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[Archival.tv] InformITV is reporting on the IPTV Worldforum, which will be happening in London on March 8 & 9 next year.

MSFT Analyst’s Day: Bach: Zune; Gaming; IPTV

[ paidContent.org] Zune: It’s no accident that Zune was announced last week just in time for the investor dog-and-pony show and Bach had a message for them: meeting or beating Apple is going to cost hundreds of millions and it’s not going to be quick. “If you want to think about the investment timeline for this, you have to think this is not a six-month initiative and somehow in six months we’re going to have captured the marketplace.

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July 31, 2006

Television Archiving » Blog Archive » IPTV Conference in March, in ...

[Archival.tv] InformITV is reporting on the IPTV Worldforum, which will be happening in London on March 8 & 9 next year.

Posted at 04:38 AM

July 30, 2006

MSFT Analyst’s Day: Bach: Zune; Gaming; IPTV

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Mark Schubin's memo on digital TV for 7/26/2006

[Technology360] Mark Schubin's frequent memo on digital television developments for July 26, 2006 has been posted to the OpenDTV list. Link: FreeLists.

Posted at 04:40 AM

July 29, 2006

IPTV World Forum 2007 - Home

[Iptv-forum.com] Now in its third year, IPTV World Forum is established as the most important IPTV conference and exhibition. We continue to use our close contacts with IP .

Posted at 04:42 AM

TelcoTV Conference & Expo - Focusing on IPTV Opportunities for ...

[Scievents.com] Are you ready?IPTV is revolutionizing the worlds of communication and personal entertainment, and along the way – revolutionizing the telecommunications business. To ensure their long-term survial, telecom carriers must embrace and master this new shift.

Posted at 04:40 AM

July 28, 2006

Ericsson provides TDC with VDSL2 based high performance broadband

[World Of IPTV] Dan Sörensson, Chief Technology Officer, TDC, says: “Ericsson has met our requirements for the current EDA ADSL2+ rollout and likewise demonstrated IP/Ethernet-based DSL solutions that also let us move forward into the VDSL2 market, in line with our ambition of always being first with the fastest offerings for our customers.”

Posted at 04:39 AM

Permanent Link to "“Intelligent” Search of Video Content"

[ Thermo[SAT]] I remember when Autonomy (one of the first artificial-intelligence driven search engines) came out, promising the ability to analyze and assess patterns in text, and thus direct or help people to better search and connect with what they were seeking. This was deemed very useful in / for enterprises, and now Autonomy calls itself "the leader in enterprise search".

Posted at 04:38 AM

July 27, 2006

Barney and Betty on iTunes

[HDTV Almanac: Your source for independent HDTV information from an industry expert you can trust.] Okay, 35 million videos is impressive, but keep in mind that this is less than one quarter of the people who watched the SuperBowl last year. Internet distribution of video content is growing rapidly, but is not threatening the traditional mass-market programming…

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Australia’s first commercial IPTV channel officially launched

[Emerging Media News] TV is changing and Geelong is leading the way in Australia with the official launch of its Own Television Channel (GOTV). GOTV is a cable television and IPTV based television channel and is one of Australia’s first true commercial IPTV based TV service.Inside Film

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July 26, 2006

Belgium: Belgacom selects Alcatel’s IP portfolio to support nationwide triple play roll-out

[ Premium mobile technologies] Last year, Belgacom selected Alcatel’s IP portfolio as the foundation for its nationwide BiLAN© Ethernet VPN service, offering advanced Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) and IP-VPN services to businesses. Now, with plans to make triple play available to its entire residential subscriber base, Belgacom has again selected Alcatel’s IP portfolio to deliver bundled triple play services including high-speed Internet, digital TV services and voice over IP.

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Permanent Link to "Peer-To-Peer (Free) TV ?"

[ Thermo[SAT]] Peer-To-Peer (Free) TV ? 0 | Jon Husband 07/25/06 22:18 IPtv | IPtv vs. Analog | Open distribution vs. Controlled distribution | Digital vs. Analog | Hardware / Software | Interoperability | Regulation policy | Network dynamics | Business models Should the cable television companies and large networks be worried ? Skype, after all, did cause some consternation to the telephone-focused telecommunication industry, no ? Om Malik reports that eBay has funded the initiative described below, and that the leaders of the initiative are really "engaged". Skype Founders Take on TV Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are at it again. After disrupting the music and voice cartel’s operations, the duo is taking on television. It shouldn’t come as a surprise. I had reported on that as part of the Business 2.0’s June 2006 cover story, The 50 Who Matter Now. In the little profile on the boys, we mentioned, “Their next move is rumored to be a company that will enable peer-to-peer...

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July 25, 2006

Multicast Software Download

[Videolab.uoregon.edu] This page has links to software for viewing or sourcing multicast content. If you need installation instructions you should look at Joel Jaeggli's multicast .

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IPTV | Network | Computing @ UW-Madison

[Doit.wisc.edu] (Dial-up Internet service providers don't support multicast either, but they don't have sufficient bandwidth for television, so the multicast issue is moot in this case.) As a result, IPTV multicast channels will not be available over DSL or cable modems. On-demand programs use unicast technology, so it is possible to view on-demand programs over DSL or cable modem technology if the bandwidth is available (I have tested this on Charter cable modems at home, and it works).

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July 24, 2006

photosinensis @ 2006-07-21T16:40:00

[I'm ded from apoptosis] Democracy released a version for the Intel Mac. No more dealing with a very slow-running IPTV player, and one less thing that requires Rosetta to run.

Posted at 04:41 AM

Coming Monday to SAtechBLOG: Alan Invites Global Telcos and Government to His Own U-verse Party Right Here in San Antonio!

[SAtechBlog] Stormwarning on While CNN Reports on the Middle East Crisis, SAtechBLOG Reports on the Problematic U-verse Banner at the Sontera Park Cingular Store

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July 23, 2006

Permanent Link to "Alternative Eloquence Breaks Frames"

[ Thermo[SAT]] Aucun commentaires / No Responses “Alternative Eloquence Breaks Frames”

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Permanent Link to "IP TV in the UK"

[ Thermo[SAT]] It is known for its Georgian architecture and its former role as the centre of Britain’s rum trade, but now the Cumbrian coastal town of Whitehaven has a new distinction: it will lead the UK’s switchover to digital TV next year.

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July 22, 2006

ITU IPTV Group Completes Essential Output

[ITU Strategy and Policy Unit Newslog] ITU-T’s work on IPTV took a significant step forward following a meeting held at ITU Headquarters in in Geneva, Switzerland, 10-14 July 2006.

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H1 Triple Play

[T-Zombix (The Chronicles of”¦)] H1 Triple Play Posted by T-Zombix on July 21st, 2006 Eto, procitao sam malo kako izgledaju uputstva za modem koji ce H1 upotrebljavati za svoj...

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July 21, 2006

Permanent Link to "YouTube’s Anti-YouTube Move ”¦"

[ Thermo[SAT]] "”¦you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the YouTube Website and YouTube’s (and its successor’s) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the YouTube Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels”¦"

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Guest Blogger: David Dean Projects how Steve Jobs Would Re-Imagine IPTV

[SAtechBlog] How Steve Jobs Would Re-Imagine IPTV by David Deans As Verizon and now AT&T enter the mature pay-TV arena across various U.S. markets, the CEOs of the incumbent cable MSOs say they’re not worried by the potential of a telco threat to their core business - and Wall Street apparently believes them. But why?

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July 20, 2006

The big kids (like NBC) join the videoblog crowd

[Paul Kapustka's Blog] Lured in by the videoblog, I found myself watching a few of the related clips, including the well-produced, three-minute segment that fully explained what Hezbollah is, and why the various players in the world's newest battle are up in arms. Great stuff, and I didn't have to wait through NBC's prime-time agenda to get it.

Posted at 04:44 AM

Fall 2006 VON Conference Spotlight: Telephony's IPTV Summit: The Next Generation of Video

[The Jeff Pulver Blog - Notes, comments and observations] Spearheaded by Telephony' editorial team, this summit will feature keynote speakers and panelists with real-world IPTV experience and will highlight successful domestic and international IPTV strategies. Through interactive sessions, Telephony's IPTV Workshop will analyze and discuss critical network architectures, content plays, selling features and deployment tactics for service providers seeking to make IPTV an integral part of their service strategies.

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July 19, 2006

MS's IPTV strategy in tatters | The Register

[Theregister.co.uk] Fastweb can manage it in Italy, Homechoice can manage it in the UK, Maligne and Free have managed it in France, Telefonica in Spain and Bell Canada have also launched IPTV services, while Telenor has managed it across the face of Scandinavia and Ella communications and about 10 other smaller operators in Norway and even Telecom Iceland have all managed to launch IPTV services with open standard components.

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IPTV Software at IPTV News.net

[Iptvnews.net] The customer can record IPTV broadcasts as well as view recordings at a later time on the PVR within the network via timeshifted television...

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July 18, 2006

IntAct To Offer Opera Browser As Part Of Its IPTV Client

[World Of IPTV] IntAct is also providing the ability for operators and application developers alike to develop rich and compelling end user solutions, which can be ready for live deployment much more quickly and easily than before. To enable the development of such applications, IntAct will offer Opera specific IntAct Software Development Kits, targeted to give application developers the most complete tool to write interactive TV applications such as EPG, Infotainment, and messaging amongst many others.

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Truly, the Year of Video

[Canadian Blogs] Today, there were three different events that hammered home this reality home. First, YouTube is delivering a staggering 100 million videos a day, according to Hitwise.

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July 17, 2006

Permanent Link to "Traditional TV ”¦ Aches and Pains Growing"

[ Thermo[SAT]] TV viewers must have taken to the beach: It was the least-watched week in recorded history for the four biggest broadcast networks.

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SAtechBLOG Media Coverage Going Mainstream

[SAtechBlog] Now, coverage on SAtechBLOG is going more mainstream. Here is an article from a local newspaper in Connecticut, where AT&T is entering the market

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July 16, 2006

Meet the always-on generation

[Emerging Media News] generation, have grown up with mobile phones that take pictures and play video, portable media players, the internet, instant messaging, Voice over IP, cable TV, online games. With access to all this technology they’re the new wave of consumers marketers are desperate to reach.

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Net Neutrality, Web 3.0 and the Move from “Dumb Search” to “Intelligent Findability”

[Evolving Trends] The Two-Tier Internet is an attempt by the telcos to attach artificially enhanced value to content once again by making content producers pay them for delivering their content without jitters and delays. It is also an attempt to attach artificially enhanced value to transport by forcing VoIP transport providers like Skype, Vonage, Yahoo etc to pay them to have their VoIP traffic transported without jitters and delays.

Posted at 04:38 AM

July 15, 2006

So....What's Involved in the Installation of AT&T's IPTV Service?

[SAtechBlog] As AT&T makes its plans to roll out the installation of its IPTV u-Verse service, I am getting more and more emails from potential customers who...

Posted at 04:41 AM

Permanent Link to "YouTube Starts To Move And Shake"

[ Thermo[SAT]] The next wave of publishing to the Web continues to grow. The Globe and Mail’s feed from AP provides an article outlining the spectacular growth of the video clip publishing web site YouTube.

Posted at 04:40 AM

July 14, 2006

More Movies the Web

[HDTV Almanac: Your source for independent HDTV information from an industry expert you can trust.] GUBA.com uses Microsoft’s Digital Rights Management (copy protection) system, which reportedly prevents buyers from recording the films onto DVDs. The films must be viewed using a device compatible with Windows Media technology.

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THE WEEK IN VON -- July 13

[Paul Kapustka's Blog] The Week in VON, July 13 Amanda Congdon, Revver, Ted Stevens, Video on the Net show, Jeff Pulver...

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July 13, 2006

Microsoft: IPTV to reach critical mass this year | InfoWorld ...

[Infoworld.com] Currently, AT&T, Verizon Communications and Swisscom have commercial deployments of IPTV services on Microsoft's software, said Elena Branet, senior marketing manager for EMEA for Microsoft TV. However, except for Verizon's services, which are in more than 20 U.S. markets, the deployments are limited to hundreds or at the most in the low thousands of users, she said.

Posted at 04:36 AM

Getting, Installing and Setting-up IPTV

[Hr.lanl.gov] Enter “1” in the box to the left of “Cisco IPTV Viewer” .A new window will appear titled, “Getting Cisco IPTV Viewer” .

Posted at 04:36 AM

July 12, 2006

DVB Project sets the standard for IPTV

[World Of IPTV] In May, Germany’s two public broadcasting corporations, representing a total of fourteen stations, announced that they would only make their programs...

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Broadband Content on This Year’s Emmy Awards

[bTelevisions - Your Televisions Blog] Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group–have signified that they have started to include online, interactive content on their roster of nominees. This is great news for independent content producers and developers, as inclusion in the Emmys would give some sort of legitimacy to the medium, not only being confined to the geek and tech subscultures, but now raised to the mainstream status.

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July 11, 2006

Mark Schubin's memo on digital television, 7/7/2006

[Technology360] Mark Schubin's memo on digital television for July 7, 2006 has been posted to the OpenDTV list. --Dennis

Posted at 04:38 AM

AT&T's Outsourced u-Verse Party Bookers Needs a Bit of Fixin'

[SAtechBlog] On Friday, June 30, I called a special number that was sent to me by AT&T where I could book a u-Verse party to demonstrate the company’s IPTV service in my home, and even receive $300 for my efforts. I left my name and cell phone number because I was going to be traveling for the next week.

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July 10, 2006

YouTube & Big Pipes

[Canadian Blogs] Ready for something else other than Rocketboom? In other news.....eMarketer had a story earlier this week looking at YouTube's explosive growth over...

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July 09, 2006

Bootstrapping for success

[Daily Vodcasts] Here's a 20-minute video interview I conducted at Gnomedex last week with Tara Hunt and Chris Messina, co-founders of Citizen Agency, about boostrapping your startup, the architecture of collaboration, and the Barcamp phenomenon.

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Pulver TV to Amanda: Videoblog here, no waiting!

[Paul Kapustka's Blog] Jason Calcanis' offer to build Amanda Congdon a TV studio is a nice gesture, but here at Pulver TV we say, "why wait?" In the video blog below, Pulver TV founder Jeff Pulver (who is a big Rocketboom fan) has a studio ready and waiting for Amanda's hosting talents.

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July 08, 2006

IPTV - Evolved Networks

[Telecommunication Books Blog -.- A telecommunication blog collects telecommunication books with topics across from telecom tech] IPTV - Evolved Networks Collected under: Video, IPTV July 7th, 2006 IPTV is definitely here and will be of immense importance to carriers and service...

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IPTV - Microsoft

[Telecommunication Books Blog -.- A telecommunication blog collects telecommunication books with topics across from telecom tech] IPTV - Microsoft Collected under: Video, IPTV July 7th, 2006 The hype mill is in overdrive about the benefits of IPTV and it is getting increasingly difficult to distinguish propaganda from reality. It seems at the moment that IPTV is more or less anything that anyone with an interest in it wants it to be...

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July 07, 2006

Digital Spy - Terrestrial - BT picks Philips for DTT and IPTV box

[Digitalspy.co.uk] The service will launch in the second half of 2006, and will be "available to BT customers without the need for a subscription fee," the company revealed today. In addition to the catch-up TV functionality, the telco plans to offer on-demand movies, instant messaging and interactive services on the platform in a move clearly designed to rival services available through existing cable operators.

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Networking Pipeline | Broadcom IPTV Box Enables First Live ...

[Networkingpipeline.com] In the demonstration, the Broadcom IPTV set-top box reference design platform performed HD MPEG-4/advanced video compression (AVC) decoding and audio/video delivery. MPEG-4 Part 10 advanced video compression is the latest generation of compression technology that reduces the required bandwidth for the transmission of video content, making it possible to offer HDTV broadcast and on-demand services over DSL networks.

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July 06, 2006

Europe’s first high definition TV service over the Internet

[HDTV Reviews & Information @ HDTV Lounge.Net] The service was rolled-out in time for World Cup football matches and as well as HDTV, the service will also offer triple-play functions such as Internet access, TV and telephone services via a broadband connection.

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Bell Launches Optimax - It's a Bird, It's a Plane - But It's Not IPTV

[Jon Arnold's Blog] Bell's enhancement to Sympatico gives subscribers more capability than what Videotron can deliver for the fun stuff - gaming, music downloads, video streaming, etc. If you can't win them back by matching price, you take it up a notch, as Emeril would say, with a premium service that gives people a richer experience for the things they love to do.

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July 05, 2006

digdia - Cable "IPTV"

[Digdia.com] Along with NGNA are several other moves and issues they are dealing with, such as the CableCARD, interactive TV and government regulations.

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July 04, 2006

AT&T Plans Satellite Broadband, WiMAX

[thevoipdigest.com] AT&T will start selling a satellite-based broadband service later this month in select rural markets in AT&T’s residential service territory, most of which are not served by landline broadband services today. AT&T will work with satellite provider WildBlue and will start selling the satellite-based non-DSL broadband service in select rural markets later in May, with potential additional market availability later in the year.

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Lots of Popular TV shows online

[bTelevisions - Your Televisions Blog] If you’re fond of watching series like 24, Charmed, Lost, The Simpsons, and even MacGyver, you can check out peekvid.com. The site hosts a handful of episodes from among the most popular of television series.

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July 03, 2006

BellSouth's IPTV strategy may pay off | Tech News on ZDNet

[News.zdnet.com] That means that BellSouth, as it and all the other Bells fight for consumer dollars with an ever-growing list of competitors, is nearly ready to deliver data-intensive services such as Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, to consumers. And with local customers dropping phone service for cellular phones and Voice over IP, or VoIP, the ability to deliver IPTV into the home could be a key to survival in years to come.

Posted at 04:40 AM

BellSouth's IPTV strategy may pay off | CNET News.com

[News.com.com] That means that BellSouth, as it and all the other Bells fight for consumer dollars with an ever-growing list of competitors, is nearly ready to deliver data-intensive services such as Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, to consumers. And with local customers dropping phone service for cellular phones and Voice over IP, or VoIP, the ability to deliver IPTV into the home could be a key to survival in years to come.

Posted at 04:39 AM

July 02, 2006

Visiting Financial Institutions in New York Next Week

[Alan Weinkrantz PR Web Log] Next week I am in New York visiting several financial institutionsto discuss my knowledge, insight, and experience in the IPTV space in the context of my other blog, SAtechBLOG.com

Posted at 04:38 AM

CableLabs prez: HD VOD is cable's best weapon against satellite, IPTV

[HD Beat] With satellite companies rolling out high-def locals all over the place, adding every HDTV channel in existence on one side, and telcos laying fiber as fast as they can on the other, you might think the cable companies are sweating about competing with both challengers on high definition. Not quite.

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IPTVision > July 31, 2006

Television Archiving » Blog Archive » IPTV Conference in March, in ...

MSFT Analyst’s Day: Bach: Zune; Gaming; IPTV

July 31, 2006

Television Archiving » Blog Archive » IPTV Conference in March, in ...

July 30, 2006

MSFT Analyst’s Day: Bach: Zune; Gaming; IPTV

Mark Schubin's memo on digital TV for 7/26/2006

July 29, 2006

IPTV World Forum 2007 - Home

TelcoTV Conference & Expo - Focusing on IPTV Opportunities for ...

July 28, 2006

Ericsson provides TDC with VDSL2 based high performance broadband

Permanent Link to "“Intelligent” Search of Video Content"

July 27, 2006

Barney and Betty on iTunes

Australia’s first commercial IPTV channel officially launched

July 26, 2006

Belgium: Belgacom selects Alcatel’s IP portfolio to support nationwide triple play roll-out

Permanent Link to "Peer-To-Peer (Free) TV ?"

July 25, 2006

Multicast Software Download

IPTV | Network | Computing @ UW-Madison

July 24, 2006

photosinensis @ 2006-07-21T16:40:00

Coming Monday to SAtechBLOG: Alan Invites Global Telcos and Government to His Own U-verse Party Right Here in San Antonio!

July 23, 2006

Permanent Link to "Alternative Eloquence Breaks Frames"

Permanent Link to "IP TV in the UK"

July 22, 2006

ITU IPTV Group Completes Essential Output

H1 Triple Play

July 21, 2006

Permanent Link to "YouTube’s Anti-YouTube Move ”¦"

Guest Blogger: David Dean Projects how Steve Jobs Would Re-Imagine IPTV

July 20, 2006

The big kids (like NBC) join the videoblog crowd

Fall 2006 VON Conference Spotlight: Telephony's IPTV Summit: The Next Generation of Video

July 19, 2006

MS's IPTV strategy in tatters | The Register

IPTV Software at IPTV News.net

July 18, 2006

IntAct To Offer Opera Browser As Part Of Its IPTV Client

Truly, the Year of Video

July 17, 2006

Permanent Link to "Traditional TV ”¦ Aches and Pains Growing"

SAtechBLOG Media Coverage Going Mainstream

July 16, 2006

Meet the always-on generation

Net Neutrality, Web 3.0 and the Move from “Dumb Search” to “Intelligent Findability”

July 15, 2006

So....What's Involved in the Installation of AT&T's IPTV Service?

Permanent Link to "YouTube Starts To Move And Shake"

July 14, 2006

More Movies the Web

THE WEEK IN VON -- July 13

July 13, 2006

Microsoft: IPTV to reach critical mass this year | InfoWorld ...

Getting, Installing and Setting-up IPTV

July 12, 2006

DVB Project sets the standard for IPTV

Broadband Content on This Year’s Emmy Awards

July 11, 2006

Mark Schubin's memo on digital television, 7/7/2006

AT&T's Outsourced u-Verse Party Bookers Needs a Bit of Fixin'

July 10, 2006

YouTube & Big Pipes

July 09, 2006

Bootstrapping for success

Pulver TV to Amanda: Videoblog here, no waiting!

July 08, 2006

IPTV - Evolved Networks

IPTV - Microsoft

July 07, 2006

Digital Spy - Terrestrial - BT picks Philips for DTT and IPTV box

Networking Pipeline | Broadcom IPTV Box Enables First Live ...

July 06, 2006

Europe’s first high definition TV service over the Internet

Bell Launches Optimax - It's a Bird, It's a Plane - But It's Not IPTV

July 05, 2006

Permanent Link to "“Intelligent” Search of Video Content"

Net Neutrality, Web 3.0 and the Move from “Dumb Search” to “Intelligent Findability”