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[Broadband TV News] Significantly, Vimpelcom is understood to be in negotiations with Microsoft for the purchase of IPTV equipment, though any deal will have to be at a discounted price to allow the telco to proceed with a major rollout of services across the country.

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[HD-Report] SureWest to rollout IPTV using Microsoft Mediaroom | HD-Report: “The flexibility designed into Mediaroom will best serve the future needs of customers as well. The technology allows us to provide services in new ways that will further blur the lines between traditional TV, Internet and telephone,”

[itvt] Microsoft Mediaroom Powers New HD IPTV Service from Canada's MTS ...: –The company announced last week that US incumbent telco, AT&T, whose U-verse IPTV service is powered by the Mediaroom platform, plans to use Microsoft PlayReady content access and protection technology to enable shared content and converged entertainment experiences across its television, broadband and wireless services. As part of the deal, Microsoft says it will add support for PlayReady into the Mediaroom platform, enabling access to PlayReady-based content through AT&T U-verse set-top boxes.

[Xbox 360 Fanboy] Rumor: Xbox IPTV may not be so grand: IPTV with the 360 just allows your 360 to function as a remote "settop extender" if you will. A 360 can't do what a normal settop can do (trust me, I design the chips that go into settops so I know a little about how much silicon power is required) but it definitely can receive a stream and decode it, while adding some nifty 360 only functionality such as "talk to your friends over live while watching" or "see what your friend are watching and give them a game invite in the middle".

[Electronics.ca Publications: New Market Reports] Internet Protocol Television (iPVT) - A Global Strategic Business ...: China III-95 A.Market Analysis III-95 Outlook III-95 Market Overview III-95 China - An Emerging Market III-95 Immense Potential Lies Ahead III-95 Trouble in Paradise III-96 Table 39: Chinese Market for iPTV (2006): Percentage Share Breakdown of iPTV User Preferences by Type - VoD, Live TV Broadcast, and Time-shifted TV (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-96 Table 40: Chinese Market for iPTV (2007): Percentage Share Breakdown of iPTV Users in Select Major Provinces - Beijing, Guangdong, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Xinjiang, and Yunnan (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-97 Table 41: Chinese Market for iPTV (2007): Percentage Share Breakdown of iPTV Subscribers in Shanghai by Consumer- Existing Broadband users loading iPTV, New Broadband users loading iPTV , New iPTV Customers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-97 Chinese TV Industry - An Introduction III-97 Regulatory Framework III-98 SARFT Favors Digital TV III-98 A Peek into the Broadband Market III-99 iPTV Market III-100 Market Trends III-100 Conformist Regulations Hindering iPTV III-100 2008 Olympics - Nurturing iPTV Market III-100 iPTV- A Young Market III-101 Chinese iPTV Market in Nutshell III-101 Challenges Before iPTV III-102 Competitive Structure III-103 IPTV Solutions of Major Chinese Suppliers III-104 China to Outdo Hong Kong III-104 Product/Service Launches III-104 Strategic Corporate Developments III-105 Key Chinese iPTV Carrier/Operator III-109 China Telecom Corporation III-109 B.Market Analytics III-109 Table 42: Chinese Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Number of Subscribers in Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-109 Table 43: Chinese Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Annual Service Revenues in US$ Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-110 4b. Rest of Asia-Pacific III-111 A.Market Analysis III-111 Outlook III-111 Market Overview III-111 Leading Markets III-111 Hong Kong III-111 A Mature Market III-111 Pay TV Market III-111 iPTV in Hong Kong: A Market Profile III-111 FTTH to Take Front Seat III-112 Competitive Structure III-112 PCCW Leads from the Front III-112 Laggards Losing the Battle to PCCW III-113 Japan III-113 Pay TV Market III-113 iPTV Market III-113 Lack of Subscriber Interest and Regulatory Hurdles Hindering iPTV Prospects III-114 South Korea III-114 An Advanced Market for Broadband Penetration III-114 Table 44: Leading Players in Korean iPTV Market (2007 H1): Percentage Share Breakdown of Market Revenues for Hanaro Telecom, KT, and LG Dacom (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-115 Table 45: Leading Players in Korean iPTV Market (2007 H1): Percentage Share Breakdown for Hanaro Telecom, KT, and LG Dacom by Number of Subscribers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-115 Pending Regulatory Reforms III-115 Telcos Facing Intense Regulatory Barriers III-115 Undermining Prospects for iPTV III-115 India: Market with Strong Potential III-116 Product/Service Launches III-117 Strategic Corporate Developments III-121 Key iPTV Carrier/Operator in Rest of Asia-Pacific III-125 PCCW Limited (Hong Kong) III-125 Key iPTV Vendor/System Provider in Rest of Asia-Pacific III-125 NEC Corporation (Japan) III-125 B.Market Analytics III-126 Table 46: Rest of Asia-Pacific Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Number of Subscribers in Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-126 Table 47: Rest of Asia-Pacific Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Annual Service Revenues in US$ Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-126 5.

[Latest from PALGN] 360 IPTV not arriving this fall - Xbox 360 Video Game News - PAL ...: The official word from Microsoft is as follows: 'Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) features will only be available from the Xbox 360 through a service provider who has deployed Xbox 360 with Microsoft Mediaroom (IPTV) services. Xbox 360 with Microsoft Mediaroom (IPTV), will be available to service providers by the end of the year.

[Telecompetitor -] CenturyTel Jumps Into IPTV | Telecompetitor: CenturyTel announced at a press conference last week that they will be launching IPTV service in the Columbia, MO market sometime in September. The details are.

[Gizmodo Australia] The Infinite Video Format War is Coming | Gizmodo Australia: But companies are mostly thinking about their own “ecosystems”—vertically integrated offerings like Apple’s iTunes, iPod, and Apple TV. Within these ecosystems, there is limited convergence: it’s fairly easy to move stuff around within the Apple ecosystem, and it’s not too difficult to move content around the Vista Media Center/Xbox 360/Zune ecosystem either.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Only three operators can offer 3G services in Delhi: NEW DELHI - The country's leading telecom player Bharti Airtel Monday launched a service that allows subscribers to watch television programmes using the company's Internet broadband facility in Delhi and the National Capital Region. Widely known as Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), the service was launched about a month after the state-run telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam, announced the launch of its own IPTV service, also in Delhi and the NCR.

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