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MTV adds three HD channels to Deutsche Telekom

MTV Networks has added three new HD channels to Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV service ‘T-Home Entertain’, bringing the total number of HD channels available to 19. The channels MTV HD, VIVA HD and Nickelodeon/Comedy Central HD are being made available on the service immediately, with VIVA HD and Nickelodeon/Comedy Central HD being made available at no […]

May 16, 2011

Fetch TV signs up four Aussie ISPs

Australian ISP Internode will offer IPTV product Fetch TV to its 200,000 broadband customers as of this week, a year after it said it would take the Fetch service. The announcement coincides with a major upgrade that will make Fetch TV’s content easier for viewers to navigate and will ensure the experience is more TV-like, […]

May 11, 2011

YouTube ramps up movie rental service

YouTube is dramatically expanding its movie rental service with the addition of 3,000 titles from major Hollywood studios, positioning the online video service to capitalise on the growing number of Internet-connected televisions and portable devices. YouTube head Salar Kamangar revealed the initiative in a blog post, telling users that they would be able to watch […]

May 10, 2011By Colin Mann

TTNet selects SeaChange for IPTV rollout

Turkish ISP TTNet has selected video equipment developer SeaChange International as systems integrator and a primary technology provider for its IPTV service Tivibu Ev. SeaChange assembled a multinational team of engineers, project managers and technology partners to build advanced television services. SeaChange’s professional services have developed the operational processes and procedure designs to support the […]

May 10, 2011

Optus goes IPTV with FetchTV

Australian telco Optus is partnering with FetchTV jointly to develop an IPTV service with integrated mobile functionality for smartphones and tablet devices. The service is scheduled for launch in the second half of 2011 and is part of Optus’s broader TV strategy to develop a suite of converged video services, delivering choice and control for […]

May 9, 2011By Colin Mann

Beem.TV goes live

Beem, an online video service, announced the public launch of its Web site, Beem.TV in Australia. Users can now record their choice of television programming to watch back at a more convenient time. On Beem.TV, consumers can enjoy selecting from TV Shows and Movies from Australia’s Digital Free To Air Television channels, which can be […]

April 28, 2011

AT&T reports 3.2mn IPTV subs

AT&T added 218,000 subscribers to its U-verse TV IPTV service in the first quarter of 2011 to reach a total of 3.2 million, with more than three-quarters of those taking a triple or quad-play package. AT&T reported that its U-verse deployment now reaches 28 million living units, with a 26.1 per cent year-on-year growth in […]

April 21, 2011

KPN: IPTV subs up, DTT subs down

Dutch telco KPN added 58,000 subscribers for its IPTV service Interactieve TV in the first quarter of 2011, reaching a total of 360,000. KPN lost 13,000 subscribers for its DTT TV service Digitenne in the first three months of this year to bring the total to 882,000, meaning the telco had an overall TV subscriber […]

April 21, 2011

GoConnect, Netbay Asian-language IPTV

IPTV company GoConnect and ISP Netbay Internet have formed a 50-50 joint venture devoted to distributing Asian language IPTV programming in Australia. The arrangement will see the creation of an equally-owned company, Asia IPTV, which will initially serve up Cantonese and Mandarin language programming. GoConnect, will be responsible for distribution across its various IPTV properties, […]

April 21, 2011

Nickelodeon in Bulgaria

Viacom International Media Networks has formed a partnership with Bulgarian entertainment broadcaster, TV7, to launch the first localised Nickelodeon branded block for TV viewers in Bulgaria. Starting from 25 April, Bulgarian viewers will be able to enjoy four hours of Nickelodeon’s content every day with two hours of preschool animation in the morning and two […]

April 20, 2011