Minerva Networks, provider of open and IPTV delivery platforms, has revealed that Pioneer Telephone, the fourth largest telephone cooperative in the US, has successfully completed the migration from a legacy third-party system to the Company's platform. Minerva's iTVManager is a comprehensive software solution for the delivery of next-generation IP-connected television services, including HDTV, DVR, whole-home […]

Modern Times Group (MTG), has confirmed that Viasat Broadcasting has signed a long term agreement with Telenor which will enable Viasat to distribute its pay-TV channel packages to Telenor's broadband customers. Viasat's channel packages will continue to be available to Telenor subsidiary Bredbandsbolaget's subscribers in Sweden and will also be included in Telenor's IPTV offering […]

Hungary’s 14 biggest cable, satellite and IPTV companies had 2,489,000 subscribers at the end of December, 17,000 more than a month earlier, the National Telecommunications Office (NHH) has revealed. Magyar Telekom, Invitel, UPC, FiberNet, DIGI, PR TELEKOM, Zelka, TARR, TvNetWork, ViDaNet, PARISAT, RubiCom, Antenna Hungaria and HD Platform control 80-85 per cent of the pay […]

Alcatel-Lucent has revealed that Velton Telecom, a private Ukrainian operator providing fixed communication services across 14 cities of Central, Eastern and Western parts of Ukraine, is launching a field trial of innovative IPTV services to business and residential subscribers in Kharkov and Poltava. Alcatel-Lucent has been selected as the network integrator, utilising the Microsoft Mediaroom […]

Alan Constant, CTO of Arab Media, the major Arab satellite TV operator and owner of pay-tv broadcaster, Arab Radio and Television (ART), has announced plans to launch an IPTV service in 2010. Initially, ART will provide the IPTV service in the Middle East region with an on-demand service, offering users a variety of popular films. […]

China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has called a halt to IPTV services provided by Guangxi Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom. SARFT said that the Guangxi Telecom launched IPTV operations earlier this month without permission. IPTV transmissions and operations in 14 cities in Guangxi have now been halted. Under Chinese regulations, […]

Sony said the company's line-up of 3D TVs would arrive in Australia in July. The company has one model planned, the LX900, which has 3D fully integrated, and two other models, the HX800 and 900, which can display 3D with an optional accessory. “This year represents the sunrise of 3D technology in Australia,” claimed Barbour. […]

Swisscom AG said tougher competition will keep its sales and profit under pressure in 2010 after it posted a rise in 2009 profits when lower depreciation charges helped to offset weaker domestic demand. Group revenues for the whole year reached CHF12 billion ($11.1bn), down 1.6 per cent from 2008, while EBITDA fell 2.6 per cent […]

Over 11 million hotel rooms and 1 million airline seats are potential IPTV applications, according to a report from MRG. Hotels and Airlines alone account for a $1.9 billion global market in 2012, indicating that for most hospitality applications, analogue video is dead. The report shows that both In-Room Entertainment and In-Flight Entertainment (IRE and […]

Amino Communications, an independent IPTV specialist, has won a bid to provide STBs to support a major IPTV rollout by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute. The network operator plans to launch services in the first half of 2010, targeting up to 100,000 homes across the country. Amino will work closely with systems integrator ITS on […]