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Networks ready for HD programming pile-up?

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:50 -0400

High-definition television always has been viewed as a nice benefit of new TV delivery technologies, but 2008 may prove to be the year HDTV becomes a significant battlefield in the competitive war Read more...

Cablevision adds video subs, strikes Newsday deal

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:40 -0400

While some cable TV companies are taking an obvious hit from telco IPTV competition (see Comcast), others may not be seeing much of an impact. Cablevision Systems last week said it added 41,000 Read more...

MRG: IPTV subs to hit 92.8 million in 2012

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:30 -0400

Market research firm MRG is forecasting the number of IPTV subscribers globally will zoom to 92.8 million by 2012, from just more than 24 million this year. In the latest edition of its bi-annual Read more...

Dish Network can't match DirecTV growth

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:20 -0400

It is still too early to tell how AT&T's new commitment to re-sell Dish Network satellite TV services across all of its markets will affect Dish's business, but as the sales effort gears up, it Read more...

SureWest climbs Everest to new IPTV heights

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:10 -0400

SureWest Communications posted 180 percent growth in IPTV subscribers during the first quarter, but before you start copying their marketing materials, consider that most of that growth--about 172 Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: IPTV success starting to impact pay TV

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:00 -0400

The number of households worldwide subscribing to pay TV services will continue to increase at a compound annual growth rate of about 3.2 percent through 2013, according to research firm Analysys Read more...

ALSO NOTED: DT adds 38,000 IPTV customers; Orange hits 1.41 million subs; and much more...

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:58:20 -0400

> German telco Deutsche Telekom reported that it signed up 38,000 new IPTV subscribers during the first quarter. Article > France Read more...

Sezmi aims to redefine TV service models

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:59:50 -0400

For those of you who heard about Sezmi Corp. while walking around the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas last month, and didn't recognize the name, the company is actually video Read more...