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[TVover.net] SBC Confirms Project Lightspeed IPTV Field Trial - TVover.net: Additionally, SBC companies are working with IBM to develop a service delivery platform (SDP) that will be used to collect and aggregate transactions from the billing, customer relationship management (CRM), ordering and billing systems. SBC plans to use Leapstone software, which provides subscription and content management capabilities, channel mapping information, and product package information within the SDP.

[~Tech Angel~] ~Tech Angel~: Problems with IPTV: MatrixStream’s high-end, affordable (price yet to be determined) STB in conjunction with the complete end-to-end MatrixStream IPTV/VOD backend solution is engineered to work over any best effort broadband network with or without quality of service (QoS) and thus can be utilized to target the entire global broadband market, currently standing at just over 200 million broadband users worldwide. MatrixStream’s turnkey plug-n-play backend solution is fully integrated with IP STB and PC viewing clients which enable IPTV operators to deploy an IPTV service complete with billing management, subscriber management, channel management and digital rights management.

[TVover.net] This Week's IPTV Headlines - 10/28/2005 - TVover.net: "As IPTV deployments become more of a reality, operators are beginning to focus on the amount of bandwidth that will be needed to deliver dynamic content and high-definition (HD) programming, which is re-opening the debate as to whether DSL can support HD programming. Recently, BT, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, and SBC threw their support behind VDSL2 by announcing various VDSL2 initiatives.

[IPTV News] IPTV Network: Under the latest agreements, the New York-based company's Fios TV would carry programming from the Varsity TV, the Gospel Music Channel, MavTV, GolTV and the Soundtrack Channel. The announcement follows on the heels of a far bigger agreement unveiled earlier this week in which Verizon said it would carry 11 channels from Showtime Networks Inc., including the Movie Channel, Showtime and Flix brands, plus high-definition and video-on-demand programming.

[TVover.net] SBC Communications Selects Motorola and Scientific-Atlanta as Set ...: "Motorola's IP set-top platform, built on our decades of experience as the global leader in digital set-top technologies, will establish SBC U-verse TV as an industry-leading IP video service," said Dan Moloney, president, Motorola Connected Home Solutions. "Our vision of seamless mobility begins with bringing high-quality, IP video into the connected home, and our role in the launch of SBC's entertainment service represents yet another step forward in making that vision a reality."

[Digital TV Group News] DTG :: News :: AT&T attracts 18000 IPTV subscribers: US telco AT&T says it now has around 18,000 subscribers for its U-verse internet protocol television (IPTV) service. Launched last summer in San Antonio, AT&T said it now planned to offer the digital TV, high-speed broadband and telephony triple-play in Los Angeles in coming weeks.

[Guardian Unlimited: Technology] Watch high-definition TV via your Xbox 360 -- maybe | Technology ...: So far, it has five phone companies adopting it: AT&T (ie SBC), British Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, C-Com in France, and Swisscom. ...

[Cloudy Thinking] Cloudy Thinking » Blog Archive » Verizon FIOS Architecture: A demonstration of all three video feeds is a regular stop for Verizon officials giving visitors tours of the Keller operation. It’s easy to see why ”” the FiOS TV feed is distinctly crisper than the Charter and DirecTV feeds on regular and HDTV channels, including local, basic-cable and premium networks.

[blog maverick] The Great Internet Video Lie « blog maverick: I worked for Joost back when they were starting up (actually started the week they branded themselves Joost from the start up The Venice Project), and bandwidth issues were definitely a factor as to why they waited so long to start their online TV service. For exactly the reason you’ve talked about, they realized that the P2P model was their best bet - a cost-effective way to get high quality video online, and which could very well allow for massive audiences (bringing revenue to content producers).

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