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Swisscom IPTV success

Swisscom has doubled the number of subscribers to its Bluewin IPTV service during the year to the end of June for a total of 165,000 customers after adding 26,000 during the second quarter. The Swiss telco said the simplified installation process introduced last year was proving successful with about 85% of new Bluewin TV customers […]

August 14, 2009

Verizon FiOS TV expands offerings

FiOS TV subscribers now can enjoy more home-entertainment choices as Verizon continues to expand its video-on-demand (VOD) programming with several new offerings. FiOS TV customers now can watch the AMC hit show “Mad Men,” shop any time with HSN, and watch classic and contemporary Disney movies and animated shorts from Disney Family Movies. Also, new-release […]

August 12, 2009

Verizon FiOS TV expands offerings

FiOS TV subscribers now can enjoy more home-entertainment choices as Verizon continues to expand its video-on-demand (VOD) programming with several new offerings. FiOS TV customers now can watch the AMC hit show “Mad Men,” shop any time with HSN, and watch classic and contemporary Disney movies and animated shorts from Disney Family Movies. Also, new-release […]

August 12, 2009

Belgacom IPTV up 50%+

Belgacom's IPTV business has posted year on year revenue growth of 53.3% in the first six months of 2009. 82,000 customer adds took subscriber numbers to 589,000, delivering revenues of E59 million. "Belgacom TV has become the success story of the audio-visual sector, in scarcely four years. This performance is recognized internationally. Belgacom's digital TV […]

August 3, 2009

Carphone IPTV venture?

Europe’s biggest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, has said it was on track to meet its full-year targets and aimed to split its TalkTalk telecoms business from its Best Buy Europe retail venture in March. There is also a potential foray into an IPTV service, which the company is considering following the acquisition of Tiscali, […]

July 29, 2009

IPTV subs total almost 40m worldwide in 2009

The number of subscribers worldwide to telco/IPTV services will approach 40 million by year-end 2009, according to international research firm Parks Associates. The strong growth is due partly to aggressive provider deployments according to the firm, the most successful rollouts will incorporate multiple services, such as home networking, convergence in entertainment and communications features, and […]

July 22, 2009

Vodafone launches IPTV service in Portugal

From Branislav Pekic in Rome Vodafone has launched an IPTV service in Portugal with more than 100 TV channels, of which eight are HD, which will be available free of charge until December for existing ADSL clients. From September, the service will be extended to the entire market. The monthly subscription to the triple-play package […]

July 20, 2009

Verizon opens Widget Bazaar on FiOS TV

US telco Verizon has launched the Widget Bazaar applications store as part of its ‘FiOS TV’ service – which includes a Facebook and Twitter widgets, and Internet Video on TV. The company also plans to offer an open development platform to permit developers to write interactive FiOS TV applications that will be available through the […]

July 15, 2009

IIF now considering Internet-sourced content

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has announced that the mission of its IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) will be expanded to include the standardised delivery of Internet-sourced content over an IPTV network. Until this time, the IIF has concentrated on delivery of a TV service over a managed IP network. The IIF is a […]

July 15, 2009

Sky ditches DT

Sky Deutscheland has terminated its distribution contact with Deutsche Telekom for the its IPTV platform. The 'T-Entertainment' branded service will is no loner available through Sky, though both companies have acknowledged that the possibility of further talks remains. Premiere announced plans to rebrand as Sky Deutschland in April, which has since seen the two pay-TV […]

July 13, 2009