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Soccer helps build BT Vision’s customer base
BT Group Plc attributes growth in uptake of its BT Vision IPTV service to its coverage of English and Scottish soccer.
BT Vision, a hybrid service which provides standard TV channels over-the-air and on-demand content over broadband, gained 20,000 customers from its launch at the end of 2006 to the end of June 2007.
However, since […]
November 12, 2007
Google and Simon Fuller plan IPTV service
Rumours are circulating that Google is in talks with Simon Fuller, the founder of 19 Entertainment, about launching an IPTV service to distribute entertainment and music in new and innovative ways.
The partnership is believed to involve creating original content which would compete with major UK TV networks.
Google has been paving the way to […]
November 10, 2007
Espial secures $1.5m order from major European IPTV provider
Espial Group, a leading provider of IPTV middleware and applications, has secured an initial order from one of the largest providers of triple play services in Europe, with over 1.5 million subscribers. The value of the order, which is for Espial’s Evo IPTV Service Platform as part of a larger turn-key contract through a channel […]
November 9, 2007
Blinkx prepares Internet Television Service
Video search engine, Blinkx, is preparing to launch its own internet television service.
The London and San Francisco based company expects Blinx Broadband TV to be available by March 2008.
The service will use peer-to-peer streaming technology and feature content from partners in a range of specialist areas, allowing advertising to be accurately targeted.
Blinkx […]
November 8, 2007
BT Vision secures 60,000 customers
BT had registered 60,000 customers for its BT Vision IPTV service at the end of the 2007 third quarter, in line with its plans to roll out the service.
The launch of BT Vision Sport packages helped the company achieve a tripling in customer numbers.
BT plans to invest £100m on BT vision this year. […]
November 8, 2007
Partnership to deliver IPTV in India
Reliance Communications and the Microsoft Corporation have formed a strategic partnership to provide IPTV services in India. Rcom will pay $500m to Microsoft as a licence fee. The Mumbai-based telecom will spend a further $500m to set up the necessary IPTV infrastructure.
IPTV is in an early stage in India, and the two companies have been […]
November 7, 2007
Online Viewers Up 28% in UK
According to new figures from Nielson Online, 21 million people in the UK access TV, video and movie sites online, a 28% increase.
The figures cover the period from September 2006 to September 2007.
The number of people in the UK watching TV, video and movies online has increased to 63% from 55% in September […]
November 6, 2007
Zattoo to launch ABC News Now in UK
Switzerland-based IPTV provider, Zattoo, has secured a deal with ABC News and Disney-ABC International Television, to distribute the ABC News Now channel in Germany, Spain and Belgium.
Zatto expects to launch the channel in the UK and other countries by May 2008.
ABC News Now, which is already available to around 34 million users, […]
November 5, 2007
Skinkers secures £8m investment in Livestation
Skinkers has received second-round funding of nearly £8 million to develop its Livestation broadband broadcast platform.
The funding came from existing investors Spark Ventures, Acacia Capital Partners and the company’s management team.
The funding will also be used to further develop Skinkers’ Live Notification Platform products.
The Livestation software is a cost-effective solution for distributing live television and […]
November 5, 2007
Arcor joins IPTV offering in Germany
Arcor, the German subsidiary of Vodafone, is planning to launch its Arcor-Digital TV service into 51 German cities in December.
The service will include 110 TV channels, together with a video on-demand service.
Arcor will become Germany’s third IPTV service provider, joining HanseNet - an Telecom Italia subsidiary - and Deutsche Telekom. The increased competition will help […]