May 30, 2008

BT Vision extends relationship with emuse

by Jan Harris

BT Vision which appointed emuse absolutely as its preferred supplier of next-generation interactive advertising services last summer, has now strengthened the partnership with a deal that will see the development of new IPTV applications.
Under the agreement, BT Vision will add a number of new services to OnVision magazine, a service, which it launched with […]



May 29, 2008

ECI continue to expand

by Grant Draper

ECI Telecom continues to expand it’s contacts within the industry, now with Golden Telecom, Inc. taking on it’s XDM® All-Range™ ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexer) and Multi-Service Transport Platform.
Golden Telecom, will utilize the solutions throughout Moscow, and allowing a cost efficient operation.
ECI Telecom has recently established a deal with Consorcio Energético Punta Cana–Macao, […]



May 29, 2008

CEPM Selects ECI Telecom for Optical Network

by Grant Draper

Consorcio Energético Punta Cana–Macao, or in short, CEPM, have selected ECI Telecoms’ XDM Multi-Service Provisioning and Transport Platform.
CEPM will use ECI’s technology as a form of leverage in the market, allowing itself to offer an ever increasing service to its customers, which is necessary for the growth and expansion throughout the Dominican Republic
CEPM identified the […]



May 29, 2008

TANDBERG Edge QAM Receives 4 Diamond Rating

by Grant Draper

TANDBERG Television’s universal Edge QAM adds itself to the list of highly reviewed solutions at the Diamond Technology Reviews, receiving 4 diamond rating.
The EQ8096 was rewarded for its benefits and performance gains its users will see, including features such as 96 QAM channels, providing operators with switched digital video, video-on-demand, broadcast television or high-speed data […]



May 28, 2008

BTC Selects Calix

by Grant Draper

Calix and Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Ltd., will form a partnership which will see BTC using Calix’s access solutions.
The replacement solutions follow BTC’s need for higher speed, advanced information, communication and entertainment services, to be distributed across the island, allowing services such as IPTV to become readily available.
BTC’s existing voice network will be replaced with […]



May 28, 2008

Kay Sears appointed head Intelsat general

by Grant Draper

Intelsat Ltd will appoint Kay Sears, a former Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development with 20 years experience in the industry, as President Intelsat General.
The announcement was released, after current President, William Shernit, announced his resignation, which will be effective from 30 June 2008, on his return to retirement.
Ms. Sears, who has […]



May 28, 2008

Teknovus introduce Monitoring Solutions for Fiber Networks

by Grant Draper

Teknovus will be adding monitoring and management capabilities to its products, which will be demonstrated at the Optinet Conference on May 28 and 29th in Beijing, where they will demonstrate the productivity of the solution, as well as the ease of integration into current FFTx networks.
Teknovus allows operators to monitor performance, and log fault analysis, […]



May 28, 2008

SKY Italia Deploys Harmonic’s Video Solutions

by Grant Draper

SKY Italia, currently having 4.5 million subscribers, will be using Harmonic’s compression IP based statistical multiplexing solutions for its direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service.
SKY Italia will be deploying the solutions due to the need for higher bandwidth efficiency, reducing bit rates and improving video quality, and have followed in the footsteps of seven of the […]



May 28, 2008

Sycamore’s SN 9000 Switch Deployed By MediaXstream

by Rohan Parker

MediaXstream is to deploy Sycamore’s new SN 9000 Intelligent Multiservice Switch and SILVX® as the new foundation for their newly developed, nationwide switched optical network.
MediaXstream are leaders in networking for carrier-neutral, high quality transport and managed services for the media production and broadcast industries.
MediaXstream specialize in High Definition, economical, media distribution, aimed mainly […]



May 27, 2008

MTG, Viasat in Telia IPTV deal

by Alan Harten

Modern Times Group, aka, MTG, an international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced that Viasat Broadcasting has signed a five year agreement with Swedish Telecommunications operator, Telia, to enable Viasat to market and sell its pay-TV channel packages to Telia’s 300,000 IPTV customers and broadband subscribers, beginning 1 June 2008.
Viasat’s free-TV channels TV3, TV6, TV8 […]



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