Gateway (residential, home) News

Bouygues Telecom claims 300,000 BBox subscribers
Jan 29, 2010 – According to a message sent to its customers, more than 300,000 have now subscribed to Bouygues Telecom's BBox triple play service. In the fourth quarter of 2009 alone, BBox added 127,000 subscribers.
News categories: Bouygues Telecom, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Cisco and Service Providers Aim to Reinvent the TV Experience With Videoscape
Jan 5, 2010 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced the release of Cisco Videoscape®, a comprehensive TV platform for service providers that brings together digital TV and online content with social media and communications applications.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Thomson files for bankruptcy protection in U.S.
Dec 17, 2009 – Thomson (Euronext: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has reportedly filed for Chapter 15 protection in a New York bankruptcy court to protect its U.S. assets from creditors.
News categories: Thomson, Digital TV, Finance, Gateway, Set Top Box, USA

Portugal Telecom and Firecomms Trial POF for IPTV Home Networking Applications
Dec 10, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) and Firecomms have announce trials of IPTV installations based on Firecomms' optical fiber networking (OptoLock®) technology.
News categories: Firecomms, Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Portugal, Set Top Box, Smart Home

France Telecom adds 246k digital TV customers in 3Q09
Oct 29, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has released its third quarter 2009 results. France Telecom had 2.9 million digital TV subscribers (IPTV and satellite) at the end of the period, a 67% increase year on year.
News categories: France Telecom, France, Gateway, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Residential gateways and home networks to open new revenue streams for service providers
Sep 22, 2009 – Service providers will see a quick return on investment and be able to build new profits through residential gateway (RG) deployments, which will account for over 50% of all global home networks by 2013, according to Parks Associates.
News categories: Parks Associates, Gateway, Market Research, Smart Home, USA

OSGi Alliance and HGI Collaborate on Software Execution Environment for Home Gateways
Sep 16, 2009 – The OSGi™ Alliance and the Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) have agreed to work together to integrate the OSGi Service Platform into the home gateway, creating a software execution environment that will facilitate digital home services.
News categories: Home Gateway Initiative, OSGi, Broadband, Gateway, Middleware, Smart Home

Entone & Edgeware Partner To Offer Integrated IPTV Solution
Sep 2, 2009 – Entone and Edgeware have announced that Entone's market leading IP video gateways and media hubs are fully integrated with Edgeware's widely-deployed video-on-demand (VOD) servers.
News categories: Entone, Edgeware, Content Distribution, Gateway, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box

Entone Amulet And Hydra Integrated With Conklin-Intracom fs|cdn IPTV
Aug 31, 2009 – Entone and Conklin-Intracom have announced the interoperability of Entone's Hydra IP Video Gateway and Amulet IPTV Receiver with Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn® IPTV solution. One successfully deployed customer is Delhi Telephone in Delhi, NY.
News categories: Entone, Conklin-Intracom, Delhi Telephone, Broadband, Content Distribution, Fibre, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home