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EBU chooses TANDBERG for sports coverage
TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group has announced that it is providing a range of MPEG-2 video compression technologies to the European Broadcast Union (EBU), the world’s largest contribution network, for coverage of a strong line-up of high profile sporting events this summer.
TANDBERG Television’s digital TV systems provide delivery of footage of both […]
June 11, 2008
Amino Communications acquires AssetHouse
Cambridge-based Amino Communications, the IPTV set-top-box (STB) specialist, has acquired AssetHouse Technologies as part of a strategy to expand its range of IPTV technologies.
AssetHouse is an on-demand entertainment services provider which counts BT Vision as its main client.
Amino Communications’ AmiNET series of IPTV STBs are sold worldwide, and the deal with AssetHouse […]
June 11, 2008
Astute Networks Announces Edge Storage Blades
The industry’s first edge storage products will be produced by Astute Networks, Inc., which will take part in the crucial step to help telecom customers deploy content efficiently.
Products include the Caspian R1100 Edge Storage Blade and the Caspian E1112 RTM Storage Blade, which will be used to deliver voice, video and data to the edge […]
June 10, 2008
HomePNA announces 3 new members
HomePNA, a non-profit association which promotes home networking technology that operates over existing wires, has gained three new members.
D-Link Corp., Arcom Labs, Inc. and SerComm Corp. have joined other industry-leading companies in the HomePNA alliance.
HomePNA is the only existing-wire home networking standard for IPTV video distribution over coax and phone lines.
The standard […]
June 10, 2008
Free services, a threat to IPTV
IPTV is increasingly being offered as a free service by telcos across Europe to encourage people to choose their broadband services.
According to the latest research from media analysts Screen Digest, IPTV is rapidly becoming a commodity - bundled for no extra cost with a broadband and/or telephony package.
The result is that nearly half […]
June 10, 2008
ZapMyTV joins Internap’s Content Delivery Network
Internap Network Services Corporation, provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, has announced that ZapMyTV has contracted with Internap to provide the content delivery network (CDN), data centre co-location, professional services and Performance IPTM networking to launch a new service to uniquely broadcast cable TV programming over the Internet with custom interactive capabilities.
ZapMyTV expects to […]
June 9, 2008
Comstar Will Consolidate Comstar-Direct
COMSTAR - United TeleSystems, the Russian integrated telecommunications operator, has announced that it has completed negotiations with Sistema Mass Media and commenced the consolidation of Comstar-Direct, a broadband internet access services provider in Moscow.
Comstar currently owns 51.8% of Comstar-Direct, with the remaining 48.2% owned by Sistema Mass Media.
The transaction is being effected by […]
June 5, 2008
Inuk expands with £9.5m investment
Welsh company, Inuk Networks, which delivers IPTV services to students in halls of residence, has secured a £9.5m investment to expand.
The investment is from public service broadcaster, S4C, through its commercial subsidiary S4C Digital Media Ltd, and venture capital firm, Wesley Clover.
It will allow Inuk to take its Freewire triple-play platform (video, voice […]
June 5, 2008
Intelsat accept Chief Financial Officer resignation
Intelsat have announced the accepted resignation of their chief financial officer, which comes in the form of Jeffrey Freimark.
Jeffrey Freimark’s resignation will be effective today (June 5), and Intelsat have been quick to act, already appointing the chief financial officer to CEO, David McGlade, who will continue with his current role as well.
According to Intelsat, […]
June 5, 2008
Tiscali TV Search Tool
Tiscali has announced the launch of its search tool to TV subscribers, a new user friendly tool which allows users to identify programming they are wanting to watch, quickly and easily.
The new search tool is extremely user friendly, allowing users to use various features to catch up and identify on demand programming from a huge […]