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May 9, 2008

Velocix, new Management Appointments

Story link: Velocix, new Management Appointments by Alan Harten

Velocix has announced several management appointments aimed at assisting in its intended expansion.
Velocix(tm) who provide Digital Asset Delivery Networks, have made three new senior management placements, to help in controling its core business of delivering games, video, software and music via the Internet.
The company is headquartered in Cambridge, the new executives are […]



Provo Utah, sells Fiber-Optic Network to Broadweave

The Mayor of US city, Provo, Utah, Lewis K. Billings has sold the city’s fiber-optic system to local commercial service provider Broadweave Networks.
Mayor Billings announced the privatization of the system, known as iProvo, during his annual budget speech.
iProvo is the biggest community owned fiber-optic network in America, available to all 36,000 homes and businesses […]



May 8, 2008

IPTV to push pay TV take-up in Europe

Story link: IPTV to push pay TV take-up in Europe by Jan Harris

According to a new report by telecoms analyst, Analysys Mason, the roll-out of IPTV will drive the further adoption of pay-TV in Western Europe, leading to growth in the market.
The report - ‘Pay TV in Western Europe: market sizings and forecasts 2005-2013′ suggests 3.2% growth in the number of pay-TV households, from 90.6 million […]



CopperGate buys HomePlug AV Powerline Technology

CopperGate has acquired the HomePlug AV business from Conexant, including all relevant power line technology and silicon products, related patents, appropriate licences, and members of staff.
Former Conexant employees will become part of the CopperGate team and will expand the company’s initiatives in Southern California. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
CopperGate […]



Five Million HomePNA chipsets from CopperGate

Story link: Five Million HomePNA chipsets from CopperGate by Lin Freestone

CopperGate Communications has achieved the milestone of shipping five million HomePNA chipsets worldwide.
The company is a world leader in IPTV services over coax and phone wires.
HomePNA is perfect for coax installations. It is the only ITU-T home networking standard over coax and phone lines and it delivers up to 320 Mbit/s of transmission, […]



weComm selected by NOS for mobile news service

The Dutch public service news and sports broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, has chosen weComm to power its new feature-rich mobile service covering news, sport, weather and traffic.
The service, which will be built on weComm’s wave3 on-demand mobile application platform, will offer users high-quality video-on-demand and rich interactivity via their mobile devices.
By selecting weComm to […]



Imagine Communications demonstrate its Video Platform

The Cable Show 2008, May 18-20, will be where Imagine Communications demonstrate their ICE™ Video Platform across all cable digital video applications.
Imagine hopes to demonstrate the strengths of the Platform, which leverages video processing and multiplexing technology, which helps to provide a cost effective delivery option for cable operators.
The following solutions will be demonstrated:
• The ICE […]



May 7, 2008

Tilgin raises investment funding through rights issue

Tilgin, a Swedish telecom that offers service providers a product portfolio of Telco Home Gateways, Advanced IP Media Terminals and Service Node Management solutions, has raised SEK 72 million through a rights issue.
The rights issue gives Tilgin the resources it needs to invest in development and sales of its IP technology.
The company has secured an […]



SeaChange International partners with AirTies

Story link: SeaChange International partners with AirTies by Lin Freestone

SeaChange International is partnering with AirTies to deliver next generation in-home wireless distribution of high-quality video and data services.
The resulting solutions will accelerate the deployment of advanced IPTV services by eliminating truck rolls and quickly enabling televisions and personal computers with sophisticated, wireless data and video applications within each home.
US company SeaChange is […]



May 6, 2008

ROK in Jalipo takeover

Story link: ROK in Jalipo takeover by Jan Harris

ROK Entertainment Group Inc, which develops entertainment products for mobile phone, has acquired Jalipo Ltd.
Through UK-based IPTV company, Jalipo Media Limited, a subsidiary of Jalipo Ltd, ROK will be able to stream TV content live over the Internet, to mobile devices.
Jalipo is the first online marketplace for TV and video. It allows content […]