IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

UAE - etisalat tests triple-play services
Jul 4, 2007 – UAE-based telecom etisalat is conducting pilot projects in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah to test the next generation of bundled telecom services, a company official said. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, UAE

Spec Combo Could Boost Cable IPTV
Jul 3, 2007 – CableLabs and its members are starting to noodle a new version of OpenCable that could pave the way for MSOs to offer a broad range of IP-based video applications directly to the set-top box. More …
News categories: Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

Bharti Airtel's IPTV strategy to target high-end customers
Jul 2, 2007 – Telecom player Bharti Airtel will target high-end consumers of the top six to seven cities as part of its IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) strategy. More …
News categories: Digital TV, India, IPTV

NDS leads CA, but for how much longer?
Jul 1, 2007 – A Screen Digest study just published says News Corp-owned conditional access (CA) supplier NDS has a 47% market share, and is Europe’s largest supplier. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefonica, Sogecable Team For Triple Play
Jun 30, 2007 – Telefónica and Sogecable have signed an agreement to offer telecommunications and digital satellite television services and to work together to buy pay-TV content in the Spanish market. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Spain

IPTV equipment sales hit $424M in 1Q07
Jun 30, 2007 – According to a new report from Infonetics Research, worldwide IPTV equipment revenue hit $423.9 million in the first quarter of 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Turning Digital: Horizontal Markets and New Business Models
Jun 27, 2007 – As every year, ITMedia Consulting, sketches a picture of the DTV market, reporting whatever has happened in the recently ended year, and analyses actual trends. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Terrestrial

Sumitomo Chooses Intellon HomePlug for In-Home IPTV Services
Jun 26, 2007 – Intellon has announced that Sumitomo Electric Industries has chosen Intellon’s HomePlug-based INT6000 IC to enable in-home distribution of KDDI’s IPTV services in Japan. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Thailand - TT&T is launching Internet TV service
Jun 25, 2007 – TT&T Subscriber Services, a subsidiary of TT&T, has soft-launched the Internet Protocol (IP) television service MaxNet IPTV for selected broadband Internet subscribers to its group. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Thailand