IPTVision > September 02, 2010

IPTV Set-top Box Shipments to Rise by Nearly 50 Percent in 2010

[iSuppli Quoted] “In order to fulfill the promise of exciting interactive applications presented by the IPTV industry, further innovation is needed to differentiate IPTV services from those offered by the cable and satellite providers,” said Lee Ratliff, senior analyst for broadband digital home and IPTV at iSuppli. “This innovation will drive market growth in 2010 and beyond.”

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September 02, 2010

josephrjns - HD-ready IP set-top offers Android integration

[josephrjns] announced that its & !ROFL& IPTV set-top box (STB) now offers an Android-based software stack, enabling users to download apps from Android Market. The box supports 1080p playback, and offers 32GB of NAND flash along with Ethernet, HDMI, and USB connectivity, says the company....

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August 31, 2010

Telekom Slovenia Chooses Netgem's Next Generation Hybrid IPTV ...

[TVover.net] The device-centric approach Netgem provides solved a number of the technical obstacles that Telekom Slovenia had previously faced through its ageing server-based architecture. The wide spread adoption of connected devices at home, the customers desire to share content in and outside of the home, their willingness to merge TV experience with web content, including social networks and to personalise their services, are strong forces calling for a renewal of solutions towards intelligent Set-Top-Boxes and away from the previous network centric approach.

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August 28, 2010

UK TV viewers shun 3D and not tempted to IPTV by fast broadband ...

[Latest News - Rapid TV News] iPlayer, ITV.com, 4OD, SkyPlayer, Demand 5, YouTube) but only 1% said that they would invest in such services over the next twelve months. Improving the network seemed to make much difference to viewers: over half (55%) said that the speed and reliability of their internet connection would not lead them to watch more programmes online.  Of all who watch TV via the internet on computers, 43% said they watched less than 15 minutes of online television per day, compared with 13% taking in more than 15 minutes but less than 30 minutes daily, and 18% watching none at all. Over four-fifths (82%) of viewers who watch TV via the internet on computers stated that their reason for doing so was because they missed initial broadcasts.

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OntheBoards.tv Debuts Two New Contemporary Performance Films ...

[IPTV News Review] Minerva Passes 200 IPTV Deployment MilestoneFierceTelecom. Minerva passes 200 IPTV deploymentsIPTV News all 4 news articles » Allo Launches New Fiber IPTV Service to Customers in Western Nebraska - TMCnet.

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August 26, 2010

Righthand's blog - Managing DVBLink IPTV channels

[Righthand's blog] It is a software that makes IPTV stream available to various clients, Windows Media Center among of them. It works very well with my IPTV provider SIOL (note the SIOL’s IPTV service quality is crap nevertheless) and thus I am quite happy.

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Posted at 07:04 PM

IPTV system VOD and TV performance test | electronics-tech.com

[electronics-tech.com] Already a lot of apparatus producers have offered IPTV systematic platform and apparatus at present, the industry generally acknowledges IPTV business includes two kinds of basic service: VOD requests and TV broadcasts directly. The development of China IPTV needs standardizing badly too in test to IPTV system like a raging fire, this text will plan the performance tests of these two kinds of basic service to IPTV system will carry on the simple discussion.

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August 24, 2010

Gigle Networks' GGL541 Solution Chosen for MSI's Flagship High ...

[DEMOCRAT.GNOM.ES | liberal newswire] products offer superior performance, coverage and Quality of Service (QoS) when compared to alternative communication technologies, and are designed to be easily integrated into consumer electronics and networked products. Gigle Networks is a strong supporter of open standards, a board member of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, and an active participant in the IEEE 1901 standards body and the ITU-T G.hn wireline standardization initiative.

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IntelliOne Expands into Europe; Announces TrafficAid® IPTV Project ...

[Directions Magazine - Press Releases] IntelliOne Technologies, the premier traffic information company that measures roadway speed by instantly analyzing mobile phone network usage, announced today the creation of IntelliOne Europe, Ltd., with headquarters in Athlone, Ireland. The company is also announcing an industry-leading research & development (R&D) project with Georgia Tech Ireland, to create an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) interface for IntelliOne’s TrafficAid personal traffic guidance system.

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August 21, 2010

IPTV platform vendor profile: ZTE: New research report available ...

[Technology - Latest News] However, it has moved away from messaging about IPTV to focus on the more fashionable topics of machine-to-machine communications and mobile broadband. At the same time, its next strategic target is success in developed Western markets, where its domestic success is discounted.

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Posted at 07:04 PM

Understanding of IPTV, IPTV technology options detailed ...

[Business Strategic Planning] Cable digital television broadcasting network to the HFC networks, and traditional analog cable TV network architecture, the same as carried out in case of new interactive services (eg VOD), network system will be different. Cable Digital TV VOD system includes VOD service, program editing, storage and authentication and accounting system, the main storage and transmission of content is MP-2TS streams, using IPOVERDWDM technology transfer based on DVDIP fiber optic network, and IPTV’s distributed architecture is different Cable Digital TV VOD system uses a centralized services architecture, in the HFC does not need to configure the front-end points for content storage and distribution of the video server, only need to place the receiver and the GAM modulated DWDM equipment can greatly reduce the system operating costs and management complexity, the user terminal is a digital set-top box + TV.

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August 19, 2010

IPTV to grab 11% share of pay-TV market by 2015, says ABI Research

[DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia] Subscriber growth is fastest in IPTV platforms, while cable and satellite platforms have the most stable growth rate, said Jason Blackwell, practice director, digital home at ABI Research. According to the latest market data, overall pay-TV subscriptions are expected to reach 854.5 million in 2015, with a 5.7% CAGR from 2010 to 2015.

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Posted at 07:04 PM

IPTV Fastest Growing Segment for Pay TV

[Von/xchange Site Wide Content Feed] Uptake for IPTV has been most successful to date in Western Europe and Asia-Pacific, with China expected to continue to grow, but ABI says the IPTV growth rate in some European countries is expected to slow as the market starts to mature. Even so, in North America and Western Europe, IPTV is starting to become a real threat to cable, the market-share bigwig that claims 70 percent of the overall pay-TV market.

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August 17, 2010

THQ announces uDraw, art tablet for Nintendo Wii

[Techwatch Tech News: Digital & Satellite TV, 3DTV, HDTV, IPTV, Cable, Computers, Games, Mobile Phones, Broadband, Internet, Telecoms, VoIP, USB and Wireless] It’s actually a 4 x 6 inch tablet, with a slot for the Wii-mote which provides the device with its power.

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Posted at 06:05 PM

Web-to-TV Video Content Revenue Will Reach $17 Billion by 2014 ...

[IPTV News Review] RoomWise, Asia's leading IPTV hospitality entertainment solution, has launched a 'second screen' feature that allows hotel guests to remotely access their .

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August 14, 2010

Mediacaster Magazine - Broadband & Content - Telus Reports ...

[Mediacaster Magazine : Headline News] "Telus continues to demonstrate leadership and innovation for the benefit of consumers with the recent launch of Optik TV powered by Microsoft Mediaroom with the advanced functionality of PVR Anywhere. Optik TV clients are among the first globally to be able to use the Xbox 360 as a digital set top box.

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Posted at 07:04 PM

A Social Future for Television - our new article in IPTV magazine

[Futurescape] How can IPTV provide the optimum social apps experience for viewers to see and send Facebook status updates and tweet about what they are watching? What relationships will they have with the social networks, either directly or via middleware providers?

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August 12, 2010

Smart mCommerce: WiMAX-enabled Samsung Epic to go on sale Aug. 31

[mcommerce and mobile commerce] Netgear's WiFi USB adapter provides both wireless connectivity for home networks but also features technology called Push 'N' Connect, which allows consumers to connect their Panasonic Viera TV and wireless router to wirelessly stream web content to the TV using Viera Cast IPTV technology. Viera Cast enables online content via the TV through a built-in web interface. 

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Posted at 07:03 PM

Saudi Arabia invests in innovative IPTV distribution | News ...

[Latest News - Rapid TV News] OneFi and Al Somiei and Shathry Company of Riyadh, are the beneficiaries of the contract which is thought to offer excellent prospects given that the Saudi Arabian market currently has no cable television networks and is estimated to comprise five million homes as well as business locations in excess of one million potential customers.

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August 10, 2010

China Trade Information » SARFT wins control over Internet TV content

[China Trade Information] The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has grabbed exclusive control over content of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) - a system through which digital television service is delivered via the Internet, the 21st Century Business Herald reported Tuesday.

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Posted at 06:05 PM

3view launches first hybrid Digital/IPTV HD DVR with DVB-T2 tuners ...

[Engadget HD] "The market for hybrid set-top boxes that combine IPTV and broadcast services is set to experience strong growth in the coming years, particularly in markets with healthy broadband penetration and rich free-to-air broadcast offerings," said Paul Erickson, senior analyst at IMS Research. "The number of total hybrid set-top box shipments of all types is forecasted to grow to nearly 86.9 million units worldwide by 2015."

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August 07, 2010

IPTV develops driving force and business and disposes to analyze

[Technology news] ( 2) It was a complicated market environment that operator faced telecommunications, as to wired TV and Radio Corporation and satellite TV and Radio Corporation, telecommunication operator, as new entrant, initial the intersection of market and space narrow and small, business price space limited. If in Manitoba province of Canada, Shaw Company introduced cable to add TV business as far back as 1999, it is 89.95 Canadian dollars per month that it trusses up price served, MTS puts out DSL and adds trussing up 20 Canadian dollars higher of expenses of TV than four years later.

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