Digital TV News: Multimedia Research Group

CopperGate Ships over 2 Million HomePNA 3.1 Chipsets
Oct 23, 2007 – At TelcoTV, CopperGate Communications, the leading provider of home networking technology for triple play IPTV over existing home wiring, announced that it has shipped over 2 Million HomePNA 3.1 CopperStream chipsets to OEM customers worldwide.
News categories: CopperGate Communications, HomePNA, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Midwest TEL NET Chooses TANDBERG Television iPlex for HDTV IPTV Service
Oct 16, 2007 – TANDBERG Television has announced at Telco TV 2007 that Midwest TEL NET, a consortium of Independent Operating Companies (IOCs) throughout southwest and central Wisconsin, has selected the award-winning TANDBERG iPlex™ video processing platform to deliver high quality video to its subscribers.
News categories: Midwest TEL NET, TANDBERG Television, Content Distribution, IPTV, USA

Internet Video for IPTV Service Providers
Sep 24, 2007 – IPTV operators of managed networks everywhere are wondering how best to deal with (best-effort) Internet Video services that may eventually become either partners or competitors. The new "Internet Video Report for IPTV Service Providers" from MRG investigates how IPTV can leverage both professionally-developed and user-generated video content to reduce churn and generate revenue.
News categories: MRG, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming

MRG Releases IPTV Middleware Report Identifying Leaders in Global Race
Jul 16, 2007 – Based on deployed subscribers, Thomson, Cascade, Alcatel-Lucent (MiViewTV), UTStarcom and Nokia Siemens Networks (Myrio) ranked in the top five globally. Microsoft Mediaroom (ex-IPTV Edition) ranked last out of fourteen IPTV companies.
News categories: MRG, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware

New MRG IPTV Global Forecasts 14.3 Million Subscribers in 2007 and 63.6 Million in 2011
Apr 16, 2007 – The steady growth of IPTV subscribers and service revenue continues on an upward trend in Europe and Asia and, to some extent, in North America, according to the new MRG report IPTV Global Forecast Report - April 2007.
News categories: Multimedia Research Group (MRG), Asia, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, North America, Subscribers