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Wireless Value Added Services (VAS) Operations team
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Webinars

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Events

Open Mobile Summit
May 26/27 — London
WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2010
Apr 13-14 — Taipei, Taiwan
CONNECTIONS Europe Summit
April 27 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mobile Meets Entertainment Summit 2010
May 12, 2010 — San Francisco

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Breaking News

Windstream posts TV subscriber growth

Independent telco Windstream Communications reported fourth quarter 2009 earnings that included a 10,000-subscriber increase in its digital TV customer base to about 369,000 TV customers overall. The... Read more >>

Latest News

SNL Kagan: 59.7 million IPTV subs by 2013

March 18, 2010 — 1:34pm ET | By Dan O'Shea

Market research firm SNL Kagan has an upcoming whitepaper, "The State of Global IPTV," in which it forecasts worldwide IPTV subscribers to climb to 59.7 million by 2013. That figure could give IPTV... Read more >>

Google TV plot thickens

March 18, 2010 — 9:59am ET | By Dan O'Shea

The New York Times reported that Google, Intel and Sony are working on a Google TV platform that apparently will focus on improving set-top box navigation of Internet-based TV and video content, as... Read more >>

Comcast plans 3D Masters coverage

March 16, 2010 — 10:09am ET | By Dan O'Shea

If you haven't heard, some very big news is due to happen at The Masters golf tournament this year: What we are talking about, of course, is that cable TV provider Comcast is planning to offer a free... Read more >>

Cable content exclusivity ban upheld

March 15, 2010 — 10:29pm ET | By Dan O'Shea

In a decision that will be good news to alternative TV providers like telcos and satellite firms, a federal appeals court late last week reinforced the Federal Communications Commission rule... Read more >>

SeaChange profits sink, president exits

March 15, 2010 — 4:40pm ET | By Dan O'Shea

Video-on-demand company SeaChange International has aggressively expanded in the last year, making at least two acquisitions, but the company has been unable to find enough success to keep it from... Read more >>

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Also Noted

> HDTV still a hot competitive battleground for service providers.

> Entropic Communications having some success selling MoCA gear to providers beyond Verizon.

> Spain's Imagenio offers new basic IPTV service tier.

> Witbe to showcase quality-of-experience monitoring for Microsoft Mediaroom operators at IPTV World Forum.

> Swisscom surges up pay TV provider rankings in Switzerland.

> BT says it's happy with Microsoft Mediaroom.

Commentary

What's the frequency, Julius?

The Federal Communications Commission is unveiling its National Broadband Plan today, and there are various ways in which it could affect the TV sector--from the impact of greater bandwidth on... Read more >>

Special Feature

FierceIPTV Watch List 2009

Welcome to the FierceIPTV Watch List, a list of 10 TV service providers (notice I did not specify IPTV) who I think are worth watching closely due to their recent exploits and future potential. Special Report >>

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