IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Ocean Blue Releases Freeview DVB-IP for IPTV Market
Feb 16, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software has released Sunrise DVB-IP, a DVB & MHEG-5 software suite for IPTV set-top boxes, incorporating the latest Freeview standard.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Digital TV, IPTV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Portugal - PT Comunicações launches IPTV project
Feb 15, 2007 – Portugal Telecom has launched its IPTV (Internet Protocol television) project, beginning a new era in the fixed-line business of the Group as a triple play operator.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal

Consumer Demand for Advanced Functionalities Drives STB Semiconductor Market
Feb 14, 2007 – The global set top box market has been experiencing significant growth, largely due to the emergence of Internet Protocol television (IPTV) and the growing popularity of high definition television (HDTV).
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Micronas Selects ARM Mali200 Graphics Processor For Next-Generation TV And STB Chipset Designs
Feb 13, 2007 – Micronas and ARM (LSE:ARM)(Nasdaq:ARMHY) have announced that the Micronas Group has licensed the ARM® Mali200™ graphics processor for its next-generation IPTV chipset design for home entertainment and multimedia applications.
News categories: ARM®, Micronas, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

IP Set Top Box Market Spurs New Players and Some Consolidation
Feb 7, 2007 – Driven by increasing Telco TV deployments, demand for IP set top boxes is growing, and will reach 19 million units in 2010, up from 4.3 million in 2006, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Czech Republic - O2TV has 20,000 customers
Feb 6, 2007 – Interest in the new and unique fixed-line television service is massive: at present, over 20,000 subscribers have jumped on board and newly sent orders further confirm huge interest in the service!
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Tiscali UK targets 5 million IPTV homes
Feb 5, 2007 – Tiscali UK has unveiled plans to extend the availability of its IPTV service to five million homes by the end of this year.
News categories: Tiscali, Digital TV, IPTV, UK

Belgium - Quarter of a million Telenet Digital TV RGU's
Feb 5, 2007 – Telenet has announced that it has passed the milestone of 250,000 digital TV customers. This success is partly due to the successful Christmas campaign that the Mechelen-based company ran.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

IPTV becomes a reality as worldwide subscribers reach 3.6 million
Feb 5, 2007 – The latest worldwide IPTV research from Canalys shows how the number of commercial IPTV launches escalated in 2006, and suggests that IPTV services are now moving into the mainstream.
News categories: Canalys, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers