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NewsAT&T adds 148,000 U-verse TV customers
AT&T said in its first-quarter earnings report today that it gained about 148,000 U-verse TV subscribers during the quarter, bringing its total IPTV service tally to about 379,000. Though Verizon Read more...
TMG sees 60 million IPTV subs by 2010
Telecommunications Management Network Group put out the a market study showing that there were about 9.9 million IPTV subscribers worldwide at the end of 2007. But, the truly explosive growth is Read more...
Telcos to change from gorillas to guerrillas
IPTV will fundamentally change telco's operational structure and create micro-markets of intense local competition according to a new report by the Yankee Group titled From Gorillas to Guerrillas: Read more...
Community web TV comes to U.S.
Trying to tell Americans how to do TV might seem like taking coals to Newscastle but that is what U.K.-based WebsEdge is trying to do with web channels built around municipal and interest Read more...
Lounge room war erupts
The battle for control of the lounge room has finally begun with Microsoft releasing at CES2008 its impressive IPTV service embedded in its game console Xbox 360 powered by its Mediaroom software. Read more...
Avail ready to exploit tier 2 IPTV uptake
North Virginia based Avail Media has secured $25 million in B round venture capital as it seeks to exploit the rush in demand for programming from tier two and three US telcos. Avail was started by Read more...
Spanish giant plays with IPTV
Spanish owned UK Mobile operator, Telefonica O2, is to begin playing in the IPTV space and is looking for modest investments in early start up video 2.0 businesses and mobile advertising. O2 UK Read more...
U-verse given the green light in Connecticut
AT&T has been granted a franchise for its IPTV U-verse service in Connecticut after a state court overturned a decision by the local utility regulator which required U-verse to have to get a Read more...
The next big thing: Plastic fiber for the home
In the cavernous halls of the Georgia World Congress Center at last weeks TelcoTV trade show there was a small stand getting a lot of buzz and corridor talk. Irish photonics company Firecomms was Read more...
U-verse gives a glimpse of the future
AT&T's U-verse gave TelcoTV attendees in Atlanta a glimpse of the future with an early morning demo of lab applications they have been playing with. U-verse video and converged services VP, Peter Read more...
| Press ReleasesIt's Prime Time for Telcos. IP-PRIME, the premier IPTV content aggregation and transport provider, is now commercially available to complete your triple play offering. IP-PRIME is a potent service which enables telcos of all sizes to offer over 285 video channels, including 25 HD channels, and 100+ digital audio channels -- all available today. Your telco could be delivering service to subscribers in time for the Holidays. IP-PRIME offers a comprehensive turnkey solution saving you millions of dollars in up front capital expenditures, incorporating highest quality MPEG-4 video, Read more... Social Networking Meets Broadcast Television ATLANTA, GA (October 23, 2007) – ICTV, which delivers high-quality video with broadband choice and control to the television via cable and IPTV networks, announced today that it will demonstrate how its ActiveVideo™ Distribution Network is enabling the media industry’s first universally deployable cross-platform social networking capability at the Telco TV Conference and Expo next week. In its booth, #526, at the Georgia World Congress Center, ICTV will show how Read more... |