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No autumn launch for Xbox IPTV
Microsoft has denied rumours that Microsoft Mediaroom (IPTV) will be included in the imminent Xbox 360 firmware update, although the service should be available by the end of the year.
The rumour, that Microsoft was planning to launch IPTV on the Xbox this autumn, started when an Xbox 360 owner received the device back from […]
October 30, 2007
Joost boosts content with Chello Zone
Chello Zone is to supply content from its Zone Reality and Zone Horror channels to Internet television service Joost.
Joost will show Psychic Private Eyes, Haunted Houses and Disasters of the Century from Zone Reality content, together with the Grindhouse titles and the popular CUT! short films from Zone Horror.
Channel operator Chello Zone, which was […]
October 29, 2007
BT Vision launches ‘On’ magazine
BT’s IPTV service, BT Vision, is launching a new magazine for customers, with the title ‘On’.
The magazine will showcase BT Vision’s programme highlights and will also provide information and tips to help customers use the service to best effect.
On will be published twice a month, with the first issue due to be published […]
October 27, 2007
India to have one million IPTV subscribers by 2011
At IBE 2007, held in Mumbai between 25 and 27 October, it was predicted that there will be one million IPTV subscribers in India by 2011.
At the convention, it was emphasised that for IPTV to succeed, companies need to get their act together in the areas of access, content and technology.
IBE 2007 is a new […]
October 26, 2007
DaweVision to launch Babel TV in November
DaweVision, which is headed by Pipex founder Peter Dawe, is launching Babel TV.
The device, which combines a Freeview set-top box, Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and Internet access via a wired Ethernet connection, was developed by Peter Dawe and colleague Mark Turner.
An optional wirless module will be made available, which uses powerline networking to […]
October 25, 2007
Miniweb provides web-style interactivity on TV
Miniweb Interactive Ltd, a new company created through a management buy-out of the SkyKeys/Internet Sites service, has been launched.
The UK company has secured a global license for TV browser technology from BSkyB, and will deliver a TV service which brings together TV viewing, online services and interactive advertising across multiple TV distribution systems.
Miniweb […]
October 24, 2007
TIOTI secures funding from Pond Venture Partners
TIOTI (Tape It Off The Internet) has secured first-round, seven-digit funding from Pond Venture Parners, Europe’s largest early-stage technology venture capital fund.
The company, which launched its service in October, also recently received an investment from Alegro Capital.
TIOTI now indexes over 75,000 television shows and more than 500,000 individual episodes on www.tioti.com. The site […]
October 22, 2007
Orca Interactive will demonstrate IPTV innovation at TelcoTV 2007
TelcoTV 2007 opens in Atlanta, Georgia tomorrow, 23 October, and will run until 25 October. Now in its sixth year, TelcoTV will offer the complete IPTV ecosystem, making it the premier venue for those in the IPTV community to share their experiences, see the latest IPTV-related products, and learn from industry veterans.
One of the exhibitors, […]
October 22, 2007
Nortel and Widevine add content security to IPTV
Widevine’s content security solution has been integrated into Nortel’s IPTV solution and the two companies have entered into a global reseller agreement.
The agreement will protect revenues and allow premium content to be licensed. Nortel will be able to sell, service and support Widevine’s downloadable conditional access and digital rights management products around the world. […]
October 20, 2007
Slow take-up of digitalisation in India
The India Digital Networks Summit, now in its third year, was held in New Delhi on 17 October.
The platform is supported by both the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, for the discussion of regulation, TV channel proliferation and fragmentation, CAS, DTH, broadband, investment, and expansion strategies.
At the summit, […]