fuel Market in the Second Quarter, According to Dell'Oro Group
Sep 25, 2007 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that the worldwide set-top box market grew 45 percent in the second quarter of this year over the same period a year ago, due in large part to strong sales of IP and satellite set-top boxes.
News categories: Dell'Oro Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Whose software manages your IPTV service?
Sep 25, 2007 – According to iLocus, at the end of Q2 '07, an estimated 31% of IPTV subscribers were being served by proprietary IPTV middleware.
News categories: iLocus, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware

Half of families in Western Europe are now receiving digital television
Sep 24, 2007 – Digital television in Western Europe is reaching a decisive milestone this month, overtaking the analogue system for the first time. There are now about 83 million households in the region's 20 countries receiving digital television signals out of a total of 166 million TV households.
News categories: e-Media Institute, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK