IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Switzerland - Orange tests the digital future on the broadband network of ewz
May 24, 2007 – 55 households in Zürich will be able as of autumn to try out the digital entertainment of the future for a period of six months. In a pilot project, Orange is offering HD TV, videos on demand, Ultra High Speed Internet and fixed-line telephony. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Switzerland

Eastern Europe Provides Fertile Ground for IPTV
May 23, 2007 – According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, pay TV in Central and Eastern Europe is just as likely to be offered by telcos as by cable or satellite TV providers, unlike regions where the traditional platforms dominate the landscape. More …
News categories: Czech Republic, Digital TV, Europe, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Poland, Russia, Slovakia

Minerva Networks and ADB HD MPEG-4 AVC IPTV Solution
May 22, 2007 – Minerva Networks and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) have announced the certification and immediate availability of Minerva’s iTVManager IPTV services management platform and ADB’s new ADB-3800W high definition (HD) IPTV set top box. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

NSCC AVS IPTV Set Top Box Based on TI's DaVinci(TM) Technology
May 21, 2007 – Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and National Source Coding Audio & Video Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (NSCC) have announced the delivery of the industry’s first single-chip IPTV set-top box (STB) solution enabling dual decoding of AVS and H.264. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, China, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Ortikon's IPTV Middleware in full-scale operative use at Welho
May 17, 2007 – Finland’s largest Cable TV operator SW Television/Welho has launched its IPTV service for households in the Helsinki metropolitan area 15.5.2007. The service is based on ORTIKON ACE® IPTV Middleware. More …
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Finland, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Telefónica posts 7.7% increase in 1Q07 net profit to 1,257 million euros
May 17, 2007 – The number of Pay TV customers for the Telefónica Group exceeded 1.1 million, up by 54.7% in relation to March 2006. More …
News categories: Broadband, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Peru, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Strong performance in Q1: Belgacom is well on track
May 16, 2007 – Belgacom added 9,826 new TV customers, impacted by the end of the “”Try & Buy”” offer but still at a level comparable with the first quarter of last year, leading to a total of 149,491 Belgacom TV customers.” More …
News categories: Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Italy - Sky and FASTWEB together (It)
May 16, 2007 – In 2 months, more than 25 thousand households have subscribed to Sky Italia through the FASTWEB IPTV service. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Subscribers

Cisco Reports Third Quarter Earnings
May 15, 2007 – Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, has reported its third quarter results for the period ended April 28, 2007. More …
News categories: Cisco Systems, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box