IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Versatel Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Mar 22, 2007 – Revenues in the Netherlands were 332.3 million Euros in 2006 from revenues of 299.8 million Euros in 2005, an increase of 10.9%. With regard to Dual and Triple Play, at the end of 4Q06, Versatel recorded approximately 29.100 orders during the quarter. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers

LG Dacom Selects Alticast as Middleware Vendor IPTV Services
Mar 19, 2007 – LG Dacom recently announced its final selections for solution vendors for its IPTV digital media center.
News categories: Alticast, LG Dacom, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Middleware, Set Top Box

Industry Leaders Form Consortium to Develop End-to-End Specification for IPTV
Mar 19, 2007 – AT&T, Ericsson, France Telecom, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Siemens Networks, Sony, and Telecom Italia have announced the founding of the Open IPTV Forum, an industry consortium that will work to define an interoperable end-to-end specification for delivery of IPTV services.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Digital TV, IPTV

India - BSNL launches IP-TV service in Pune
Mar 15, 2007 – BSNL has commercially launched the Multiplay Services for its Broadband Customers on March 15, 2007 in Pune, India. Shri A.K.Sinha, CMD BSNL inaugurated the service.
News categories: BSNL, Broadband, Digital TV, India, IPTV

T-Com launches commercial IPTV service in Slovakia
Mar 15, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that the carrier, a member of the Deutsche Telekom group, reached a significant market milestone with the recent launch of its commercial IPTV service. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Slovakia

Sonaecom Selects Widevine To Secure Portugal IPTV Deployment
Mar 10, 2007 – Widevine Technologies has announced it is securing premium Hollywood programming for the first IPTV service in Portugal – Clix SmartTV, offered by Sonaecom, the country’s second largest telecommunications provider. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal

ON Telecoms Launches IPTV Services in Greece, Protected by Verimatrix VCAS Content Security Solution
Mar 6, 2007 – Verimatrix has announced that ON Telecoms has selected Verimatrix to secure the first IPTV service in Greece.
News categories: ON Telecoms, Verimatrix, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Greece, IPTV, Video Exchange

Accedo and ANT partner to bring next-generation applications to the IPTV market
Mar 5, 2007 – Accedo Broadband has partnered with ANT Software Limited to deliver The Accedo Application Portfolio™ on ANT Galio. ANT and Accedo will work together to drive the IPTV service revolution, and create the foundation for next-generation services in the market.
News categories: ANT Software Limited, Accedo Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Nortel, NDS Unite to Create New IPTV Capabilities
Mar 5, 2007 – Nortel [NYSE/TSX: NT] and NDS [NASDAQ:NDS] have announced they are collaborating on a new set of IPTV services for the European market.
News categories: NDS Group, Nortel, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Video Exchange