IPTVision: November 2006 Archives

IPTVision > November 30, 2006

And now Revver videos on Verizon Wireless

[StartupSquad] As in the case of Youtube Revver has signed an exclusive agreement, which in this case is for 12 months. Once again mobile customers will be subjected to editor profiling of videos.

WiMax 2007 to be held in March 2007 in Munich, Germany

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] WiMAX faces current challenges from 3G/HSPA and UMTS-TDD and future threats from 3GPP’s LTE for MIMO-OFDM based UMTS wireless broadband which is already optimised for voice and video. Can WiMAX service providers sufficiently develop their markets and solve the QoS challenges to delivering voice and video in the face of these existing and evolving threats?

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 30, 2006

And now Revver videos on Verizon Wireless

[StartupSquad] As in the case of Youtube Revver has signed an exclusive agreement, which in this case is for 12 months. Once again mobile customers will be subjected to editor profiling of videos.

Posted at 04:38 AM

WiMax 2007 to be held in March 2007 in Munich, Germany

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 29, 2006

U-verse by ATT rolling out some cool..

[ Technically Speaking] HDTV - AT&T U-Verse IPTV customers in San Antonio now have access to more than 25 HD channels for $10/month.

Posted at 04:41 AM

Orca's Middleware Powers Portugal IPTV Service

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] A rich interactive TV application suite To provide Sonaecom with a solution at a short time to market, RiGHTv plug-in architecture allowed rapid integration and central management of value chain components. The solution value chain includes Amino and Kreatel/Motorola set-top boxes, Tandberg's SkyStream encoders, Kasenna video server, and Widevine content protection over the network architecture of Huawei.

Posted at 04:40 AM

November 28, 2006

BT to Launch IPTV Service Monday

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] A spokesman for BT has stated the company will launch its IPTV service, BT Vision, next Monday at an event in London. According to the source, BT will wait until next Spring to begin a large promotion of their new service.

Posted at 04:39 AM

USDTV redux: Can low-cost subscription TV survive?

[Digital TV Facts: The Latest | The switch to digital television] USDTV, a low-cost subscription TV service delivered over the broadcast airwaves, has survived bankruptcy. New owner NexGen Telecom reportedly paid $1 million for the company’s assets—a mere pittance, really, when you consider the billions spent by AT&T and Verizon to roll out their U-Verse and FiOS video services.

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 27, 2006

2 New HDTV’s from Philips

[www.ScriptDebate.com] Philips have just introduced two new hi-def displays, one of which (the 63PF9631D) is among the largest plasma displays available on the market. The 63PF9631D is 1080i, not 1080p, and has a built-in USB port to allow you to view images via a USB card reader, camera or portable player like the iPod.

Posted at 04:47 AM

MyTVPal launching 1080p VOD service next week?

[Plasma Trend Diary - An aggregation of latest updates in Gizmo World!] While we were waiting for our Xbox Live Video Marketplace downloads to finish, we spotted a new service, MyTVPal.com, that is apparently launching next week using the MatrixStream 1080p IPTV set top box we saw earlier this year. Claiming 700 channels …

Posted at 04:38 AM

November 26, 2006

BellSouth begins Microsoft IPTV trials | Tech News on ZDNet

[News.zdnet.com] Microsoft is trying to strike deals with cable and phone companies to ensure its software plays a significant role in the next generation of television set-top boxes. The local phone giants in particular are looking at Microsoft to help break cable's dominance in the living room by providing more features that mix the Internet with TV programming.

Posted at 04:37 AM

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

[News.com.com] In January, BellSouth announced plans to test Microsoft's IPTV software, which is also being tested by Verizon and SBC. BellSouth execs said that so far testing is going well.

Posted at 04:36 AM

November 25, 2006

X-Series Italia.

[tommaso.tessarolo] Il servizio verrÃ lanciato in Italia nel primo trimestre del 2007 con qualche limitazione. Quali siano queste limitazioni non è dato sapere, il terrore è che siano i soliti “tetti”

Posted at 04:37 AM

E-consultancy: Tories weed out inner tosser with budget web spot

[Robert Andrews] The UK's Conservative party has launched an online campaign against consumer debt, featuring an odious overspending character they dub "the inner tosser".

Posted at 04:36 AM

November 24, 2006

The future of videos

[Vincent Thomé's blog] Actually, most of videos, for example on Youtube, don’t use any advantages of the interactivity. Marketing speaking, most of content using Youtube or other internet video platforms use the fact that there is no media buying and if people like it they can spread it for you but that’s all.

Posted at 04:38 AM

November 23, 2006

The Dream of Web 2.0

[Profy.Com - Web 2.0 multi-author blog] I’m all for more choice in media, but when Al Jazeera International was “jilted” by all major US broadcasters (Comcast, Cablevision, Dish Network, DirecTV), it found home on two steadily-growing IPTV collectives, one being Fision, soon to be available in Houston, Texas, and the existing VDC, a 10,000 subscriber-strong entity that’s all web-based and nothing not. While most news outlets focused on why AJI was snubbed (for now) by the bigwigs in the media milieu, so did the rest of us.

Posted at 04:45 AM

Why internet TV will mean the end for channels

[The Equity Kicker] I think this will change. Channels are a blunt instrument for suggesting which programmes you might like to watch. Better would be a combination of preference engines, collaborative filters and recommended lists from people you trust. So I might turn on my TV and see that my collaborative filter suggests I watch highlights from the Ryder Cup that my golfing buddy also watched, or maybe recommended, alternatively I might feel like a film and check out a list that Johnny Vaughan is recommending. A preference engine that I pre-programmed on my PC would make these options easily available on my TV via a traditional remote control.

Posted at 04:42 AM

November 22, 2006

IP/TV Solution - Cisco Systems

[Cisco.com] Part of the Cisco Content Networking family, Cisco IP/TV is a turnkey solution for delivering networked video with unparalleled ease-of-use and integration with IP network services. Cisco IP/TV supports live video, scheduled video, video on demand (VOD), synchronized presentations and screen captures, and a wide range of video management functions.

Posted at 04:40 AM

J!Cast 20: IPTV - Fernsehen aus dem DSL-Netz

[netzpolitik.org: » Aktuelle Berichterstattung rund um die politischen Themen der Informationsgesellschaft.] Digitales Fernsehen ist ein alter Hut, das neue Fernsehprogramm kommt über das Internet zu uns: IPTV. Doch nicht irgendeine Internetverbindung sorgt für garantiert ruckelfreie Übertragung sondern ein abgeschlossenes VDSL-Netz.

Posted at 04:38 AM

November 21, 2006

The Next Net, 16.11.2006: Critical Mention””Bringing TV to the Web

[eMedia News] by Erick Schonfeld: "In the last issue of B2.0, I wrote about a startup called Critical Mention that is doing some amazing things with video search (through CriticalTV) and syndicating clips (through ClipSyndicate) of local TV news on the Web."

Posted at 04:37 AM

iPod video not gaining traction

[The TV Weasel] The iPod research conducted by Nielsen, which is owned by VNU Group, parent company of The Hollywood Reporter, is the first publicly available independently published data on consumption habits for the device. Nielsen monitored a panel of 400 iPod users in the U.S. from October 1-27 as part of its new initiative, Anywhere Anytime Media Measurement, or A2M2, which aims to measure audiences on myriad emerging digital platforms.

Posted at 04:36 AM

November 20, 2006

Your TV Would Like a Word With You

[Technology360] But today more than 25 million homes can engage with their television on something approaching their own terms. The omniscient television programmer symbolized by the opening of “The Outer Limits” ”” “For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear” ”” has been humbled.

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 19, 2006

Permanent Link to "Har De Har Har ”¦ YouTube Mocks Itself, Not You"

[ Thermo[SAT]] Aucun commentaires / No Responses “Har De Har Har … YouTube Mocks Itself, Not You”

Posted at 04:39 AM

November 18, 2006

The Clicker: Living on the Grid

[Engadget] The Clicker: Living on the Grid Posted Nov 17th 2006 6:40PM by Stephen Speicher Filed under: Features, Home EntertainmentStephen Speicher contributes...

Posted at 04:41 AM

2007 Will be the Year When Creators Get Paid and Other Views from the Future of Television Forum

[Digital Media Wire | connecting people & knowledge] During the “Mobile TV: The Next Frontier” panel, Jason Rubinstein, Senior Director, Mobile Video & Gaming Mobile Devices at Motorola remarked that there are a number of problems with formats, copyrights and bandwidth that have to be overcome before video applications will become a main stream application for cell phones in the US.

Posted at 04:39 AM

November 17, 2006

Permanent Link to "The Morning After ”¦ Google and YouTube"

[ Thermo[SAT]] Despite Google’s deals with CBS, Sony BMG and Warner Music Group, the big guys are the least of Google’s worries. Google is going to be swarmed by a bunch of gnats looking for payouts-especially since Google has posted a "$200 million, Come and Get It"

Posted at 04:39 AM

IBM’s Saul Berman Says “There Will Be Warfare Between Content Owners and Distributors”

[Digital Media Wire | connecting people & knowledge] Saul Berman, Partner, media and Entertainment, IBM Business Consulting, was a keynote speaker on the first day of the nearly sold out conference. He gave the audience a captivating look into the future of television, based on IBM Business Consulting’s latest research.

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 16, 2006

TI Extends PIQUA QoS to Media Gateways

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] "Ensuring voice quality in an all-IP network is a complex issue, as there are many opportunities for problematic service, including signaling errors, packet loss, echo, delay and dropped calls. TI's PIQUA technology combines a variety of indicators that identify each of these issues to offer service providers a more complete view of their network, enabling them to best protect their initial investments, reduce customer turnover and continue to add new subscribers." TI's PIQUA system is based on the company's digital signal processor (DSP) technology and embedded software solutions that provide a real-time distributed system of complete quality management elements that monitor and improve the quality of IP-based services, such as voice, data and video.

Posted at 04:38 AM

IPTV, VoIP Investment High for 2007

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] "The survey confirms our own observations - 2007 will be characterized by the four C's -competition, consolidation, convergence and, most importantly, the customer," said Michael Matthews, chief marketing officer of Amdocs. "With ongoing market consolidation, continuing industry convergence and a highly competitive environment, service providers will place an increased focus on the customer experience in 2007.

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 15, 2006

Permanent Link to "Internet Video On Television Screens"

[ Thermo[SAT]] Many TiVo recorders have technology that allows them to be connected to the Internet, and 500,000 of them are online through high-speed connections. But TiVo’s recorders use a video format used in DVDs that is known as MPEG2, and not any of the several formats used for online video.

Posted at 04:39 AM

Permanent Link to "Hyperlinked Mass Collaboration Will Create A Field Called eOD"

[ Thermo[SAT]] You may not have heard it here first (I know that a couple of specialized graduate schools have played with this concept already), but given the ongoing evolution of web services, the (eventual) replacement of older not-so-web-literate workers with digital natives and so on …

Posted at 04:38 AM

November 14, 2006

QoSmetrics Launches New Test Probes

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] Both new probes support all relevant Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards for IP performance metrics and the internationally accepted ITU Y.1541 specifications. Both also support IPv4 and IPv6 protocols and the NW200 series is particularly dedicated to support unicast or multicast-based RTP/RTCP applications such as Television over IP (TVoIP, IPTV) or VoIP, as well as MPEG2 transport streams along with MPEG4 (H264/AVC part 10) video streams.

Posted at 04:36 AM

November 13, 2006

Light Reading - Video - SBC's IPTV Still up for Grabs - Telecom ...

[Lightreading.com] Alcatel has pumped a lot of human and financial resources into its own IPTV system, and it is anxious to position itself as the lead IPTV middleware supplier as carriers consider their triple-play strategies. Winning a major RBOC account would provide Alcatel, or any IPTV middleware player, with a valuable customer reference (see Alcatel Denies iMagic Fadeout and Heavy Reading: Telco Triple Play).

Posted at 04:44 AM

More on IPTV

[blogtwopointzero] Dealing with the studios and production companies can be like pulling teeth if the approach isn't correct. Surprisingly, dealing with record labels is actually very easy as they've had five years or so of violent erosion into their sales from the establishment of a piracy market for digital files and the new market forcing change upon them involuntarily.

Read related posts for „More on IPTV“.

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 12, 2006

Intevista al Ministro Gentiloni

[tommaso.tessarolo] Intevista al Ministro Gentiloni November 10th, 2006 Intevista a Gentiloni su Blogosfere, rilasciata dopo lo IAB Forum 2006. E’ confortante sentire...

Posted at 04:41 AM

Web Television

[Oliver Brown] My interest in MythTV has also sparked my interest in TV over the Internet. Many companies offer it “secretly”, for example movies on demand from...

Posted at 04:40 AM

November 11, 2006

Development Situation of IPTV Users in Megalopolises in China

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] China telecom industry monthly review is an information service that provides monthly reports targeted at overseas enterprises and investment institutions interested in China's market. With timely tracking and in-depth analysis of telecom industry, the author is able to help our clients understand the current status and development trends in China's telecom industry markets and its industrial policies, providing a more scientific basis for investment decisions.

Posted at 04:37 AM

Interesting Reads

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] IPTV still has some growing up to do from CED Magazine Brian Santo, CED Magazine Senior Editor, shares his thoughts on the TelcoTV conference. Sources: Moto's Shopping for IPTV Middleware from Light Reading Who might they be looking to buy?...

Posted at 04:36 AM

November 10, 2006

Espial IPTV Releases Framework for Customization

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] The Evo Future-Proof Framework's Service Creation Environment (SCE) ensures rapid creation and deployment of new services, applications and Evo SkinTones(TM) (fully customizable IPTV interfaces with a unique look and feel). With content development kits and APIs for both Evo Client and Evo Server, operators can independently create new client-to-server services such as messaging, photo sharing or gaming and deploy these using configurable business rules.

Posted at 04:38 AM

TV Downloads a Hit!

[HDTV Almanac: Your source for independent HDTV information from an industry expert you can trust.] While ABC has experimented with selling episodes on iTunes, ABC, CBS, and NBC are all providing free downloads of episodes from some of their hit shows. According to reports, NBC has delivered more than 5 million episodes, and ABC claims it provided 2.5 million episodes in the first two weeks of its online service.

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 09, 2006

CopperGate Communications Expands North American Operations; Announces New Promotions

[Alan Weinkrantz PR Web Log] Today at the TelcoTV Conference and Expo, our client, CopperGate Communications, the leading provider of standards-based technology for networking high-speed entertainment data throughout the home over existing wires, announced the expansion of its North American operations and that it has promoted two of its executives.

Posted at 04:42 AM

IP Video Services Forum

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] Globally the challenges for the telephone companies implementing IP/broadband video services are substantial. Delivering video services requires integrating hardware and software along with content and excellent customer service.

Posted at 04:38 AM

November 08, 2006

CodeBaby and Orca Interactive Partner

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] Orca Interactive will now market CodeBaby's IPTV Customer Care Solution as an enhancement of its RiGHTv open middleware platform for delivering and managing interactive TV services. Operators and service providers choosing Orca's RiGHTv solution can now include the interactive customer care and customer training capabilities to support IPTV end users efficiently and drive customer adoption of advanced, next generation IPTV applications and services, while reducing the need for customers to talk to live agents when they need support.

Posted at 04:38 AM

Global Local Search, Online Classified Ad Revenues to Reach $31.1 Billion in 2010

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] According to The Kelsey Group's annual forecast, global local search* and online classified advertising revenues will grow from $15.7 billion in 2005 to $31.1 billion in 2010. The local search segment will grow from $3.4 billion in 2005 to $13 billion in 2010, with online classifieds growing from $12.3 billion to $18.1 billion during the same period.

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 07, 2006

The Communications Breakdown Between Telecoms and Customers

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] In addition to its expertise in billing, Analysys regularly undertakes consulting work with telecoms companies to review and modify tariff structures and price levels in order to maximise profitability and maintain competitive advantage. Analysys PriceManager®

Posted at 04:43 AM

SES AMERICOM Adds Programmers To IP-PRIME IPTV Platform

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] SES AMERICOM's IPTV content originates from the IP-PRIME IPTV Broadcast Center based in Vernon Valley, New Jersey, where video and audio programming is received, processed, and then securely transported nationwide over the AMC-9 satellite to authorized video hubs and consumer set top boxes. IP-PRIME's open architecture allows independent networks to distribute programming directly to telcos and broadband service providers using technology that ensures secure delivery to the ultimate destination.

Posted at 04:40 AM

November 06, 2006

Democratizing Airwaves with User-Generated TV Channels

[ SplashCast - Social Media Syndication] We believe the promise of IPTV is not to create a more convenient television experience, it is to completely redefine what television is. IPTV can finally “democratize the airwaves” by leveling the play-field between the established media networks and user-generated channels.

Posted at 04:38 AM

GigaOM, 31.10.2006: Is there an IPTV boom in the making?

[eMedia News] by Om Malik: "After many delays1, Swiss phone incumbent, Swisscom finally launched2 a rudimentary form of their Microsoft-based IPTV system. Bluewin TV, as it is called is promises 100-plus3 TV channels, 70 radio channels, and a whole slew of services."

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 05, 2006

La IPTV è morta.

[tommaso.tessarolo] CiÃ² che è sempre stata piatta, media, o ancora meglio, mediocre è stata l’offerta di contenuti d’intrattenimento che la gente ha avuto a disposizione. Ma d’altra parte nel mondo degli atomi, dove un giorno non puÃ² avere piÃ¹ di 24 ore ed un negozio di DVD piÃ¹ di 3000 titoli a scaffale, l’unica necessitÃ è sempre stata quella di trovare prodotti in grado di catturare l’attenzione del maggior numero di persone possibile.

Posted at 04:39 AM

Cable skies cloudy but rainfall still years off

[Technology360] Diane Mermigas writes: The potential pitfalls in cable's too-good-to-be-true story are mounting. ¶ From accelerating capital expenditures, service...

Posted at 04:38 AM

November 04, 2006

Permanent Link to "“Web Service” TiVo - YouTube"

[ Thermo[SAT]] I don’t use YouTube much … and I just realized that if most mainstream networks put their shows up on YouTube and I could watch them when and as I wished, navigating by date or name or tag or recommendation link, I would never need or want to buy a TiVo or any other kind of video recorder.

Posted at 04:38 AM

Hilton Head Tees Up IPTV

[IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Providers - TVover.net] The Alloptic solution leverages a standard ITU PON architecture while delivering a gigabit of bandwidth. With a native ability to support traditional TDM voice over an Ethernet-based platform, Alloptic is able to provide today's worry free telephone services while seamlessly supporting next generation services like IP HDTV.

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 03, 2006

SES Americom Taps Amino Set-tops for Telco Satellite IPTV Service

[Digital Media Wire | connecting people & knowledge] - Amino, a maker of set-top boxes used for IPTV services, announced on Thursday that satellite services provider SES Americom has signed a multi-year agreement to deploy Amino set-tops for use with its IP-PRIME centralized IPTV distribution service for telephone companies.

Posted at 04:38 AM

Internet Broadcast Corp. Launches Global TV News Site

[Digital Media Wire | connecting people & knowledge] New York - Internet Broadcast Corporation (IBC) on Thursday announced the launch of its online TV network that will feature international TV network news from cities around the globe. The free service will publish between 70 and 90 global news clips each day that have been translated or subtitled in English.

Posted at 04:37 AM

November 02, 2006

TV 2.0 Should Be Easy: An Interview with Paul Cleghorn of Tape It Off The Internet

[Techcrunch] TechCrunch UK’s Mike Butcher has written a long post about the future of TV on the internet based on an exclusive interview with Paul Cleghorn, the...

Posted at 04:39 AM

Freewire TV offers broadcast over broadband

[Interactive TV] Freewire TV is a new service from Inuk Networks in the United Kingdom that will deliver broadcast quality television channels over multicast broadband networks, offering multichannel choice to the ‘digitally disenfranchised’ who are currently unable to receive digital television services by other means.

Posted at 04:37 AM

IPTVision > November 30, 2006

And now Revver videos on Verizon Wireless

WiMax 2007 to be held in March 2007 in Munich, Germany

November 30, 2006

And now Revver videos on Verizon Wireless

WiMax 2007 to be held in March 2007 in Munich, Germany

November 29, 2006

U-verse by ATT rolling out some cool..

Orca's Middleware Powers Portugal IPTV Service

November 28, 2006

BT to Launch IPTV Service Monday

USDTV redux: Can low-cost subscription TV survive?

November 27, 2006

2 New HDTV’s from Philips

MyTVPal launching 1080p VOD service next week?

November 26, 2006

BellSouth begins Microsoft IPTV trials | Tech News on ZDNet

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

November 25, 2006

X-Series Italia.

E-consultancy: Tories weed out inner tosser with budget web spot

November 24, 2006

The future of videos

November 23, 2006

The Dream of Web 2.0

Why internet TV will mean the end for channels

November 22, 2006

IP/TV Solution - Cisco Systems

J!Cast 20: IPTV - Fernsehen aus dem DSL-Netz

November 21, 2006

The Next Net, 16.11.2006: Critical Mention””Bringing TV to the Web

iPod video not gaining traction

November 20, 2006

Your TV Would Like a Word With You

November 19, 2006

Permanent Link to "Har De Har Har ”¦ YouTube Mocks Itself, Not You"

November 18, 2006

The Clicker: Living on the Grid

2007 Will be the Year When Creators Get Paid and Other Views from the Future of Television Forum

November 17, 2006

Permanent Link to "The Morning After ”¦ Google and YouTube"

IBM’s Saul Berman Says “There Will Be Warfare Between Content Owners and Distributors”

November 16, 2006

TI Extends PIQUA QoS to Media Gateways

IPTV, VoIP Investment High for 2007

November 15, 2006

Permanent Link to "Internet Video On Television Screens"

Permanent Link to "Hyperlinked Mass Collaboration Will Create A Field Called eOD"

November 14, 2006

Top 4 Video Sharing Sites Compared

QoSmetrics Launches New Test Probes

November 13, 2006

Light Reading - Video - SBC's IPTV Still up for Grabs - Telecom ...

More on IPTV

November 12, 2006

Intevista al Ministro Gentiloni

Web Television

November 11, 2006

Development Situation of IPTV Users in Megalopolises in China

Interesting Reads

November 10, 2006

Espial IPTV Releases Framework for Customization

TV Downloads a Hit!

November 09, 2006

CopperGate Communications Expands North American Operations; Announces New Promotions

IP Video Services Forum

November 08, 2006

CodeBaby and Orca Interactive Partner

Global Local Search, Online Classified Ad Revenues to Reach $31.1 Billion in 2010

November 07, 2006

The Communications Breakdown Between Telecoms and Customers

SES AMERICOM Adds Programmers To IP-PRIME IPTV Platform

November 06, 2006

Democratizing Airwaves with User-Generated TV Channels

GigaOM, 31.10.2006: Is there an IPTV boom in the making?

November 05, 2006

La IPTV è morta.

Cable skies cloudy but rainfall still years off

November 04, 2006

Permanent Link to "“Web Service” TiVo - YouTube"

IBM’s Saul Berman Says “There Will Be Warfare Between Content Owners and Distributors”

Permanent Link to "“Web Service” TiVo - YouTube"