According to UBS Research, AT&T is slowing the deployment of their “next-generation” VDSL IPTV service, U-Verse. UBS initially expected AT&T to pass 11 million homes in 2009, but has 're-guesstimated' that AT&T will pass just 4-5 million homes this year. That would be down from 9 million in 2008. AT&T admits there’s been a recession-related […]

Italian telcos Fastweb, Telecom italia and Wind have partnered to launch a website providing consumer information on IPTV services, intended to fuel subscriber growth to their respective IPTV services. The site also provides information to Italian consumers in the run up to the digital switchover in 2012. The site offers information on IPTV platforms, the […]

To retain customers, service providers must provide a satisfactory quality of digital video QoE for users, says Light Reading. As demand for rich media and TV content continues to grow among consumers, the delivery of digital video at an acceptable quality of experience (QoE) for the user becomes ever more important to service providers, content […]

The Paris Appeal Court has overturned the decision taken by the Tribunal of Commerce on 23rd February 2009, ruling against Orange which was accused of unfairly bundling the channel as part of its TV, telephony and Internet package. Orange has stated is fully satisfied with this decision that re-establishes its rights, and will reopen the […]

Korean telco LG Dacom reached 100,000 subscribers for its IPTV service ‘myLGtv’ – up from 12,000 at the end of January of this year. LG Dacom has said that it will now aggressively market the service to its 2.3 million broadband subscribers. Competition is fierce in the Korean IPTV market, with rival SK Broadband currently […]

Belgacom SA’s first-quarter net profit fell 10 per cent on higher costs from two acquisitions. However, the Belgian telecom company stuck to its forecast for 2009, saying sales to residential customers were holding up well amid the economic downturn, even though sales to business customers have suffered. Net profit fell to E212 million in the […]

BT picked up 99,000 broadband customers in the quarter taking its broadband base to 4.8 million. Its Vision IPTV service is now up to 423,000 customers, up from 398,000 at the end of 2008. Vision's VOD is now getting 30 video views a month from each subscribers. BT has said it will cut about 15,000 […]

Statistics from Shanghai Telecom and Shanghai-based cable TV operator Oriental Cable Network (OCN) show that through the end of 2008 Shanghai had almost 800,000 IPTV subscribers and nearly 600,000 DTV subscribers. …

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC), the country’s broadcasting and telecommunications regulator, has licensed three consortiums, each led by the country’s three IPTV operators KT, SK Broadband and LG Dacom, to provide public service broadcasting over their broadband Internet networks. Some of the ideas suggested in the project including allowing viewers to call their sons in […]

Telstra will reportedly be taking on Foxtel, TiVo, and any nascent IPTV plays from the broadcast sector in launching a service that will provide a combination of digital FTA, a full PVR, a range of BigPond (its ISP brand) content services via IP, customised web sites like YouTube and Flickr and open access to high […]