IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

IPTV Subscribers Grow 19% in 3Q06!
Dec 29, 2006 – According to DITTBERNER's recently released report "Global Broadband Subscriber Survey", IPTV subscribers grew 19% to 2.7 Million in 3Q06. PCCW with 638,000 subscribers was the largest IPTV operator.
News categories: DITTBERNER, Belgium, Broadband, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Morocco, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK

India - Reliance Communications to unveil IPTV by end of 2008
Dec 29, 2006 – Reliance Communications will launch internet protocol television (IPTV) in 10 Indian cities, including four metros, by the end of 2008 fiscal, chairman Anil Ambani has said.
News categories: Reliance Communications, Digital TV, India, IPTV

North Dakota Telephone Company Chooses Optibase's MPEG-4 H.264 IPTV Solution
Dec 27, 2006 – Optibase (NASDAQ:OBAS) has announced that North Dakota Telephone Company, NDTC, a telephone service provider, has selected Optibase's carrier-grade IPTV streaming platform, MGW 5100, to deliver local television channels to its subscribers.
News categories: Optibase, North Dakota Telephone Company (NDTC), CC&I Engineering, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, USA

Motorola To Acquire Tut Systems, Inc, Expand Portfolio of Next-Generation IPTV Video Processing and Distribution Capabilities
Dec 21, 2006 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Tut Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TUTS) have announced that the two companies have signed a definitive merger agreement, under which Motorola will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Tut Systems common stock.
News categories: Motorola, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA

Exponential Broadband Growth and Demand for Interactive Services Fuels IPTV Market in Asia-Pac
Dec 21, 2006 – Dwindling wireline revenues, consumer demand for greater control over viewing preferences, and the explosion of broadband in various high growth markets across Asia-Pacific represent the impetus for the development of IPTV in the region.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Asia, Australia, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand

China's IPTV Market Developing Slowly But Surely
Dec 20, 2006 – China's IPTV market will go through a gradual but solid increase from 2006 to 2010, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

Golden Telecom Enters Digital TV Services Market
Dec 20, 2006 – Golden Telecom (NASDAQ: GLDN) has announced the acquisition of a 65% interest in Fortland Limited. Fortland holds licenses for digital television in a few largest cities of Russia and is to target other major Russian cities.
News categories: Golden Telecom, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Russia

IPTV doubles in the year to Q2 2006
Dec 18, 2006 – Analysis from Point Topic shows that IPTV subscriber numbers doubled during the 12 months to 30 June 2006. The number of people worldwide paying for TV services supplied via Internet Protocol (IP) increased from just under 1.5 million to almost 3 million.
News categories: Point Topic, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

Super TV IPTV for 70% of Denmark
Dec 14, 2006 – TDC initiates its most ambitious commitment to television via broadband to date. More than 1.8 million households will get access to a new generation of TDC TV which then becomes the largest cable-based television network in the country.
News categories: TDC, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV