China’s evolving plans for media convergence now appear to grant control of IPTV to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. The apparent move by the State Council, China’s cabinet, could clarify a previously grey area in a potentially lucrative media arena in the world’s largest Internet market. On the opening day of the […]

iiNet will launch a new IPTV service in Australia this month. “The actual product should be available for purchase before the end of the month,” chief executive Michael Malone confirmed. He did not mention particulars of pricing plans except that the public could expect details in the coming days. iiNet has teamed up with FetchTV, […]

French telco Neuf Cegetel has enhanced its IPTV service with several new additions, including a new VOD service and linear channels. The VOD service, called Pass Cinéma, provides customers with a choice of up to 50 films each month for an initial subscription of E4.99 and E9.99 per month thereafter. Titles available include content from […]

South Korean telco LG Telecom has confirmed its intent to open its IPTV platform to content from any provider in the country, and has signed a cooperation agreement with Gyeonggido Digital Contents Agency to establish an open IPTV platform. LG Telecom is expected to enable content companies in Gyeonggi Province to directly distribute their self-created […]

The number of IPTV subscribers in Europe is set to increase by 92 per cent within the next five years from 15.4 million in 2009 to 29.6 million in 2015, boosted by widespread deployment of next-generation access networks, according to a report from research firm Analysys Mason. The report adds that having taken the best […]

From Sotires Eleftheriou in Paris Two years after launching its broadband service, which now has 428,000 subscribers, Bouygues Telecom is to carry out a major software upgrade before the end of the summer to its modem and set-top-box combination called Bbox. Bbox costs E29.90 per month, providing up to 20 MB broadband, around 100 IPTV […]

From David Del Valle in Madrid Telefonica’s IPTV service, now under the brand of Movistar Imagenio, is gaining momentum with the addition of 30,000 new subs in the first quarter of the year. With a market share of 18 per cent in the pay-TV business, Movistar Imagenio now has 733,000 subscribers in Spain, up 21.2 […]

Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom has reported it now has 677,932 customers for its pay-TV services delivered within its home market via IPTV, cable and satellite – up 34 per cent from one year previously. This makes it the second largest pay-TV operator in Hungary. The telco said that it had 78,980 IPTV customers in Hungary […]

Once viewed as a rising star in the digital television ecosystem, IPTV has largely failed to deliver on its promise, according to a report published by analyst firm Strategy Analytics. As a result, many industry watchers have revised their IPTV estimates downward. “IPTV service providers have failed to answer the fundamental 'why' question,” according to […]

Norwegian triple-play operator Altibox has entered into a strategic cooperation with commercial television station TV 2, under which Altibox is helping to finance TV 2’s recent acquisition of broadcast rights for English Premier League games, and will add all TV 2 channels to the line-up for its IPTV service. TV 2 won the rights to […]