akimbo news from FierceIPTV

Akimbo, a video set-top box vendor turned white-label video content firm that was involved in AT&T's Homezone service, is shutting down and looking for a buyer, according to GigaOM's NewTeeVee. Read more...

Fresh from a $55 million VC injection, Highwinds is teaming up with Digital Rapids and Knack Networks to promote a turnkey video delivery system for media companies looking for a complete solution. Read more...

The fight for the TV consumer is being played out at several levels with video in the post provider Netflix abandoning its own set-top box ambitions and announcing it would go with a box to be built Read more...

A new outfit dubbed Building B unleashed its PR machine last week to let folks know about its box that streams video to the TV without a PC. The Belmont, Calif., startup has $17.5 million in seed Read more...

The second keynote panel's moderator, Bernadine Arnason of the Pivot Group, broke down Internet TV content into three categories: 1)Home Video 2)Episodic 3)Semi- and professional content The list was Read more...

In yet another consumer-centric aquisition by the infrastructure giant, Cisco has scooped up video on demand and place/time shifting start-up Arroyo Video Solutions for an estimated $92 million in Read more...

Cisco has followed-up on its splashy entrance into the IPTV sector last year by investing in set-top box (STB) maker Akimbo. Cisco and AT&T along with returning investors raised $15.5 million Read more...