Agama announced that Finnish IPTV operator Maxisat has selected an Agama quality assurance solution for automated QoE and QoS monitoring and testing of over-the-top video services. Supporting linear, VOD and event delivery models, the deployment will help Maxisat assuring the quality of its nationwide HLS based OTT service to connected TVs.   “The decision to […]

Spanish telco Telefónica’s Internet unit Terra is considering launching a video-streaming service, which would cover countries from the US to Brazil, to compete with operators such as Netflix – which launched in more than 40 Latin American and Caribbean countries in 2011 – and Carlos Slim’s recently-announced Ora.TV operation, reports Bloomberg. Terra, which has provided […]

Orange has launched ‘la nouvelle TV d’Orange’, a next-generation subscription TV service which allows Orange to upgrade its IPTV service with a state-of-the-art user-experience and prepare the infrastructure for OTT video, multiple screens and unlimited content. ‘la nouvelle TV d’Orange’ boasts a new user interface, which includes VoD, Catch-Up TV, content discovery and recommendations, EPG, […]

Leading Canadian telco Bell is actively pursuing its strategy of delivering the best content across every broadband screen in Québec by acquiring Québec’s leading media company Astral in a $3.38-billion deal. Astral’s broad national media portfolio includes top-tier TV, radio, digital and out-of-home properties. The move follows its 2011 acquisition of CTV, Canada’s leading commercial […]

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has achieved a 30 per cent increase in the subscriber base of its IPTV service. This increase has been attributed to PTCL Smart TV’s aggressive content acquisition strategy, which led to swift content enrichment as well as higher focus on improved quality of service and enhanced customer care. “We are […]

The Open IPTV Forum and MPEG Industry Forum have reached agreement to merge the assets of MPEGIF into the OIPF in a move that increases consolidation in the standardisation landscape. The pair say the activities of the MPEG Industry Forum have reached a natural and successful conclusion with the emergence of MPEG-4 Part 10, alternatively […]

The latest IPTV forecast from research firm MRG indicates that the number of global IPTV subscribers will grow from 53 million in 2011 to 105.1 million in 2015, a CAGR of 18.7 per cent. The service revenue for the global IPTV market was US$21.8 billion in 2011 and is projected to grow to US$45.3 billion […]

Australian pay-TV operators Foxtel and Austar have agreed to make some of their exclusive content available to Internet Service Providers as part of undertakings to win support from the competition regulator for their A$1.9 billion merger, reports The Australian. It is understood the pair will allow some content to be used by ISPs for IPTV, […]

Major cable operators are now building video-optimised content delivery networks (CDNs) that promise to deliver a full range of IP-based video offerings, including richer on-demand and over-the-top services, eventually replacing satellite-based video distribution networks, according to the latest report – Video CDNs to Revolutionize Cable Television Delivery – from Heavy Reading Cable Industry Insider. “Cable […]

A report on Shanghai Media Group IPTV subsidiary BesTV New Media by Minsheng Securities has predicted BesTV IPTV subscriber growth of more than 60 per cent in 2012, to between 16 and 18 million subscribers. The number of BesTV IPTV subscribers grew to 10 million in 2011, accounting for a market share of more than […]