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Tiscali and JumpTV announce major UK IPTV deal
Tiscali and JumpTV have announced a deal that will see the broadband provider soon deliver IPTV from across the world to the UK.
JumpTV will provide video player software on the Tiscali UK portal, in the entertainment section.
Tiscali broadband customers will then be able to access IPTV from 70 countries, including Jamaica and Bangladesh.
It marks […]
August 29, 2007
Orca launches WebTV for Blockbuster Israel
Orca Interactive Ltd has announced that is to provide a combined IPTV and WebTV solution for Blockbuster Israel.
The service will allow subscribers to download digital content over PCs by the end of the year.
Based on Orca Interactive’s RiGHTv middleware platform, the combined IPTV and WebTV solution supports both managed and unmanaged environments.
IPTV service providers […]
August 29, 2007
Apple launches UK IPTV
Apple TV has been launched in the UK, with over 28 series available to download via Apple’s iTunes store.
The move comes two years after Apple TV was launched in the USA, with mixed results, due to the relative immaturity of the video download market compared with the music download market.
While at present there is little […]
August 23, 2007
Exterity launches idaptor TriplePlay receiver
IPTV networking company Exterity has lauched idaptor, a new TriplePlay receiver which delivers and receives internet, TV and telephony to any end point across a local area network.
The idaptor is designed for use by hotels, educational facilities and large companies who wish to connect existing TVs and displays to their network infrastructure to provide TriplePlay […]
August 23, 2007
New US player in IPTV sector offering no-cost access
A relatively new IPTV service in the United States is offering completely no-cost access to more then 500 television channels using an ad-based model to provide viewers with content, and broadcasters with viewers. FreeTube is offering a variety of free Internet Television Channels using IP streaming technology.
The website, which currently lists more then 500 channels, […]
August 22, 2007
BT Vision selects DS2 chips for IPTV service
BT Vision has selected DS2 to supply Universal Powerline Association (UPA) chips to enable the self-installation option of its IPTV service.
DS2 is a leading supplier of UPA powerline products, which were selected by BT Vision because of their ability to process at a maximum gross speed of 200Mbps and provide high quality IPTV viewing […]
August 22, 2007
16,000 sign petition to extend iPlayer
An e-petition about the BBC’s iPlayer, on the 10 Downing Street Web site, has been signed by over 16,000 people.
The petition calls for the Prime Minister to ask the BBC to develop an iPlayer for non-Windows platforms.
iPlayer, the BBC’s online TV on demand service, was downloaded over 120,000 times in just one week […]
August 22, 2007
Optibase encoder system chosen by ZTE in China
ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions in China, has formed a strategic alliance for the provision of integrated TV over IP services. ZTE selected Optibase’s Media Gateway platforms to provide advanced MPEG-4/H.264 encoding and streaming solutions as part of its IPTV offering.
Optibase’s MGW IPTV platforms were selected by ZTE […]
August 21, 2007
Narrowstep and MTBcut launch mountain bike channel
IPTV company Narrowstep Inc has launched MTBcut, an Internet TV channel dedicated to mountain biking, based on Narrowstep’s Internet TV platform ‘telvOS’.
The channel aims to bring high quality programming to mountain bike fans interested in downhill racing, free ride and dirt jumping.
It will feature mountain bike footage, rider bios, interviews and live coverage of […]
August 21, 2007
Inuk and Accedo partner for Freewire games service
Inuk Networks has entered into a partnership with Swedish company Accedo Broadband, to launch a package of games and interactive services on Inuk’s Freewire IPTV platform.
The new service will be built on Accedo’s ‘Funspot’ games platform.
A number of games will initially be offered free of charge in the next month or so, with additional premium […]