From Colin Mann in London Recent figures compiled for the Broadband Forum indicate that the Western Europe, Africa and Middle East regions showed strong IPTV growth of 45 per cent throughout 2008. The report, prepared for the Forum by industry analysts Point Topic, showed France as the largest IPTV market in the Western European region, […]
From IPTV World Forum in London Verimatrix has revealed three significant Russian IPTV operators that have deployed the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV in conjunction with regional systems integrator and reseller CTI. The integrated IPTV platform now powers pay-TV services for Iskratelecom, Tattelcom and Bashinformsvyaz and extends Verimatrix’s customer base throughout Russia. According […]
From Nick Snow at IPTV World Forum A common question here is "what do you think of Canvas?" or, as often, "what do you think Canvas is?" It's a good question but not one that was entirely answered by Richard Halton, Programme Director IPTV for BBC, when he addressed the plenary session. When the Canvas […]
From Sotires Eleftheriou in Paris Orange has held a hastily organised press conference in Paris to respond to the recent attacks by other operators Vivendi and Iliad (Free). "The aim is to set the record straight", said Louis-Pierre Wenes, Orange France Deputy General Manager. "We have been subject to attacks for several weeks now, hardly […]
From IPTV World Forum Edgeware, the provider of server systems for network deployed on-demand TV, has announced a global IPTV cooperation with Ericsson. With this agreement, Edgeware is integrating its solid state VOD platform with the Ericsson end-to-end IPTV solution and OpenStream Digital Services Platform to enable operators worldwide to easily deploy advanced on-demand TV […]
From IPTV World Forum Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB), supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, has revealed that it has shipped over 1.5 million IPTV set-top boxes.
The BBC Trust has sanctioned a 27 per cent increase in the corporation’s online budget, to more than £145 million per year, over the next three years. BBC web ventures will benefit from a £30.7 million increase in the BBC Online budget, a 27 per cent increase over its current £114.4 million -a-year budget over […]
ISP Logosoft has launched the first IPTV service in Bosnia and Herzegovina, called Super TV. Delivered over DSL, the service will initially be available in the New Sarajevo area, before being extended to other parts of Sarajevo. Super TV currently offers 33 TV channels as well as EPG and VoD services, and there are plans […]
According to Strategy Analytics Digital Media Strategies (DMS) research, the top 27 digital media companies in the world increased earnings by more than 20 per cent, to $74 billion in 2008 up from $61.5 billion in 2007. Among the top five digital media companies in the world, Apple's 'Other Music Related Products and Services' segment, […]
According to research by Informa Telecoms & Media, global fixed broadband subscriptions stood at 422 million at the end of 2008, adding nearly 68 million subscriptions in the year and 16 million in the final quarter. The biggest access technology remains DSL (65 per cent of the total), but FTTH (11 per cent) registered its […]