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FetchTV on Panasonic Connected TVs

IP Vision has announced that the FetchTV content portal will be available this autumn via an app as a service to consumers on Panasonic’s VIERA Connect compatible TV sets sold in the UK and Ireland. Viewers will be able to access a range of FetchTV’s specialist TV channels as well as thousands of hours of […]

August 31, 2011

MTG’s Viaplay on Samsung Smart TVs

Modern Times Group (MTG), has entered into a strategic cooperation with Samsung Electronics Nordic. MTG’s Viaplay service is now available on all 2011 Samsung Smart TVs and 2010 Internet@TV sets across the Nordic region. Viewers simply need to subscribe to Viaplay in order to access the service. The Viaplay pan-Nordic multi-screen on-demand service makes Viasat […]

August 31, 2011

Canadian Internet TV ‘is capped’

According to a study conducted by Media Technology Monitor, 34 per cent of Canadian internet users watch TV online, for about 30 minutes each week. The percentage of Canadians who accessed the internet through their television, whether rose to eight per cent in spring 2011, up one percent since last autumn. And while this evolution […]

August 31, 2011

Eyepartner tracks IPTV viewership and ratings

Eyepartner has rolled out its Advanced Analytics Module that helps network owners track the viewing behaviour of their IPTV users. Knowing this information helps network owners tailor their content offering as well as their marketing and pricing strategy to their viewers‚ preferences. The Advanced Analytics module can be integrated into any IPTV network or embedded […]

August 31, 2011

Entone and Nordija deliver hybrid TV solution

Entone, a provider of hybrid TV and connected home solutions, and Nordija, the widget-based IPTV solution provider, have confirmed the availability of Nordija’s fokusOn widget-based middleware on Entone’s family of hybrid TV devices and DVRs.  The fully integrated solution offers service operators a more efficient and cost-effective solution that can be quickly and easily deployed […]

August 31, 2011

Espial powers Vodafone Iceland IPTV

Espial has been selected to provide an IPTV solution for Vodafone Iceland. As part of the IPTV solution, Espial is providing the following products: the Evo TV Service Platform, the Evo STB Client and the Espial MediaBase VOD platform. The Espial solution will power Vodafone Iceland’s IPTV service which provides broadcast TV, TV on-demand, Catch-up […]

August 31, 2011

Wyplay offers the new “YouTube on TV” application

Wyplay, a specialist in TV-centric Operator software solutions, has integrated the “YouTube on TV” application into its client middleware and is now deploying it with its Vodafone customers. YouTube, a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, has developed a free YouTube application for the TV that lets users sit back and watch their favorite YouTube videos […]

August 31, 2011

YouView ‘welcomes Google TV’

YouView has welcomed the announcement of a launch for Google TV in the UK. The YouView IP television project that is backed by BBC, ITV, C4 and BT, Arqiva and TalkTalk – has had its launch delayed launch until 2012, and will now may face the might of Google TV from the outset. “The announcement […]

August 30, 2011

Swisscom: On Demand increasingly popular

TV content on demand is more popular than ever, according to Swiss telco Swisscom. It reports that in the first half year of this year alone, Swisscom TV customers downloaded more than three million films and live sporting events – up almost two-fold on the same period the previous year. Swisscom is continually expanding its […]

August 30, 2011

Faroese Telecom selects Agama monitoring

Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that Faroese Telecom, the incumbent Telco in the Faroe Islands, has selected Agama to provide a complete monitoring solution for its linear IPTV service distribution. The deployed end-to-end solution will support Faroese Telecom in ensuring their customers’ TV experience and in achieving operational excellence in their […]

August 30, 2011