From David Del Valle in Madrid Telefonica's IPTV platform Imagenio and Mediapro-owned pay DTT channel Gol TV are now leading the growth of the pay-TV in Spain capturing most subscriptions. By contrast, the largest pay-TV operators, the digital satellite platform Digital Plus and the cable company ONO are increasingly losing subs Imagenio added 90,000 subscribers […]

From David Del Valle in Madrid In an attempt to foster subscriptions, Telefonica-controlled IPTV platform Imagenio has launched a new basic tier called Imagenio Flexible, at a price of E10 a month, including a rental decoder. The new offer gives access to commercial TV channels, DTT platform, Regional channels, International news channels as well as […]

Playcast Media has confirmed partnerships with some of the video game industry's top publishers including Atari, Capcom, Codemasters and THQ. Playcast Media delivers console-free video gaming directly through existing Cable and IPTV set-top boxes and is the first gaming-on-demand technology for Cable and IPTV in the world. Playcast Media’s system uses a proprietary new technology […]

Minerva Networks, provider of open and IPTV delivery platforms, has revealed that Pioneer Telephone, the fourth largest telephone cooperative in the US, has successfully completed the migration from a legacy third-party system to the Company's platform. Minerva's iTVManager is a comprehensive software solution for the delivery of next-generation IP-connected television services, including HDTV, DVR, whole-home […]

Hungary’s 14 biggest cable, satellite and IPTV companies had 2,489,000 subscribers at the end of December, 17,000 more than a month earlier, the National Telecommunications Office (NHH) has revealed. Magyar Telekom, Invitel, UPC, FiberNet, DIGI, PR TELEKOM, Zelka, TARR, TvNetWork, ViDaNet, PARISAT, RubiCom, Antenna Hungaria and HD Platform control 80-85 per cent of the pay […]

Modern Times Group (MTG), has confirmed that Viasat Broadcasting has signed a long term agreement with Telenor which will enable Viasat to distribute its pay-TV channel packages to Telenor's broadband customers. Viasat's channel packages will continue to be available to Telenor subsidiary Bredbandsbolaget's subscribers in Sweden and will also be included in Telenor's IPTV offering […]

Alcatel-Lucent has revealed that Velton Telecom, a private Ukrainian operator providing fixed communication services across 14 cities of Central, Eastern and Western parts of Ukraine, is launching a field trial of innovative IPTV services to business and residential subscribers in Kharkov and Poltava. Alcatel-Lucent has been selected as the network integrator, utilising the Microsoft Mediaroom […]

Alan Constant, CTO of Arab Media, the major Arab satellite TV operator and owner of pay-tv broadcaster, Arab Radio and Television (ART), has announced plans to launch an IPTV service in 2010. Initially, ART will provide the IPTV service in the Middle East region with an on-demand service, offering users a variety of popular films. […]

China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has called a halt to IPTV services provided by Guangxi Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom. SARFT said that the Guangxi Telecom launched IPTV operations earlier this month without permission. IPTV transmissions and operations in 14 cities in Guangxi have now been halted. Under Chinese regulations, […]

Sony said the company's line-up of 3D TVs would arrive in Australia in July. The company has one model planned, the LX900, which has 3D fully integrated, and two other models, the HX800 and 900, which can display 3D with an optional accessory. “This year represents the sunrise of 3D technology in Australia,” claimed Barbour. […]