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2.5 million German IPTV subscribers forecast by 2012
According to a study conducted by consultancy Goldmedia and supported by the German Association of Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media, there will be 2.5 million homes subscribing to IPTV services in Germany by the year 2012. Annual turnover generated by IPTV services in Germany is expected to reach €420m by 2012.
Approximately 100,000 homes in […]
September 22, 2007
New IPTV package in Italy from FastWeb
FastWeb, the main alternative telecommunications operator to wide band on fixed net in Italy, is to launch an IPTV package for €20 a month, in order to capture attract viewers who do not wish to pay for a triple-play package but require more than terrestrial offerings.
The new package will include all the national terrestrial channels, […]
September 22, 2007
France Telecom launches Orange Sports TV
France Telecom has launched Orange Sports TV, an IPTV service. The channel will feature sports news, broadcast on television via the Internet and direct to Orange mobile 3G network subscribers.
All content is being provided by Groupe Sporever, a French firm specialising in sports-related content, headed by the former director of sports at web France […]
September 21, 2007
Ten Alps launches Kent TV
Bob Geldof’s production company, Ten Alps, has launched Kent TV, the first local authority broadband TV channel in the UK.
The council funded, on-demand channel is available at www.kenttv.com. It features local information and council listings, with news stories from local newspaper, the Kent News. The channel is available 24-hours a day, seven days a […]
September 21, 2007
Alcatel Lucent acquires UK IPTV firm
Alcatel-Lucent is acquiring Tamblin, a UK IPTV applications specialist for an undisclosed sum.
Tamblin is the developer of the i-ZoneTV software platform, which enables IPTV operators and broadcasters to add interactive features to their IPTV services, including interactive advertising and audience response capabilities.
The software makes it easy for IPTV users to find and interact […]
September 20, 2007
Inuk Networks announces launch of igloo set-top box
At the IBC2007 event in Amsterday, Inuk Networks announced the commercial launch of its igloo virtual set-top-box software solution. Igloo provides all the functionality of a standard IPTV set-box box and is now available as a stand-alone product.
Inuk provides the UK’s Freewire IPTV to PC service, which is available to students at 49 UK universities. […]
September 19, 2007
Inuk selects Widevine Cypher for Freewire IPTV
At the IBC2007 conference in Amsterdam, Widevine Technologies announced that its Widevine Cypher solution has been chosen by Inuk Networks, to ensure the secure delivery of premium broadcast channels and video on demand (VOD) content for Freewire.
Inuk’s Freewire service is the UK’s first IPTV deployment for the PC. It comprises a virtual set-top box […]
September 18, 2007
200,000 IPTV customers for Swedish telco TeliaSonera
Swedish telco TeliaSonera has registered its 200,000th customer for its domestic IPTV service, twice the number reported in May 2007. At present more than 2.5 million households in Sweden are inside TeliaSonera’s footprint for IPTV services.
In July, TeliaSonera’s customers set a new record for its video on demand service, renting nearly 1,000 movies per day.
In […]
September 18, 2007
Dotlight launches beta version of Internet-based reality TV
London-based firm Hollywood Entertainment Exchange Plc, an online entertainment platform provider, is launching the Dotlight project, a website which brings reality TV to the online environment and allows the user to find and broadcast content.
The project is backed by Frankfurt-listed investment bank Swiss Hawk, which holds a 40% stake in the project.
The website […]
September 17, 2007
Amino receives “Best IPTV Technology” at IBC2007
Amino won Cable & Satellite International’s Product of the Year Award at this year’s IBC2007 event in the category “Best IPTV Technology” for its AmiNET 125 set-top-box.
The AmiNET125 enables delivery of both Internet TV and IPTV, whether streamed live or through Video on Demand, and supports multiple codecs. The set-top box also supports additional […]