IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

UTStarcom Partners With AKSH Optifibre to Deliver First IPTV Service in India With MTNL
Feb 2, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced a three-year contract through its partnership with AKSH Optifibre Ltd. to deploy its RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) in India.
News categories: UTStarcom, AKSH Optifibre, MTNL, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, IPTV

Motorola VIP Set-Tops Selected by USEN CORPORATION to Expand Popular Internet Content Service in Japan
Feb 1, 2007 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that USEN CORPORATION has selected the Motorola VIP series IPTV set-top platform to allow subscribers to it's PC-based internet content delivery service to view offerings on TV sets.
News categories: Motorola, USEN Corp, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Set Top Box, Streaming

France Telecom 2006 preliminary unaudited annual results
Feb 1, 2007 – Rapid development of ADSL Multi-service offers with 4.1 million Liveboxes deployed in Europe at the end of 2006, 2.5 million Voice over IP customers, and 590,000 ADSL digital TV customers.
News categories: France Telecom, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

80 Million IPTV Subscribers by 2011, But Only Half Will Pay
Jan 30, 2007 – The total number of IPTV households will grow dramatically over the next five years, rising from just under 6 million homes worldwide in 2006 to more than 80 million in 2011, predicts a new report from the technology research firm, Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

Sweden - Telia first with free channels and Internet surfing via television
Jan 30, 2007 – Telia is now offering its subscribers eight free television channels. Also new is that customers are being given the opportunity to surf directly on the Internet via their television.
News categories: Telia, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Sweden

IBM, Cisco soft launch IPTV in Europe
Jan 30, 2007 – IBM and Cisco Systems have 'soft launched' an IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) with HD, video on demand, and other capabilities at a demonstration center at the IBM Industrial Solutions Center in La Gaude, outside Nice, France.
News categories: IBM, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Middleware

Widevine Technologies Selected by Brasil Telecom to Protect IPTV Deployment
Jan 29, 2007 – Widevine Technologies has announced that Brasil Telecom (NYSE: BTM) has chosen Widevine to protect its IP video service.
News categories: Widevine, Brasil Telecom, Brazil, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV

Amino Technologies - Results For The Year Ended 30 November 2006
Jan 29, 2007 – Amino Technologies (stock code: AMO) has announced its unaudited final results for the year ended 30 November 2006. Shipments of AmiNET products for the period increased 32% to 413,000 (2005: 314,000).
News categories: Amino, Earnings Release, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, UK

NDS Adds Peer-To-Peer Content Sharing and Distributed-DVR
Jan 29, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced two new product enhancements to its IPTV middleware solution. Distributed-DVR and ShareTV are two patent pending product features which will deliver even more benefit to IPTV service providers.
News categories: NDS Group, Jungo, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming