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ANT joins Open IPTV Forum
ANT Software has become the latest member of the Open IPTV Forum. The Forum devises end-to-end specifications for IPTV and promotes them as an open standard for use by vendors of communications systems in order to ensure that services and devices are interoperable.
Helmut Schink, the Forum’s Steering Group Vice-Chair, welcomed ANT, saying that the […]
February 20, 2008
BBC considers dropping Flash from iPlayer
The BBC may drop Adobe’s Flash system for its iPlayer streams, in order to improve video quality.
The Flash based streaming service enables iPlayer to work on a larger range of video playing devices. It also enables DRM protected content to work on a non-Microsoft platform.
The BBC has just announced plans to introduce a […]
February 19, 2008
BBC content available from Apple Store
The BBC has entered into a deal with Apple, making popular BBC TV programmes available for download from the Apple iTunes Store in the UK.
Programmes will appear on iTunes after they have been made available to view on the BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service. They will be available from iTunes for £1.89 an episode.
Viewers […]
February 18, 2008
Inuk Networks reaches 40,000 users for Freewire IPTV
Inuk Networks has registered over 40,000 users for its ‘Freewire TV’ IPTV service, which is delivered over 40 UK universities over the JANET high-speed network.
Inuk’s basic Freewire TV service is available free of charge to students and provides 25 entertainment channels, including BBC channels, C4, E4, More 4 and Film 4, together with digital […]
February 15, 2008
Accedo brings Funspot Arena to IPTV World Forum
Accedo Broadband is presenting ‘Funspot Arena’ at the IPTV World Forum 2008, which will be held at Olympia this March.
Funspot Arena is designed to allow IPTV service providers who run games on their service, to connect to Accedo’s international Funspot multiplayer gaming servers.
This will allow users to play games with other game players […]
February 15, 2008
IPTV for everyone in the Netherlands
United Content Distributors, a Dutch company, is trying to bring IPTV to the masses over the Internet by way of a business model that uses corporate sponsorships to subsidise distribution of a key piece of hardware that ties together Internet video with existing video products.
The business model uses a distinctive piece of hardware to […]
February 14, 2008
IPTV company Exterity opens office in Dubai
Exterity Ltd, a manufacturer of network IPTV equipment with offices in Edinburgh and London, has expanded internationally with the opening of a sales office in Dubai.
The company has appointed Mr Asad Haque as Sales Manager for the Gulf and Middle East regions. Mr Haque previously worked in sales roles at Hewlett-Packard, Samsung Electronics and […]
February 14, 2008
New LiveStation beta focuses on news content
LiveStation, which delivers live radio and TV to a computer via broadband, has entered a wider beta testing period.
The company has decided to focus on news, and eliminate entertainment and sports content, partly because there are less rights issues with news distribution.
Its decision follows a study commissioned from consulting firm Enders Analysis, which […]
February 13, 2008
IPTV in McDonald’s in Italy provided by Broadband International
Using Broadcast Internationals’ CodecSys, SkyRec is to implement a private IPTV network in 335 McDonald’s restaurants throughout Italy. This will be the first implementation of its kind.
In partnership with Samsung Italy, the new network will deliver proprietary video content. This content includes sports, live news and sports, in addition to pre-recorded commercial content. The network […]
February 12, 2008
Industry expert says IPTV is failing to deliver
Neil Anderson, vice president of global services at Spirent Communications, has said that IPTV is failing to deliver and will remain a niche product in many markets.
Speaking at NetEvents in Barcelona, a gathering of analysts, press and vendors, he said that the technology is being held back by a lack of understanding which is making […]