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[Alcatel-Lucent RSS | Press Releases] Ukraine's Velton Telecom relies on Alcatel-Lucent's integration ...: As part of its role as network integrator, Alcatel-Lucent is utilizing Microsoft Mediaroom as the software platform for Velton Telecom's IPTV service. The Mediaroom platform enables Velton Telecom's IPTV service to offer advanced features including an intuitive on-screen guide with keyword search to find current or future programs, instant channel change, video on demand (VoD), .

[Digital TV News] Velton Telecom of the Ukraine relies on Alcatel-Lucent for IPTV launch: Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Ukraine's Velton Telecom is launching a field trial of innovative IPTV services to subscribers in Kharkov and Poltava, utilizing the Microsoft Mediaroom platform. The Mediaroom platform enables Velton Telecom's IPTV service to offer advanced features including an intuitive on-screen guide with keyword search to find current or future programs, instant channel change, video on demand (VoD), and the ability to .

[IPTV News at IPTV Watch] Informa announces IPTV World Series Awards shortlist: Ross is the co-presenter with Gabby Roslin on BBC London 94.9FM’s flagship breakfast show and has fronted the police appeals show Crime Monthly for ITV and presented numerous game shows including All Over The Shop and No Win No Fee for the BBC and Jeopardy for Sky One.

[InteractiveTV Today [itvt]] Microsoft Launches Version 2.0 of its Mediaroom IPTV Platform ...: Microsoft on Wednesday launched version 2.0 of its Mediaroom IPTV platform, billing it as "enabl TV service operators to provide their TV services to more subscribers than ever before, delivering more content to more screens than .that Mediaroom 2.0 will enable operators to offer their existing VOD service to their entire broadband customer base using their existing set-top inventory, thereby expanding their service footprint beyond their IPTV network: the same .

[SiliconANGLE] SiliconANGLE ”” Blog ”” Retrans-Consent: Be Careful What You Ask For!: His insights and opinions both inform and enlighten readers on current industry trends including Broadband, Digital Cable, Telecom, VOD, IPTV, Infrastructure, and Business Strategy. He is a Cable Industry veteran with over 18 years experience as a General .

[InteractiveTV Today [itvt]] Accedo Broadband Launches Interactive TV Games on Colombian IPTV ...: Vodafone Portugal announced last week that it is now offering its Microsoft Mediaroom-powered IPTV service, Vodafone Casa TV (which launched in July), on the Microsoft Xbox 360. According to the company, the Xbox 360 version of the service provides customers with access to all Casa TV's live channels and VOD offerings, lets them access recorded shows stored on their set-top box and set recordings via their Xbox, and allows them to start watching a recorded show in one .

[Andrew Burke's Hardcore IPTV Blog] Open or Closed OTT? « Andrew Burke's Hardcore IPTV Blog: This is the anti-chamber route for OTT, it is still not the open internet but allows more varied content to be made available without significant integration costs.  For the service provider it opens up the opportunity for tenancy fees and revenue shares in exchange for a test and validation overhead.  This is a great ”˜survival of the fittest’ approach where the cream rises to the top with viral efficiency.  Expect this to be the main route for Flickr, Twitter, Picassa, Facebook, Skype and the like to hit our TV screens sometime soon.  A slight difference on the TV is that we are seeing applications which share screen real estate with televisual content (Yahoo Widgets etc) instead of the iPhone approach of hijacking all the screen.  This does present TV UI designers with the greater challenge of keeping viewers in touch with their chosen video whilst enjoying an alternative application experience.  I thought Intel’s demo at CES where the graphics screens was ”˜peeled back’ to reveal application beneath was a nice visual metaphor to tackle this.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Mexico's Televisa to buy 30 pct of cell provider Nextel to offer ...: MagicJack's next act: disappearing cell phone feesLAS VEGAS ”” The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget that's been heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that's sure to draw protest from cellular carriers. The new magicJack uses, without permission, radio frequencies for which cellular carriers have paid billions of dollars for exclusive licenses.

[istartedsomething] Microsoft to launch video-on-demand service? - istartedsomething: [...] Long Zheng has uncovered a Microsoft trademark application Down Under: Computer software for delivery of broadcast-quality video and television programming over broadband, cable, satellite and wireless networks; computer software for providing video-on-demand services;

[Andrew Burke's Hardcore IPTV Blog] Catch-up Killed the Video-on-Demand Star? « Andrew Burke's ...: It could be that broadcasters combine linear and catch-up packages, brand them completely and pay service providers purely to distribute the content.  The service provider falls back to the role of dumb carrier and monetises the network.  The broadcaster fronts customer acquisition activity by leveraging their media reach and the service providers offer installation help, guaranteed quality or discounted triple-play bundles.  Maybe not an ideal scenario for the service provider but it does allow them to ”˜revert to type’ and leverage core skills.  The broadcaster gets to exploit its ”˜content is king’ position but will always have an uneasy alliance with the distributor.  And both need to decide how the set-top box is funded.  Is it a universal product which can subscribe to multiple broadcaster services or a tethered offering?  Here lies the real opportunity of a Freeview/Canvas-like product, the consumer buys the box and as long as the OTT content is only ”˜gatekeeped’ by the consumer then many different content providers could compete for that customer’s loyalty.  Sounds like the PC to me - one platform, many services.

[xls120.blogr.com - Blog (RSS 2.0)] xls120.blogr.com - stories - 2010-03-12-Digital-video-recorder: Many satellite, cable and IPTV companies are incorporating DVR functions into their set-top box, such as with DirecTiVo, DISHPlayer/DishDVR, Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8xxx from Time Warner, Total Home DVR from AT&T U-verse, Motorola 6xxx from Comcast, Moxi Media Center by Digeo (available through Charter, Adelphia, Sunflower, Bend Broadband, and soon Comcast and other cable companies), or Sky+. Astro introduced their DVR system, called Astro MAX, which was the first PVR in Malaysia.

[Brutal Gamer] Brutal Gamer » Blog Archive » What Happened to the Xbox 360's IPTV?: service which would effectively turn the Playstation into a Freeview television box with recording capabilities.  Whilst PlayTV is not technically “IPTV” it has roughly the same features as what the 360’s would offer with an additional option of porting media to your PSP.

[PR Hub] Microsoft Unites Software and Cloud Services to Power New TV ...: Edelman for Microsoft, +1-206-223-1606, TVMMediaroom at edelman.com / NOTE TO EDITORS: If you are interested in viewing additional information on Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft Web page at www.microsoft.com/presspass on Microsoft's corporate information pages. Web links, telephone numbers and titles were correct at time of publication, but may since have changed.

[AnandTech Article Channel] AnandTech: Unfortunately, you then end up with a situation like we're starting to see in Oregon and Washington where Comcast is enforcing monthly internet bandwidth limits of 250GB (download). Woe to you if you exceed the limit...something you could easily do if you get all your TV content via internet.

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