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IPTV NEWS: Alcatel, Lucent approve companies merger

2006-04-13T04:27:00.001-04:00

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

2006-03-13T00:53:00.001-05:00

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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IPTV NEWS: Lastest IPTV and VOD updates

2006-03-06T23:19:00.000-05:00

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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

For more IPTV and VOD news or updates go to: Telecommunicate

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DAILY IPTV NEWS: More IPTV and VOD bannanas

2006-02-26T18:02:00.001-05:00

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

2006-02-25T02:00:00.000-05:00

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

2006-02-24T18:02:00.001-05:00

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

2006-02-23T18:02:00.005-05:00

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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

For more IPTV or VOD news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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DAILY IPTV NEWS: 52% may switch pay TV service for better price

2006-02-23T18:02:00.004-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Jupiter Research finds that 66 percent of current pay TV subscribers are satisfied with their current services, but 52 percent of consumers would switch pay TV service if they could get a better price for the same channel selection. A la carte channel selection option followed, attracting 46 percent of consumers. This is a potential barrier for new entrants in the U.S. TV market (e.g., the telcos) that require huge investments in infrastructure and design services to attract subscribers in a saturated market. An additional threat of cable customers opting for cable phone service instead can further impact the telcos' core business. This leaves no option for the telcos but to match cable's triple-play bundle services.

Although the business case for a la carte channel selection remains uncertain, and media companies are likely to resist such service plans, the research firm states that IPTV services should focus on giving consumers greater choice and control over their television experience, if not true a la carte. The report also found only 6 percent of consumers interested in high definition programming and only 3 percent of consumers attracted to a greater selection of VoD services. The disruptive technologies and changing business models has created a "do-or-die" situation. For more IPTV or VOD news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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DAILY IPTV NEWS: Qwest plays wait-and-see on IPTV

2006-02-23T18:02:00.003-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- In a fourth-quarter earnings call last week, Qwest CEO Dick Notebaert indicated that even though his company is interested in IPTV, it would prefer to be a follower in the IPTV industry, rather than take charge like AT&T and Verizon. The carrier has built an FTTH network reaching 2,350 households in new developments in its 14-state territory. But with a CAPEX this year slightly more than the $1.6 billion last year, the operator will base any further fiber extensions on customer demand. Qwest faces increasing competition from cable operators such as Comcast and even some cities in its region such as Portland, OR, which may build their own fiber networks. Qwest broke even for the first time since its 2000 merger with U S West.

Qwest's fourth-quarter revenue increased by 1.3 percent to $3.48 billion and totaled $13.9 billion for 2005, up from $13.8 billion in 2004. Qwest increased its spending in the fourth quarter to $503 million, up 35 percent from $372 million during the same period in 2004. The company now reaches 77 percent of its footprint with DSL services that run off existing copper lines between 3 and 5 Mbps. Qwest serves nearly 70,000 customers with fiber, copper and coax TV options. Qwest offers direct broadcast satellite service with partner DirecTV with 128,000 new customers in the fourth quarter, a 31 percent rise compared to the third quarter. For more IPTV or VOD news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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DAILY IPTV NEWS: Analyst: Independent content providers to leverage IPTV

2006-02-23T18:02:00.002-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Producers from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. at the recent Berlin Film Festival agree that the future of IPTV is about new "disruptive" business models dealing with telcos and various content aggregators. A majority of new entrants still do not understand "the way content happens," and the importance of "windowing" for the film and TV value chain. Ovum's Aleksandra Bosnjak found that emerging independent filmmakers will accept IPTV as a new content delivery method for financing, as they are more concerned with getting their story across and reaching wide audiences beyond domestic markets than worrying about distribution issues. However, seasoned producers and buyers derive a bulk of their revenues from DVD rentals and sales, rather than box office, and view IPTV as a pure DRM issue. They contend that studios will continue to dominate, playing hard to get. For more IPTV or VOD news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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DAILY IPTV NEWS: Mayor: AT&T deceives town on IPTV deployment

2006-02-23T18:02:00.001-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Livermore, CA, Mayor Marshall Kamena terms AT&T's installation of Project Lightspeed cabinets and equipment in the city as "a rather deceiving incident" with AT&T being issued a permit under "false pretense." In early December last year, SBC applied for a number of encroachment permits with no mention of Project Lightspeed. The city thought it to be routine system upgrade work on its regular phone service--until recently. Now that the city has found AT&T installing Project Lightspeed cabinets and making other upgrades to its equipment, the operator's permit has been revoked and all work has been stopped. AT&T says it's spending between $4.2 billion and $4.8 billion to upgrade and ready its IPTV networks. It also holds that as a regulated telephone company, it doesn't need to apply for a cable franchise. It's safe to say this is only the beginning of the regulatory battles between the telcos and cable operators over this nascent technology.

In a similar incident in Walnut Creek, SBC began upgrading above-ground copper wires as part of a service upgrade. However, the city required a franchise agreement as the lines would complement Project Lightspeed. AT&T (then SBC) sued Walnut Creek over the disagreement last year. Despite the resistance from Livermore and Walnut Creek, neighboring San Ramon has authorized a draft resolution in support of Project Lightspeed. AT&T plans to ultimately market the service as AT&T U-Verse. For more IPTV or VOD news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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DAILY IPTV NEWS: Ad blitz planned in IPTV franchise battle

2006-02-23T18:02:00.000-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Trade associations USTA and NCTA, representing U.S. telcos and cablecos, respectively, are planning to bring their video-franchising battle to the public via print and TV ads, with part of the message being whether the U.S. Congress should change laws to bypass local franchise authorities with state or federal programs. USTA's ad series, called TV Freedom, will send out a clear message that the nation's telcos are ready to provide video to homes "as soon as Congress updates our telecom laws." While the NCTA's media message, Cable: A Great American Success Story, claims the cable industry has "played by the rules" and questions telcos' attempts to end local cable franchising and replace it with statewide franchises to enter the video business at a quick pace. For more IPTV or VOD news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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DAILY IPTV NEWS: Current IPTV and VOD spotlights

2006-02-23T02:00:00.001-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- More updates on the IPTV, VOD, and iTV madness...

> It's been a busy week for IPTV security software developer Latens: a partnership with Simac and a deal with Alands Alcom IPTV service. Release

> Redback launches its second generation of the NetOp Policy Manager, which aims to help ISPs launch IP services like IPTV. Article

> Korea takes a stand on IPTV standards in that country. Article

> IPTV picked as one of Deloitte's top 10 trends for Canada in 2006. Article

> Tut Systems wins $3 million bid to supply its MPEG-4 AVC to Iowa Networks services. (I double-checked and it has no relation to Iowa Public TV.) Release

> AT&T sued over NSA wiretapping. Article

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DAILY IPTV NEWS: Exterity launches corporate IPTV at Reuters HQ

2006-02-23T02:00:00.000-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- AV network specialist Exterity launched an IPTV system that delivers 60 digital and terrestrial channels to more than 250 displays and an estimated 2,500 desktops and Reuters' headquarters in London. The system replaces a coaxial system that the company found dated, slow to deploy and expensive. The news agency said the IPTV setup will help its personnel stay abreast of national, international and internal news feeds. Exterity's plug-and-play broadcast TV to IP network distribution products, called "TVgateways," support the service. The gateways can handle up to six DVB-T or DVB-S feeds and can stream the program contents of up to six broadcast TV multiplexes over a building network. Exterity claims the corporate IPTV deployment is the largest in the U.K. For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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IPTV NEWS: Telcos lobby Senate to change video franchising law

2006-02-22T18:08:00.000-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Verizon's CEO Ivan Seidenberg and AT&T's CEO Ed Whitacre lobbied the Senate yesterday, asking Congress to change national video-franchising rules. These are the same regulations that telcos say have stymied or preempted many IPTV deployments in the U.S. The franchise rules require cable companies and IPTV service providers to negotiate with local governments to get permission to deploy their services. Cable has been coping with them since the start, but telcos say it would take years for them to break in--not to mention lots of cash. For landscaping local community parks.

Seidenberg and Whitacre's pitch is yet another affirmation of the telcos' commitment to deploying IPTV services. It also shows just how frustrated they are with the decades-old law which makes little mention of the Internet, let alone a technology like IPTV.

Verizon and AT&T brought out the big guns yesterday after talks of rewriting the Telecom Act of '96 died down. Many consider the sprawling Telecom Act the most lobbied bill that ever hit the Senate floor, while former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan called it one of the most important drivers of the economy in the late '90s. With prospects of the Herculean task being taken up again decidedly unlikely, telcos better hope the Senate answers their direct call. I think they will. For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

Note: P.S. Does the new AT&T's ad on TV with "..Congress can act as a Catalyst.." ring a Bell?

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IPTV NEWS: Alcatel, EDB to nurture IPTV resources

2006-02-21T18:08:00.000-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- According to Alcatel's fixed solutions president, Monika Maurer, about 30 percent of Asian telecom operators are aggressively rolling out IPTV. Seventy-two million IPTV subscribers by 2010 around the world. Alcatel and Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) set up a competency center to develop IPTV skills. For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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IPTV NEWS: IPTV's impact on Cable, Satellite TV vendors

2006-02-20T18:08:00.000-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Though IPTV is still in its infancy and availability in U.S. is limited, 56 percent of all 1,000 plus adults surveyed by Harris Interactive have heard of Internet television. Forty-two percent of those surveyed expressed interest in IPTV since it would be less costly than cable or satellite.

The survey results suggest that the adoption of IPTV could threaten cable and satellite services. Seventeen percent of the respondents said they would cancel their existing TV service for IPTV; 67 percent said they would keep their existing cable or satellite service and give IPTV a trial run; only 7 percent said they would add IPTV to their existing service, and the remaining 10 percent did not have cable or satellite TV but said they would adopt IPTV. The survey also shows that 33 percent of the respondents were most comfortable with cable companies like CableVision and Comcast to deliver IPTV services. For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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IPTV NEWS: Industry Insights on IPTV Market

2006-02-19T18:08:00.000-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Participants at Network Ventures 2006, a Dow Jones VentureWire event held February 8 and 9 in San Jose, CA shared a few insights on IPTV:
Potential market: Every broadband and mobile subscriber worldwide.
Market situation: Cable providers are closer to achieving IPTV than telephone companies, putting telcos under enormous pressure to rollout and keep their customers from being poached by cable, particularly once VoIP is available on a wide scale.
IPTV's value proposition: By combining search capabilities with digital video recording, video on demand, channel guides, navigational tools, users can create fully customized programming. Marketers will be able to use search data to target marketing.
Advertising opportunity: Convergence will provide a potential for creating a single, fully searchable ecosystem of information about consumers' interests, needs and habits. It will be a completely new way for advertising and will present a huge marketing opportunity.
Forecast: By 2006 end, 1.2 million people in the U.S. will subscribe to IPTV. Within three years, 54 million people worldwide will have IPTV, 13 million of them in North America; and by 2015, it will be ubiquitous.
Barriers to successful wide deployment of IPTV: High-definition video requires far more bandwidth than voice or data to carry multiple video streams without quality issues which current networks lack.

For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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IPTV NEWS: A ton of apples in the IPTV market

2006-02-18T18:08:00.002-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- A lot more broadband TV news that should know about...

> Does the acquisition of Internet-attached consumer device manufacturers--Kiss and Scientific Atlanta--make a good new market for Cisco? Does that add up financially? Article

> Dialing quality on the way to IPTV. Article

> In Spain, Jazztel Prepares IPTV Launch against rival Telefonica. Article

> Korea Telecom (KT) to introduce price plans for IPTV service as light and premium, along with Wi-Bro And HSDPA. Article

> Following deals with National Geographic Channel, HIT Entertainment and Nelvana, BT adds another content deal with Endemol for IPTV package. Article

> Applications drive global network test, complexities of large networks dictate new strategy. Article

> Unified license favors Indian telecom sector. Article

> GlobeVISION's IPTV for Asian-Americans in North America. Release

> Matrix and Amoi release IPTVs. Release (MatrixStream), Release (Amoi)

> Varsity Media Group to provide IPTV over Optical Entertainment Network's (OEN) FTTX network in 1.6 million households in Houston, TX. Article

> Janice Lee: The woman who helped build Hong Kong based PCCW's NOW Broadband for IPTV. Article

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IPTV NEWS: China Telecom beefs up ADSL network for IPTV

2006-02-18T18:08:00.001-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- China Telecom has contracted UTStarcom to deploy its end-to-end IPTV solution, RollingStream, in Fuzhou and Quanzhou cities of Fujian Province in southern China. UTStarcom finds this an exciting opportunity as less than 5 percent of the population in each city currently has access to broadband services. The operator is targeting 50,000 and 80,000 users in Fuzhou and Quanzhou by the end of 2006. Meanwhile, the operator is also upgrading its ADSL network for the nationwide promotion of IPTV services this year. Huawei and ZTE will each supply one million lines, while Alcatel Shanghai Bell will supply 800,000 lines. For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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IPTV NEWS: FCC believes cable a la carte saves money

2006-02-18T18:08:00.000-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) recent study on cable TV pricing concluded that cable TV subscribers would save from 3 percent to 13 percent on their cable bills in a pick-and-choose pricing system. This is in contrast to their 2004 finding that consumers wouldn't benefit, based on faulty data the agency obtained from the cable industry. The "a la carte" system will replace the bundled services offered by the cable industry. The new system also promises to give more parental control over the amount of violent and racy programming that children are exposed to on TV by customizing packages.

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) does not find it appropriate that Washington would mandate how the industry runs its business. Industry analysts cite First Amendment concerns, saying that diversity voices could be lost if smaller niche networks catering to minorities are forced out of business. Consumers Union forsees a whole new debate on the benefits of letting consumers pick their own channels on cable TV. Telcos have started lobbying eliminating video franchising to speed up their time-to-marketing IPTV services against the cable companies. With the a la carte system, cablecos wide distribution could ebb out. For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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IPTV & VOD NEWS: Some extra IPTV notes...

2006-02-15T01:39:00.006-05:00

From Daily IPTV Updates, Power by Cogni360

IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.-

> Alcatel expects revenue to continue to grow, with IPTV driving wireline revenues. Article

> Analysts are scratching their heads over Cisco's move to invest in MovieBeam, a VOD service that Disney spun off last month. Blog

> Tension in Korea growing over IPTV deployments as broadcasters and IT regulators clash. Article

> Amino strengthens deal for STBs with Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment in hotels worldwide. Article

> New pixelated glasses will give "supervision" wearers, doubling 20/20. A new Defense department grant of $3.5 million is helping the cause. Article

For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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IPTV & VOD NEWS: Nortel, Huawei form JV for ultra broadband products

2006-02-15T01:39:00.005-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Nortel and Huawei are linking up for a joint venture that aims to develop ultra broadband products and resell Huawei's existing product portfolio. The JV will equip service providers with products that deliver voice, video, data and wireless services over a common IP platform that supports copper, fiber and fixed wireless networks. It's more or less an IMS offering. The JV will be based in Ottawa and majority owned by Nortel. For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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IPTV & VOD NEWS: Tut Systems inks deal with Siemens

2006-02-15T01:39:00.004-05:00

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IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Siemens named Tut Systems an authorized reseller of its SURPASS Home Entertainment middleware, which is part of the company's IPTV solution. Tut will act as an enabler for Siemens' clients and help them expedite IPTV deployments while ensuring the solution is interoperable with Tut's own Astria content processors. Siemens boasts IPTV rollouts around the world with contracts covering more than 38 million broadband lines. For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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IPTV & VOD NEWS: Tandberg to acquire SkyStream for $80M

2006-02-15T01:39:00.003-05:00

From Daily IPTV Updates, Power by Cogni360

IPTV & Video On Demand Industry & Market News.- Tandberg Television, the digital television broadcast system maker, has agreed to acquire IPTV delivery products developer SkyStream Networks for a cool $80 million. Privately held SkyStream was founded in 1996, enjoyed seven sequential years of revenue growth and just recently attained profitability in the fourth quarter of last year. In 2005 its revenue was $30.7 million, up 43 percent from the year before, with a gross margin of 65 percent. Tandberg's position as a force in the IPTV, cable, satellite and on-demand markets will be further solidified by the acquisition. SkyStream claims more than 300 clients worldwide and is a leader in the IP content delivery business, particularly for MPEG-4 encoding and transcoding. For more telecom news and updates go to: Telecommunicate

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