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MIB guidelines for Indian IPTV

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued guidelines for provisioning of IPTV Services in India. The guidelines “bring clarity on various platforms capable The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued guidelines for provisioning of IPTV Services in India. The guidelines “bring clarity on various platforms capable of providing IPTV services, the regulatory provisions […]

September 9, 2008

Portugal's Meo to add six club TV channels

From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portugal Telecom's triple-play service Meo will boost its sports offer with the addition of five European football club TV channels. According to Portugal Telecom's triple-play service Meo will boost its sports offer with the addition of five European football club TV channels. According to the head of content at Meo, […]

September 8, 2008

Policy framework for IPTV in India

So far IPTV in the country has been in a no-man’s land, and its regulation a grey area. But, following a Cabinet meeting, information and broadcasting minister P R Dasmunsi said government approval has been granted to the guidelines for provisioning of IPTV services. The Cabinet has also given its nod to amend policy guidelines […]

August 26, 2008

Orange France bulks up IPTV

The free channels consist of: The Art Channel, No Life, AB Moteurs, Record News and Girondins TV. New pay-TV options include ';Mes chaines lusophone', and includes SIC International and TV Record channels, both in Portuguese, while the operator is also offering a new adult package, all requiring monthly subscription fees. France Telecom reported that it […]

August 26, 2008

DTV set to reach 274m households by 2012

“DTV will grow an average of 12 per cent year-on-year, with particularly strong adoption in the near term as broadcasters terminate analogue terrestrial television,” says Chris Khouri, analyst for media and broadcasting at Datamonitor. “In 2007 there were 158 million households using digital television services in Western Europe and the US. By 2012, Datamonitor expects […]

August 22, 2008

Hybrid opportunity for telcos

The report – Taking Advantage of the Best of IPTV and SatTV – from the firm's Telecoms, Information, Media & Electronics (TIME) Practice, predicts that it will not be long before linear TV is replaced by an on-demand, ad hoc consumption model, brought about by consumers' growing familiarity with Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and on […]

August 22, 2008

IPTV equipment posts strong growth in Q2

The Synergy report finds that IPTV equipment sales continue to be driven by upgrades to Carrier networks, especially at the Edge, handling the surge in subscriber and traffic growth. Synergy anticipates Worldwide IPTV subscribers are set to increase substantially over the next two years and approach close to 40 million by 2010. Synergy research further […]

August 19, 2008

IPTV equipment posts strong growth in Q2

The Synergy report finds that IPTV equipment sales continue to be driven by upgrades to Carrier networks, especially at the Edge, handling the surge in subscriber and traffic growth. Synergy anticipates Worldwide IPTV subscribers are set to increase substantially over the next two years and approach close to 40 million by 2010. Synergy research further […]

August 19, 2008