Thursday, April 13, 2006

IPTV NEWS: Alcatel, Lucent approve companies merger

By Daily IPTV Updates, Power by Cogni360

IPTV or Broadband Television Industry News and Updates.- Just nine days after announcing their advanced talks, Alcatel and Lucent board members approved the merger. This will form a truly humongous communications provider with a market cap of $36 billion, something that Alcatel Chairman and CEO Serge Tchuruk always wanted his company to be.

Alcatel shareholders will own 60 percent and Lucent shareholders 40 percent of the combined company, which will have revenue of $25 billion. After a regulatory process, the deal is expected to close in the next six to 12 months. The combined company anticipates $1.7 billion in cost synergies within three years.

With the current political situation in France, it will be interesting to see how the French take to Lucent CEO Patricia Russo, an American, leading the new enterprise. The new firm will be incorporated in France with a new name to be determined at a later date. How does Lucatel or Alcacent sound? Not bad eh.... For telecommunication tips go to: Cogni360 Blog



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Monday, March 13, 2006

IPTV NEWS: Cogni360 And Associates new office Grand Opening in Leominster, Massachusetts

By Daily IPTV Updates, Power by Cogni360

IPTV or Broadband Television Industry News and Updates.- Grand Opening celebration at Cogni360 And Associates, with the opening of a new office branch in the city of Leominster, MA. The Grand Opening event will be in effect on March 14, 2006, and of course everyone is invited.

You will be enter on the Grand Opening Free Drawing just for visiting the new office at 71 Pleasant St. Suite 4B, Leominster, MA 01453, 3 blocks from downtown. In the morning a few of the city authorities would be present for opening event. Cogni360 a company manage by Luis Galarza and Anna Phommatham would be providing services packages full of coupons for everyone who visit or call the office that day at 978.537.7660.

Some of the feature services for the opening would be Local IPTV or Broadband Television service, VoIP or Broadband Telephone services, Satellite TV (Dish Network or Direct TV), Home Security service, Local Phone Services, Long Distance, Travel Discount fares, Tax services, Business Consultation, Logo or Ad design service, and more.

We'll be posting IPTV news again on Wednesday March 15, 2006. For telecommunication tips go to: Cogni360 Blog



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Monday, March 06, 2006

IPTV NEWS: Lastest IPTV and VOD updates

From Daily IPTV Updates, Power by Cogni360

Daily IPTV and VOD Industry News and Updates. - Read the lastest IPTV (Broadband Television) and VOD (Video-On-Demand) news.

> Among other growth strategies, Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski wants to invest in IPTV, IMS and WiMAX. Webcast Article

> Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices (Siemens SHC) is now licensing Galio Client from ANT, a provider of middleware software, to deliver TV services across a range of Siemens SHC devices worldwide. But Siemens already owns a middleware vendor, Myrio. Release

> Swedish utility company Varberg Energi selected European Latens, a supplier of software based conditional access IPTV and Pay-TV, to provide Foundation CAS content and revenue protection for its IPTV services. Release (.pdf)

> Infonetics reports that competitive pressures, rising broadband traffic and IPTV opportunities attributed to the growth of long haul WDM equipment, which was up 32 percent in 2005 from 2004. Release

> IPTV set-top box (STB) supplier Amino partnered with Trimedia Broadcast to provide an end-to-end system for corporate IPTV to install an internal communications system sans incompatibilities. Using the AmiNET family of IPTV STBs, Trimedia has already secured a number of deployments, including a bespoke in-house IPTV service for Discovery Networks Europe. Release

> Kasenna draws on reseller and integrator Thunderworx's existing relationship with Cypriot teleco Primetel to deploy its IPTV solution. Primetel will provide an IPTV-based VOD service for home subscribers in 2006. Release

> TANDBERG Television works with Siemens to provide MPEG-4 AVC video compression for Shanghai Telecom's IPTV. Tandberg also revealed that it provided MPEG-2 video compression to NBC to cover the 2006 Winter Olympics from Torino, Italy. Release

> Brasil Telecom will launch Internet TV services in the third quarter of 2006 providing VOD and electronic gaming. The telco has received proposals from six providers wishing to partner with it in delivering IPTV. Abstract

> EGT has completed a third round of funding of $8.5 million from Noro-Moseley Partners, H.I.G. Capital, Sevin Rosen Funds and others to speed new product delivery for IPTV. Release

> With Multidimensional Ethernet and a new BlackDiamond 12K switch, Extreme Networks helps carriers deliver IPTV and VoIP, with improvements in QoS and subscriber scaling. The switch has been deployed at TelstraClear. Release

> Telstra completed Winter Olympic program delivery for Seven Network over a Scientific-Atlanta system, connecting Torino, Italy, with Melbourne. Release

> Austria-based Telesystem Tirol has deployed BigBand's BMR (Broadband Multimedia-service Router) for headend-based processing and control of its digital TV offerings for handling the processing, management and delivery of digital video. With this installation, BigBand Networks' customers in Europe have increased. Release

> Soon-to-launch Aussie IPTV service provider Reeltime expects to raise $4 million through the issue of 20 million, 20 cent shares. Article

> The Chinese government's three IPTV principles intend to neither have Chinese IPTV standards submit to a foreign one, nor to have it monopolized by a single party within the domestic market. Article

> Soon after rolling its solution at Belgacom, SupportSoft is now supporting BellSouth. Release

> Digital TX Managing Director Alexander Cameron enlists good looking and feeling STBs designed for ladies as important for consumer electronics and technical entertainment services. Check out his complete list. Article

> According to General Manager Dean Harris, "WealthTV's broad appeal and ability to allow viewers to live the American dream now by simply watching their TV, will deliver what Guadalupe subscribers are seeking and dreaming of." Release

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Sunday, February 26, 2006

DAILY IPTV NEWS: More IPTV and VOD bannanas

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Read the lastest IPTV and VOD news updates...

> Arizona-based Rotani announced VideoPuck technology for IPTV, an end-to-end solution for multicast video in the home, which the company claims enables error-free transmission of IPTV video when paired with standard WiFi and HomePlug networking equipment. Release

> Juniper Networks has two new appointments: Steven Rice as Executive VP, Human Resources, and Spencer Greene as VP of Corporate Development. Rice joins Juniper from Hewlett-Packard. Greene, who joined Juniper in 1999 through the acquisition of Layer Five, succeeds George Riedel. Riedel recently left Juniper to join Nortel as its chief strategy officer. Release

> Entone Technologies, a personal video content delivery solutions provider, has appointed Sarah Hackforth as VP Sales & Operations EMEA to increase presence and expand in the region. Release

> The Czech Republic's fixed-line telco, Český Telecom, is forming an IPTV brand with eight television and five radio stations. The telco is conducting limited trials through its 200 employees. Commercial service will be delivered to about 90 percent of its subscriber base and is set to launch in late June. Article

> California-based Interactive Television Networks (ITVN) is launching an IPTV music video network called PULSE offering unlimited video-on-demand (VOD) at $4.95 per month. Release

> China Telecom Shanghai is expanding its core IP network with Juniper Networks' T-series core routing platforms to support advanced IP services such as IPTV. Meanwhile, New Zealand's broadband provider Orcan has deployed Juniper Networks E- and M-series platforms to introduce multi-media broadband services such as VoIP, VoD and IPTV. Releases

> Competition from Verizon's trials of FiOS TV and AT&T's IPTV service 'U-verse' reflect Comcast's falling stock price. This has induced fear in the cable company with its executives commenting: "AT&T is spending years and billions of dollars to imitate a network that Comcast has already built. We've seen nothing ... that we can't exceed." Article

> SupportSoft enables Belgacom's 800,000+ broadband subscribers to self-install an IPTV connection with its SmartAccess solution. Release

> Narrowstep, an ITV company, has received $7.4 million in equity financing to execute its business plan and drive the next phase of its growth. Granahan McCourt Capital lead the investment along with MicroCapital and Sano Ventures. Release

> View this cool clip to see the experimental multi-input interaction touch screen. Video

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Saturday, February 25, 2006

IPTV AND VOD NEWS: Cogni360 to offer IPTV services in Massachusetts towns


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Daily IPTV and VOD Industry News and Updates. - Cogni360 a mid-size Massachusetts teleco is going to offer IPTV services to local Massachusetts towns. They partner top content and hardware providers to put together a local IPTV sales force. As we know Comcast is the strongest TV service provider in that area, and that's why their prices are very high. But, Luis Galarza the CEO and presdent of Cogni360 & Associates said "Our goal is to provide better telecommunication solutions for a better price, and by providing IPTV services we give to the state of Massachusetts and all USA at better and cheaper way to experience their televisions". For more IPTV and VOD news or updates go to: Telecommunicate


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Friday, February 24, 2006

DAILY IPTV NEWS: Regulations, red tape fuel hybrid STB market

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- ABI Research finds that with government regulations and red tape that limit telcos from providing programming to the public, a new breed of 'hybrid' set-top boxes (STB) will proliferate households. These new STBs will provide a faster time to market for broadcast operators that want to provide interactive video services. Release

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Thursday, February 23, 2006

DAILY IPTV NEWS: On-demand entertainment a Hot Market!

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- A study by Amaru, a provider of broadband media entertainment, on U.S. consumer attitudes towards on-demand entertainment via broadband found that almost three-quarters of Americans would be interested in accessing content on-demand via their mobile devices or computers. Release

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