Swisscom AG said tougher competition will keep its sales and profit under pressure in 2010 after it posted a rise in 2009 profits when lower depreciation charges helped to offset weaker domestic demand. Group revenues for the whole year reached CHF12 billion ($11.1bn), down 1.6 per cent from 2008, while EBITDA fell 2.6 per cent […]

Amino Communications, an independent IPTV specialist, has won a bid to provide STBs to support a major IPTV rollout by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute. The network operator plans to launch services in the first half of 2010, targeting up to 100,000 homes across the country. Amino will work closely with systems integrator ITS on […]

Over 11 million hotel rooms and 1 million airline seats are potential IPTV applications, according to a report from MRG. Hotels and Airlines alone account for a $1.9 billion global market in 2012, indicating that for most hospitality applications, analogue video is dead. The report shows that both In-Room Entertainment and In-Flight Entertainment (IRE and […]

Ericsson has confirmed it is to exchange and enhance Telekom Austria’s current IPTV platform in order to deliver blended content services to multiple devices which will eliminate barriers between TV set and PCs and introduce a new generation user interface. As well as prime integration and consultancy services, Ericsson will provide a complete solution to […]

Ericsson has released details of the Ericsson IPTV Remote, a device for controlling the TV and other media devices throughout the connected home. The device is a single interface for controlling Internet video, the TV, both live and on-demand, the PC and the mobile phone in the home. It also provides a second screen for […]

BT has increased the number of subscribers to its IPTV service BT Vision by 18,000 in the last three months of 2009, according to the UK telco's latest quarterly results. Since its launch in 2006, it has won just 451,000 customers. Sky TV has 9.7 million UK customers. The average number of views per month […]

Indian IPTV provider Aksh Optifibre Limited said it is planning to invest Rs 150 crore in the IPTV business over the next three years. “We have already invested Rs 150 crore (E23m) in this business so far. In the next three years we will invest another Rs 150 crore to ramp up our business,” said […]

Exterity, the IPTV specialist, has revealed that its IPTV solution has been adopted by The European Tour to distribute High Definition content at the majority of events on The 2010 Race to Dubai golfing event on The European Tour international schedule. The bespoke, real-time production system combines live information from broadcasters, pre-recorded material and highlights […]

Deutsche Telekom reached its target of one million IPTV subscribers for its T-Home Entertain by the end of 2009. It is now aiming to add another 500,000 customers. DT said that by expanding its HD channel line-up and HD on-demand, it aims to become Germany's leading HD platform. In February public channels ARD, ZDF and […]

Carphone Warehouse is delaying its IPTV proposition until there is more progress on Project Canvas, saying it would be “foolhardy” to invest in its own TV proposition against incumbent offerings big TV operators. The comments were made during a trading update today, when CEO Charles Dunstone said earnings are expected to be at the top […]