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Global IPTV revenue reaches $423.9m
According to a new report from Infonetics Research - “IPTV (News - Alert) Equipment, Services, Subscribers, and Capex” - global IPTV equipment revenue reached $423.9 million in the first quarter of 2007.
Worldwide IPTV equipment manufacturer revenue increased by 153% in 2006 to over $1 billion.
Although the rate of growth in the IPTV equipment […]
June 27, 2007
BBC launches iPlayer
The BBC has launched its on-demand TV service, iPlayer, as part of its internet TV strategy and to meet the growing interest in television on demand.
The corporation has made a beta version of the service available to the public, just two months after securing approval for iPlayer from the BBC Trust.
The service will only […]
June 26, 2007
Ocean Blue calls for single PVR standard
Ocean Blue Software, a member of the Digital TV Group, the industry association for digital television in the UK, has called for a single standard for Digital TV recorders, also called Personal Video Recorders.
The company wants a single brand extending across all platforms - IPTV, satellite and cable - in order to simplify the […]
June 25, 2007
Gem to distribute Meivo-tv
Gem Distribution, the UK trade distributor of software, peripherals and converging technologies for PCs and consoles, is to supply a combined TV/PC meivo.tv from Rock.
Rock, which is better know for its notebooks, has designed Meivo.tv - an LCD TV with an integrated PC - specifically for video on demand/IPTV.
Meivo.tv features a 22″ flat […]
June 22, 2007
Narrowstep & esport.tv provide IPTV gaming channel
IPTV provider Narrowstep Inc has joined with esport.tv to provide an interactive gaming channel for videogame fans everywhere.
The channel - http://www.esport.tv/ - provides a full line up of esport.tv shows on Narrowstep’s premier platform, telvOS(TM).
It also delivers the latest gaming news, previews of upcoming games, pro-team and tournament content, gaming tip and features […]
June 21, 2007
Amino launches new set top box
Amino, the IPTV platform supplier, is announcing a new high definition (HD) product, the Personal Video Recorder (PVR/DVR) enabled AmiNET530, at NXTcomm 2007 in Chicago.
The AmiNET530 is designed to play a core role in a service provider’s multiplay strategy, by offering cutting edge, high quality on-demand, IPTV, PVR, gaming and HD services to end-user consumers […]
June 20, 2007
Freewire IPTV gains MTV music channels
Inuk Networks has added popular music programmes from MTV Networks UK to its Freewire IPTV service which serves university campuses via the high-speed JANET network.
Inuk has recently secured a number of content deals, adding Channel 4, Five and S4C, to the programming schedule.
The company is also adding pay TV channels to the platform […]
June 19, 2007
Tiscali provides PictureBox on IPTV
Tiscali is partnering with Universal Pictures to provide PictureBox, Universal’s subscription video-on-demand service, in the UK.
PictureBox will be part of Tiscali’s IPTV service in the UK and will offer a choice of around 28 blockbuster movies for £5 a month. New titles will be added on a weekly basis.
The service will initially offer […]
June 18, 2007
Microsoft IPTV rebranded as Mediaroom
Microsoft has announced the relaunch of ‘Microsoft IPTV’, its Internet television platform, as ‘Microsoft Mediaroom’.
The announcement was made at the NXTcomm conference in Chicago, where Microsoft said that is adding the ability to share personal media, such as images, music and photos, to its IPTV offering.
Mediaroom will also allow applications to access the […]
June 15, 2007
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in IPTV collaboration
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are believed to be considering a joint venture to establish a single platform for on-demand TV to broadband devices.
The initiative, known as ‘Project Kangaroo’ would create a ‘one-stop shop’, which would be open to other channels as well, to allow legal broadband viewing from one programme.
According to the […]