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IPTVision > March 31, 2009

Broadcom Launches Hybrid IP STB

[India Server - News] Broadcom Corporation has launched an internet protocol set-top box family (IP-STB) with integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions. These new offerings are expected to enable manufacturers to rapidly design and deploy next generation performance and feature optimized hybrid cable, terrestrial and DSL IP STB products for the connected digital home.

Broadcom Expands Its Hybrid IP STB Family - TVover.net

[TVover.net] The BCM7205 and BCM7206 are multi-format IPTV SoCs that support up to 1080p resolution and are optimized to support the essential features of a single HD decode IP or hybrid IP set-top box. They combine a high performance 1100-DMIPS MIPS32(R)/MIPS16e class CPU, high-speed 2D graphics processor, a very flexible data transport processor, an MPEG-4/VC-1/MPEG-2/AVS-compliant video decoder, a programmable audio decoder, six video digital-to-analog converters, stereo high fidelity DACs, HDMIv.1.3/HDCP1.2 support, a Fast Ethernet port with an integrated physical layer device, dual USB 2.0 ports, a PCI 2.3 expansion bus, a high-speed 32-bit DDR2 800MHz memory controller and a peripheral control unit that provides a variety of set-top box input/output control functions.

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March 31, 2009

Broadcom Launches Hybrid IP STB

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Broadcom Expands Its Hybrid IP STB Family - TVover.net

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March 28, 2009

Codetel Selects CopperGates IPTV Technology - TVover.net

[TVover.net] “HomePNA 3.1 is the fastest and best way to deploy high performance IPTV into existing homes,” explained Gabi Hilevitz, CEO of CopperGate. “Codetel joins a growing list of leading service providers globally that are using HomePNA to improve their efficiency.”

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March 26, 2009

Digital Home - Number of North American IPTV subscribers doubled ...

[Digital Home] By the end of 2008, the number of IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) subscribers worldwide totaled 21.8 million, up 63% from 13.3 million recorded at the end of 2007 according to data released by Broadband Forum at today's opening day .

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TG Daily - Internet Protocol TV World Forum coming later this month

[TG Daily - All News] She believes it will be quality which wins out over flexibility, such that we will pay a premium for our at-home TV service and it's high-quality broadcasts, which will additionally offer streaming service (such as the future of Time Warner Cable, and other Satellite and Cable providers), in addition to still maintaining subscriptions to paid services -- such as Netflix, and Blockbuster. She feels that the majority of individuals have been spoiled by big screen televisions, great audio and an even better picture.

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March 24, 2009

Surging IPTV Subs Drive Set-Top Box Sales

[xchange] remained the top vendors in both the cable and IPTV markets, with Cisco gaining share in cable and Motorola gaining in IPTV. In the fourth quarter, Thomson maintained the top position in terms of satellite STB unit shipments, followed by EchoStar Technologies LLC and Pace plc.

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Amino Selects MiriATE to Enhance STB Testing - TVover.net

[TVover.net] MiriATE provides Amino with the ability to automatically drive large numbers of set-top boxes through suites of stringent tests, including realistic endurance testing. MiriATE offers advanced features such as video analysis, such as motion detection, region comparison and optical character recognition;

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March 21, 2009

Broadcom Expands Its Hybrid IP Set-Top Box Family with the ...

[EDACafe.com ICNews] The BCM7205 and BCM7206 are multi-format IPTV SoCs that support up to 1080p resolution and are optimized to support the essential features of a single HD decode IP or hybrid IP set-top box. They combine a high performance 1100-DMIPS MIPS32(R)/MIPS16e(TM) class CPU, high-speed 2D graphics processor, a very flexible data transport processor, an MPEG-4/VC-1/MPEG-2/AVS-compliant video decoder, a programmable audio decoder, six video digital-to-analog converters (DACs), stereo high fidelity DACs, HDMIv.1.3/HDCP1.2 support, a Fast Ethernet port with an integrated physical layer (PHY) device, dual USB 2.0 ports, a PCI 2.3 expansion bus, a high-speed 32-bit DDR2 800MHz memory controller and a peripheral control unit that provides a variety of set-top box input/output (I/O) control functions.

Posted at 07:03 PM

The best set-top box for IPTV is still a computer with a web ...

[Obsessable News Feed] Nor does any of this obstructivism prevent Average Joe/Jane from concluding ”” probably rightly ”” that the best set-top box available for enjoying the brave new world of IPTV is going to be a computer with a web browser.

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March 19, 2009

ITU-T Newslog - Raft of new IPTV standards set to drive market ...

[ITU-T Newslog] Among standards consented or approved recently include Recommendation ITU-T H.720 which gives the overview of the architecture and functional components of an IPTV terminal device and provides a high-level description of functionality necessary to support IPTV services. Also key is ITU-T H.721 which describes and specifies the functionalities of IPTV terminal devices such as set-top boxes and digital TV sets for IPTV basic services.

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HD Arms Race Boosts IPTV Gear Spending in 2009

[xchange] Service providers are expected to increase their spending on IPTV equipment in the double-digit percentages over the next five years, with spending hitting a high of $8.9 billion in 2013. IPTV equipment includes integrated digital headend platforms, VoD and streaming content servers, IP video encoders, IPTV middleware/content delivery platforms, video content protection software, and IP set-top boxes.

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March 17, 2009

Govt. clarifies on IPTV guidelines

[Broadbandindia Magazine] The Information and Broadcasting ministry has clarified that multi-system operators/Cable operators can only provide content permissible under the “Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995” and in conformity with advertisement and .

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BriefingRoom on BroadCastEngineering Magazine » Dialog Telecom ...

[BriefingRoom on BroadCastEngineering Magazine] Dialog chose Scopus following a pilot IPTV project that established the need for a more industrial-strength platform for encoding, multiplexing, and network management. The new IPTV service adds video on demand (VOD) and personal video recorder (PVR) services that, combined with IP telephony and high-speed Internet access, give Dialog a complete triple-play offering.

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March 12, 2009

Heading for an IPTV Revolution

[Antiviru] Internet technology be certainly poised to develop sett entertainment. A spur-of-the-moment scan at technology chronicle headline reveal cast close to SBC, Alcatel, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) -- and a host of ancillary feature provider -- be gearing conscious inside help of what one are calling an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) revolution.

Posted at 07:05 PM

Harshana’s Techno Notes: What is: IPTV

[Internet Gold Miner] IPTV is already growing in the international market, with providers in many countries including Japan, Hong Kong, Italy, France, Spain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. In the United States SBC, reportedly purchased a .

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March 10, 2009

voip-info.org / Sell IPTV Set top Box (IPTV STB) [ID: 63850]

[VOIP-info.org Comments] Koncept IPTV STB N8605I HD IPTV Set top Box (STB), with VOD+ multicast / unicast: MPEG2, H.264 (MPEG4), VC-1(WMV9), Dolby Digital audio. Video resolution up to HD 1080i.

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Tech Trader Daily - Barron’s Online : Sigma Designs: Competition ...

[BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Barron's Online] Cooper contends that competition in the market for chips to power IPTV set-top boxes appears to be coming sooner rather than later. Cooper says the company for now is holding on to its virtual monopoly in the market for digital media .

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March 07, 2009

ZillionTV: Another Set-Top Box, With Ads - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

[Bits] It will be distributed only by Internet service providers: Like 2Wire, the company sees that the best way into the market is to package its service with broadband service from phone companies that don’t have TV offerings. Trying to make friends in many places, the company has also taken investments from Visa and five movie studios (Warner Brothers, Sony, NBC Universal, Disney and Fox).

Posted at 07:02 PM

ZillionTV Launches | Yet Another Set-Top Box Promising The Earth ...

[Web TV Wire] When the ZillionTV set-top box launches at the end of the year, it will retail for around the $50 mark, making it even cheaper than the already budget-priced Roku. For that, you’ll get a box, a remote control which operates like a Wii Remote or laser pointer with visible cursor on screen, and access to a wealth of programming.

Posted at 07:01 PM

March 05, 2009

Exterity moves to ANT Galio 3.0 Browser - High Performance User ...

[Exterity - building IPTV - MPEG Encoders, TV Gateways, IPTV Receivers and Video on Demand] 25 February 2009 - ANT (www.antplc.com), the provider of software and services for the delivery of digital TV, today announced that Exterity, a market-leading IPTV specialist, has licensed the ANT Galio 3.0 browser for use in its latest .

Posted at 07:02 PM

Gametactics.com - Hardware - Xbox 360 - News - Microsoft Shows off ...

[Gametactics.com Latest Articles] The Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform enables a best-in-class digital TV service that offers advanced features such as instant channel zapping, a rich and responsive user interface, video on demand with branded video-on-demand storefronts, digital video recording and high-definition television. Some of the world’s largest telecommunications service providers have chosen IPTV Edition as their IPTV software solution, with scale commercial deployments currently under way with AT&T in the United States, BT Group PLC in the United Kingdom, Deutsche Telekom in Germany, T-Online in France and Swisscom in Switzerland.

Posted at 07:02 PM

IPTVision > March 31, 2009

Broadcom Launches Hybrid IP STB

Broadcom Expands Its Hybrid IP STB Family - TVover.net

March 31, 2009

Broadcom Launches Hybrid IP STB

Broadcom Expands Its Hybrid IP STB Family - TVover.net

March 28, 2009

Codetel Selects CopperGates IPTV Technology - TVover.net

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March 26, 2009

Digital Home - Number of North American IPTV subscribers doubled ...

TG Daily - Internet Protocol TV World Forum coming later this month

March 24, 2009

Surging IPTV Subs Drive Set-Top Box Sales

Amino Selects MiriATE to Enhance STB Testing - TVover.net

March 21, 2009

Broadcom Expands Its Hybrid IP Set-Top Box Family with the ...

The best set-top box for IPTV is still a computer with a web ...

March 19, 2009

ITU-T Newslog - Raft of new IPTV standards set to drive market ...

HD Arms Race Boosts IPTV Gear Spending in 2009

March 17, 2009

Govt. clarifies on IPTV guidelines

BriefingRoom on BroadCastEngineering Magazine » Dialog Telecom ...

March 12, 2009

Heading for an IPTV Revolution

Harshana’s Techno Notes: What is: IPTV

March 10, 2009

voip-info.org / Sell IPTV Set top Box (IPTV STB) [ID: 63850]

Tech Trader Daily - Barron’s Online : Sigma Designs: Competition ...

March 07, 2009

ZillionTV: Another Set-Top Box, With Ads - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

ZillionTV Launches | Yet Another Set-Top Box Promising The Earth ...

March 05, 2009

Exterity moves to ANT Galio 3.0 Browser - High Performance User ...

Gametactics.com - Hardware - Xbox 360 - News - Microsoft Shows off ...

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