IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Amino to port IntAct IPTV software to new Intel Media Processor
Apr 19, 2007 – Amino has announced today that its IntAct(TM) IPTV software stack will be ported on to the new Intel® CE 2110 Media Processor. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, NABShow, Semiconductor, UK

Microsoft Announces More IPTV Deployments at NAB
Apr 19, 2007 – Pirelli Broadband Solutions will provide set-top boxes supporting Microsoft TV IPTV Edition. Pirelli’s set-top boxes are based on single-chip technology and support legacy and new encoding standards such as H.264 and VC-1 at both standard and HD. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, NABShow, Set Top Box

Bulgaria - Vestitel launches IPTV
Apr 18, 2007 – On April 4, telecommunication company Vestitel BG launched Bulgaria’s first fibre-optic Internet protocol television (IPTV) after a series of tests involving 200 households in Sofia. More …
News categories: Bulgaria, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

New MRG IPTV Global Forecasts 14.3 Million Subscribers in 2007 and 63.6 Million in 2011
Apr 16, 2007 – The steady growth of IPTV subscribers and service revenue continues on an upward trend in Europe and Asia and, to some extent, in North America, according to the new MRG report IPTV Global Forecast Report - April 2007.
News categories: Multimedia Research Group (MRG), Asia, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, North America, Subscribers

Dutch digital TV households grow to 2 million
Apr 15, 2007 – The number of Dutch households with digital TV grew to 2 million at the end of 2006, doubling from a year earlier, according to research by Telecompaper. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Supports Chinese AVS Standard for IPTV
Apr 13, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced cost-effective support for the recently established Chinese AVS (Audio Video Standard), using its leading-edge TV STB decoder chips. More …
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Ruckus Wireless Selected for Sonaecom IPTV Service in Portugal
Apr 12, 2007 – Ruckus Wireless has announced that it has been selected by Sonaecom, Portugal’s second largest telecommunications provider, to supply its multimedia wireless systems for Sonaecom’s Clix SmarTV IPTV service. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal, Smart Home

Spain - Ya.com starts testing IPTV service
Apr 11, 2007 – The Spanish subsidiary of German telecoms operator Deutsche Telekom is up for sale but the company is going ahead with television plans started five months ago with a pilot service for 400 customers. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Spain

Orca Interactive Selected by Lattelecom for Baltic MPEG-4 IPTV Service
Apr 11, 2007 – Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA) has announced that its IPTV middleware - RiGHTv™ - has been deployed in the first Baltic MPEG-4 IPTV solution for Lattelecom, Latvia's leading provider of information technology and telecommunications services.
News categories: Orca Interactive, IPTV, Latvia, Middleware