Digital TV News: Multimedia Research Group

IPTV Global Forecast From 2007-2011 for October Shows More Strength in Market
Nov 12, 2007 – MRG's new bi-annual IPTV Forecast finds that Europe still leads the world market, while Asia and the "Rest-of-World" see emerging markets like China, Eastern Europe, Korea and Russia taking larger steps to growth.
News categories: Multimedia Research Group (MRG), Broadband, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Kasenna Ranked Global Leader in IPTV VOD
Oct 25, 2007 – Kasenna has announced being recognized as the #1 provider of Video-On-Demand (VOD) software worldwide in IPTV, according to results published in the new "IPTV Market Leaders Report - September 2007" by Multimedia Research Group (MRG).
News categories: Kasenna, Multimedia Research Group (MRG), Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

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

Triple-Play for Verimatrix in IPTV Content Security Market Analysis
Oct 15, 2007 – Verimatrix has announced its renewed placement as the global leader of IPTV content security based on MRG's bi-annual IPTV Market Leader Report.
News categories: Verimatrix, Multimedia Research Group, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

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

Over 240 Million TV-Enabled Handsets and Over $2.9 Billion of Infrastructure Equipment To Be Sold By 2011
Apr 16, 2007 – MRG has announced a sweeping new Mobile TV Market analysis and forecast that provides a ground-up analysis of over 70 trials and deployments, using both the better-known DVB-H and MediaFLO technologies and other technologies like DVB-S, 3G, DAB IP, T-DMB, S-DMB and WiMAX.
News categories: Multimedia Research Group (MRG), 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV

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