Harmonic's Rhozet Carbon Coder video transcoding solution has been selected by Akimbo for automated web-based video transcoding and packaging. Akimbo, a pioneer in Internet-delivered VOD, manages a vast library of mainstream and niche encoded video content acquired through its numerous relationships with content providers. Rhozet Carbon Coder has enabled Akimbo to create a web-based solution […]
Telefónica O2 Czech Republic plans to raise the number of clients using its Internet TV services to 140,000 by the end of 2008 from the current 80,000 users, Czech Telefónica’s CEO said. Salvador Anglada also said he expects the number of its high speed Internet connection users to reach one million in five years, versus […]
Time Broadband Services and joint venture partner Stanton Technologies have launched their IPTV service over 2.5G mobile platform. The JV also announced the signing of contracts with DiGi in Malaysia and China Mobile and China Unicom in China. “Through an exclusive deal with the Chinese government owned entity, the Time-Stanton JV will have access to […]
Irdeto has announced that Shanxi Cable Broadcasting Network has chosen the Irdeto Digital TV conditional access solution to accelerate their digital migration process. Under the agreement, Irdeto will deliver one million smart cards over the next 24 months. Shanxi province in China has nearly four million cable TV subscribers.
Envivio, technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, has revealed that its 4Caster C4 encoders are being used in extensive broadcast trials in Shanghai that, for the first time, combine AVS video encoding with China's standard for DTT broadcasting. This is the first large-scale evaluation of AVS with the DTMB […]
The combined IPTV and switched digital video (SDV) market is forecast to reach $9.8 billion worldwide, according to Infonetics Research's IPTV and Switched Digital Video Equipment, Services, and Subscribers report. “With each quarter, the battle for video subscribers gets more heated,” said Jeff Heynen, analyst for IPTV at Infonetics Research. “Buoyed by the success of […]
The IMS Research study IPTV: A Global Market Analysis – 2008 Edition reveals that as a whole, an estimated 13.2 million households received IPTV service in 2007 with nearly 8.4 million IP-enabled set-top boxes shipping worldwide. IPTV households are forecast to grow 52.2 per cent annually though 2012. Shane Walker, research analyst and author of […]
After installing TiVo's Desktop Plus PC software, users will be able to subscribe to RSS feeds of their favorite Web shows. Users will also be able to transfer home videos from their computers to their DVRs. “Through the addition of new applications such as Web video, we continue to build toward our goal of making […]
Shanghai Telecom’s IPTV promotion launched in mid-January has been declared a success with as many as two or three thousand new subscribers signing up each day between February 7th and now. Shanghai Telecom’s Internet official Yang Bingfeng added that he is confident that total user numbers will reach 800,000 before the end of the year.
Harmonic has confirmed that that Sun Direct TV has deployed Harmonic’s digital video solutions for India’s first MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast service. Harmonic has enabled Sun Direct TV to offer its new DTH service to 40 million homes in southern India by providing an end-to-end solution encompassing the latest generation DiviCom Electra encoders, […]