IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Germany - Digitalisation Breakthrough in TV Households
Sep 4, 2007 – The digitalisation of TV-households is gathering momentum in Germany: 77 per cent of TV-households will be digitalised at primary reception by the end of 2012. This is the forecast of Goldmedia published in its latest study "The Future of TV-transmission", which analyses the development of broadcasting infrastructures in Germany.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services

Korea Telecom Launches Nationwide IPTV Service
Sep 4, 2007 – Korea Telecom (KT) is taking a big step into the broadcasting market with the commercial launch of its video-on-demand service "Mega TV.''
News categories: Korea Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

Orange Slovensko launches triple-play services
Sep 4, 2007 – Slovakia's largest mobile network operator by subscribers, Orange Slovensko, has announced the commercial launch of triple-play fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband internet, digital TV and fixed line voice telephony services.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Slovakia

45 percent of Germans watch TV digitally
Sep 4, 2007 – In total there are approximately 17.9 million German households, i.e. about 45 percent, watching TV digitally. 21.8 million households still receive analogue TV signals.
News categories: BITKOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Verimatrix Enters the Cable Market with VCAS for Cable IPTV
Sep 4, 2007 – Verimatrix has announced its latest content security solution VCAS™ for Cable IPTV, an innovative solution for affordable delivery of secure IPTV services over cable.
News categories: Verimatrix, GoBackTV, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, DOCSIS, IBCShow, IPTV

ADB to Supply T-COM Innovation GmbH for Pilot of New Internet-Based Interactive TV Concept
Sep 3, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast has announced that it had been selected by T-Com Innovation GmbH to supply its ADB-3810TW series set-top boxes for a new innovation project and consumer pilot of an Internet TV service.
News categories: Digital TV, Germany, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Ireland - Smart invests €2.5m to boost internet TV rollout
Sep 3, 2007 – A reinvigorated and ambitious Smart Telecom has revealed it is investing €2.5m in its internet protocol TV (IPTV) service to bring triple play services to its existing 15,000 residential customers.
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Ireland

Osmosys Broadens Cross-Platform Offering With Complete Push-VOD System
Sep 3, 2007 – Osmosys S.A will present its Push Video On Demand application for any broadcast platform at IBC (stand IP233).
News categories: DVB-MHP, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware

Northport middleware integrated in Tilgin IPTV set-top boxes
Sep 3, 2007 – Cooperation between Tilgin and Northport, has resulted in integration of Northport's innovative open TVnetwork middleware, Modulution™ in Tilgin's IPTV set-top box program.
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden