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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In Italy’s telecom market, video revenue will triple its share of total revenue by 2014, presenting a $4.4 billion revenue opportunity for operators, according to a report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network. Italy’s pay-TV market generated $2.9 billion, with 5.6 million subscriptions at the end of 2008, […]

Many telecom companies are shifting away from traditional communications access providers and targeting the needs of a digitalised society. To this end, they have started looking for ways to not only offer Quad Play services that include fixed telephony, fixed broadband, TV and mobile communication services but also to enable end users to perform their […]

Total subscribers have increased to 1,687,833 by 34,000 in just 6 months. On July 2nd, Korea's three IPTV operators reported that KT's Qook TV has 724,564 subscribers while LG Dacom's My LGTV and SK Broadband's Broadband&TV have 188,289 and 774,980, respectively. Noticeably, the statistics of June show that although subscribers of the VOD service have […]

Singapore Telecommunications has announced that its mio TV service has surpassed its 100,000 customer mark. The milestone coincides with the service's second birthday and to celebrate, all new and existing customers will be able given a special selection of ten movies which they can watch on-demand for free. mio TV was launched 20 July 2007 […]

Despite the massive investments necessary in Asia/Pacific’s IPTV market, both in technology and content procurement, telecom operators must invest to gain subscriber market share according to a report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network. Although Asia/Pacific has the distinction of having the most successful IPTV operators globally, and […]

ITU has given first stage approval to a new standard that enables an IPTV end user to locate and subscribe to content coming from different, independent service providers. The standard will enable a greater deal of choice for end-users and will help service providers offer a more competitive package. Recommendation ITU-T H.770 – Mechanisms for […]

A global report from MRG shows how hybrid IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) are helping IPTV Operators “jump-start” early service deployment or extend the reach of their existing video IP Networks. By merging existing digital video broadcast programming with IPTV services, Operators are finding they can significantly slash CapEx and lead-time costs from typical IPTV deployment […]