Qwest Communications continues to chart a unique course among major US telecom service providers, focusing on improving its broadband network in the belief that video content is moving rapidly to an over-the-top (OTT), on-demand model, Neil Cox, Qwest’s EVP for product and IT, said at the TM Forum-run event. “Only sports need to be live,” […]
BT is said to be in talks with Google about an online tie-up that would deliver big improvements in the quality of Internet video programming. BT is working on a deal to make Google’s You Tube and other video content available on a new digital delivery network, which BT’s wholesale arm is creating for ISPs. […]
The Press Association TV listings is partnering with Vizimo's online listings service, in a bid to inject more video and discoverability in to newspaper publisher's websites. The services will pipe PA's TV listings through Vizimo's technology and link to corresponding catch-up pages on broadcasters' sites. Vizimo acquired startup social TV community Tioti (TapeItOffTheInternet) 12 months […]
Deutsche Telekom has launched a bundled fixed-line and mobile package combined a T-Home Entertain IPTV plan with an iPhone. Customers selecting the double package will get a E120 bonus, with an additional E120 available to customers transferring from a rival provider. The package consists of the Comfort Entertain plan at E44.95 per month, including IPTV […]
Preliminary data from the IMS Research study, Market Opportunities for Internet Video to the TV, shows that by the end of 2010, nearly 55 per cent of all TV Households in the Americas will have access to Internet video, with 25 per cent of these capable of displaying Internet video onto the TV set. Rebecca […]
The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (TEEMA) and government-sponsored Taiwan Digital Television Committee (DTVC), under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), have confirmed the formation of an Internet TV Alliance by related Taiwan-based enterprises, aiming to tap the Internet TV service and hardware market in China. Members of the alliance include […]
Australia’s proposed National Broadband Network will help boost the number of IPTV. A Frost & Sullivan report has predicted 235,000 IPTV subscribers for the country by 2014, while New Zealand is also predicted to have 141,000 IPTV subscribers by 2014 as a result of its own new broadband network. Work is expected to start on […]
Anevia, a specialist in video streaming solutions and service infrastructure, and BNS, Asia’s leading IPTV technology and content solutions provider, have combined their expertise to provide Asian hospitality, broadcast and telecom service providers with high performance TV and video solutions. The Anevia-BNS partnership has already generated interest among IPTV service providers, leading to deployments in […]
IPTV usage is up 150 per cent according to a survey carried out by goetzpartners. In September and October 2009, it conducted a representative survey among Germans aged between 14 to 69 years, asking, in addition to usage intensity, about requirements, ideas and willingness to pay for IPTV. There is a clear indicator that consumers […]
Indian telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has formed an agreement with the SmarTV Group for the launch of pan-India IPTV services, following a test launch of the service in a few major cities. BSNL has plans to add 100,000 customers to its IPTV service by March 2009. The SmarTV Group, which consists of Smart Digivision […]